<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Posts by Ben Matthews</title><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/people/ben.matthews</link><description>Posts made by Ben Matthews on MarCom Professional</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:01:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) 2008 MarCom Professional and contributing authors.  For full copyright info and terms of use visit http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>MarCom Professional</title><url>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com//lib/img/rssimg.png</url><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/people/ben.matthews</link></image>	<item><title>Is a public relations degree worth it?</title><description><![CDATA[Over at Rock Star PR , Jed Hallam ponders the value of a university degree in public relations:&quot;I didn&rsquo;t study public relations at university, I studied English Literature and, typical for the industry, I fell into PR. But what if I would&rsquo;ve always have wanted to work in PR and would&rsquo;ve studied it at university? Would that make me a better PR professional? Or would it have simply prepared me for the technical aspects of public relations; the format of the press release, the communications audit, the strategy, the three month plan, the research, the analysis and on and on&hellip;]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/is-a-public-relations-degree-worth-it</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/is-a-public-relations-degree-worth-it</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:04:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>What inspires you to blog?</title><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been tagged in a meme by Tom Malcolm, who was in turn tagged by Stephen Waddington to continue a meme that he was tagged on to by Ged Carroll on what inspires him to keep up his blog posts.(See all that tagging by the people on the meme who already have a working relationship with each other? That&#39;s today&#39;s top tip on &quot;How to start a meme&quot;).So, what inspires me to keep up with my blog posts?&nbsp;Twitter - Probably first and foremost, this is where most of my inspiration for things to write about comes from, either through conversation, observation or procrastination (e.g.]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/what-inspires-you-to-blog</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/what-inspires-you-to-blog</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:04:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>"Rapping" up the week</title><description><![CDATA[There's nothing I like better on a sunny Friday afternoon than a good old Search Engine Rap Battle:"You're new system hasn't gotten many users,They only use Vista because it came on their computers!"The video below is of the battle between Google and MSN, but check out the official website for more! Update!It's always the way, isn't it?You wait around for ages for a rap video viral to come along and then two appear at once!This one is from Yell and after you've watched it you'll probably want a hip hop horse too:And while we're here, what about an absolute classic from Flight of the Conchords, featuring the Hiphopopotamus and the Rhymenoceros:]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/rapping-up-the-week</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/rapping-up-the-week</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Mobile Monday London - “Mobile Platforms”</title><description><![CDATA[After a summer break, MoMo London returned this week with a great event discussing the future of mobile platforms. Held at the usual venue,  CBI Conference Center in Centre Point Tower, the evening was sponsored by Yahoo! and facilitated by EMCC Software.After the evening it was good to catch up with Andrew Grill - who showed me a cool mobile service that is sure to launch over here soon - and to meet Simon Maddox in the flesh after exchanging tweets.Blog posts on the evening have already appeared from Simon Judge and Kai Hendry.]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/mobile-monday-london---mobile-platforms</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/mobile-monday-london---mobile-platforms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Enabled By (Re)Design</title><description><![CDATA[Today Enabled by Design, a social enteprise that aims to make independent living more accessible through the use of clever modern design, announced the launch of their new logo and website.The redesign has gone live on the same day that Social Innovation Camp (the event that gave rise to Enabled by Design back in April) launches its call for ideas for the second camp coming up this December. The redesigned website provides an opportunity for people to air their views, talk through ideas and hopefully find some answers.Enabled by Design's premise is "Adaptation + Modern Design = Enabled by Design"]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/enabled-by-redesign</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/enabled-by-redesign</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Seven years ago today</title><description><![CDATA[Seven years ago today. Who can forget the images of tragedy?Nearly 3,000 people died in this mass murderRepresenting more than 90 different nationalitiesOver 6,200 were injured24 people still officially missingNever forget.(Thanks to Neville Hobson)]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/seven-years-ago-today</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/seven-years-ago-today</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:06:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Scheduling Twitter messages with Twittertise</title><description><![CDATA[Twittertise could prove to be an extremely useful tool for all sorts of companies and organisations on Twitter, as it lets you schedule Twitter messages in advance to send automatically.Whatever is written on Twitter is posted immediately into the main timeline, which is great for individual users who want to let people know what they're up to, but if a company wants to send out pre-written tweets - like news, announcements, or other promotional messages - they'd need someone to remember to manually]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/scheduling-twitter-messages-with-twittertise</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/scheduling-twitter-messages-with-twittertise</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:47:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>My Big Twitter Update</title><description><![CDATA[I didn't want to give Google Chrome any more coverage than it's already got, but...Did you know that Google Chrome lets you resize any text box? How do they even do that?It seems quicker than Firefox as well, though I'm sure there are plenty of people who have already run speed tests pitting the browsers against each other in a brutal fight to the death.And yes, the Google Chrome comic is very cool, but the mashups are even cooler.]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/my-big-twitter-update</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/my-big-twitter-update</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Research on Twitter demographics from Hitwise</title><description><![CDATA[Sherrilynne Starkie posted a link on Twitter this morning to an article on Twitter demographics. Written by Bill Tancer from Hitwise and featured in Time magazine this week, the article gives the results of research into Twitter user profile data.The research is interesting because (as Nick Burcher of Zed Media notes):&quot;There are a number of systems that allow analysis of what Twitter users are posting, but it is much harder to analyse who they are.&quot;These are the key points about Twitter]]></description><link>http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/research-on-twitter-demographics-from-hitwise</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://vip.marcomprofessional.com/posts/ben.matthews/research-on-twitter-demographics-from-hitwise</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:46:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
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