Doing Digital in Higher Education
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Doing Digital in Higher Education

A lazy collection of poor quality blog posts

About the Book

About the Author

David Allen
David Allen

David Allen is a Digtial Marketing Manager at Birmingham City University, where he nudges academics into blogging. bangs on about usability and spins multiple digital media plates.

He lives in Wolverhampton, with his wife Kat and excessively Instagrammed dog, Louie.

You can find him most places on the web as BrummieDave.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • September 2012
    • Graffiti with Punctuation
    • 7 Elements of High Quality University Websites
    • Tidying up after Microsoft Word
  • October 2012
    • Online Copywriting: Get to the Point.
    • Fight! Wordpress vs Tumblr
    • Using Sponsored Stories Advertising on Facebook
  • December 2012
    • When Are Facebook Users Most Active?
  • January 2013
    • Early SEO Tips For Facebook Graph Search
    • How to Write for the Web
  • February 2013
    • Using Weibo to Attract Students
    • What is Content Marketing?
    • Semi-Professional Tweeting
    • Getting the Most out of Facebook Pages
    • Embed a LinkedIn Profile Badge on a Webpage
  • March 2013
    • How to Get More Followers on Twitter
    • Teaching with Blogs
    • Embedding a Forum on a Website
  • May 2013
    • Creating Your Own Google Search
  • June 2013
    • Building an Intergrated Social Media Presence
    • No. 1 Position in Google Gets 33% of Search Traffic
    • How to Embed a Flickr Gallery on a Website
    • Using Social Media in Meetings
  • July 2013
    • How to Add Author Boxes to Posts
    • 5 Tips for Creating, Promoting and Managing a LinkedIn Group
    • Using Blogging for SEO
  • August 2013
    • Search Ranking Factors on Google Local
    • Why Usability and User-Centred Design is Important for Online Forms | Postcode Anywhere Blog
    • How to Write a Bad Blog Post
    • Why Creating Content is Important for SEO
    • What Makes a Good Blog Post?
    • What has the Biggest Impact on Search Rankings?
  • September 2013
    • Is Twitter Now ‘Old Media’?
    • Getting Started with Blogging
  • October 2013
    • Reinventing the Email Newsletter
  • November 2013
    • How to set up your first blog or website
    • How to install WordPress easily
    • MA Online Journalism Assignment 1: Exploratory Portfolio
    • How to Get Your Facebook Page Posts Seen
  • January 2014
    • When’s the best time to Tweet?
  • March 2014
    • How do you make your own ‘Snow Fall’ effect?
    • Building an interactive, long-form infographic
    • Data journalism, snow fall and BuzzFeed
  • June 2014
    • Writing about Arts Funding
    • Production
    • Law and ethics
    • Publication
  • August 2014
    • 6 tips on getting the most out of LinkedIn
  • November 2014
    • What contributes to your Google search ranking?
  • October 2014
    • Posts from DaveDoesDigitalStuff
    • Hello World?
    • 3 Creative Industry Blogs Worth Following
  • November 2014
    • Tips on Going Freelance
    • Tips on Becoming a Consultant
    • How to package and sell freelance services
    • Thoughts on Starting a Business (MA Assignment)
  • March 2015

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