Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - get relevant blog content with Zemanta

Blogging: To get live referrals to images and related links to posts you are penning for your blog, try Zemanta - it sits in your blog's backend page and suggests related web material based on what you write. Tipster: Oliver Luft To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - video and images for Twitter

Social Media: Twitter isn't just for text messages - Tweetr reader allows you to send files up to 10MB through Twitter and TwitPic allows you to send images from your phone. Twiddeo allows you to do the same with video. Tipster: Oliver Luft To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - create Twitter groups

Social media: Want to divide your Twitter buddies into groups? You can set up pages to organise tweets from different crowds of twits using Crowdstatus.com. Tipster: Oliver Luft To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - grow your Twitter followers

Social media: Twitter user? Want to expand the number of people you follow? Use Twubble to find friends of your friends who might share your interests. Or try Twits Like Me. Tipster: Oliver Luft To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - writing web headlines

Writing web headlines: Be clear, concise and plan headlines for search engines - include appropriate keywords and phrases, full names - be more literal than in print. Tipster: Oliver Luft To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - build your own social network

Social media: Want to use social networks for niche subjects but bored with MyFace? Build your own using the 'social network in a box' development tool from Ning. A good example of a niche network in action is Wired Journalists. Tipster: Oliver Luft To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - taking notes

Trainee reporters: keep a notepad and pen handy at all times. Sounds obvious, but you never know when an idea might hit you or when you will overhear a turn of phrase to add colour to your writing. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: shooting web video? avoid pans and zooms

Audio-visual: Shooting video for your news site? Avoid pans and zooms - it looks bad on the net and camera movement slows down the video stream. Talking heads might seem boring but they are very watchable online. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: Do you know what your readers are searching for?

Online publishing: Do you know what people are searching for on your website? Check the logs for the most common search terms and see if what you are writing about matches what users want - you could be surprised. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: enhance you audio/visual offering with slideshows - quick and easy

Audio-visual: Slideshows are quick and easy to get on your newspaper website. Download soundslides.com (costs just a few dollars) and upload shows with audio commentary in Flash format. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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