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If you want to get a job in publishing, get online and get networking
A new research report investigating methods used within the publishing industry to promote and identify vacancies, found that traditional recruitment advertising in print editions of the general and...
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Want a job? Get yourself a professional social media profile
We’ve blogged before about the importance of social networking for kicking off (and building) your publishing career. But just in case you’re still not convinced, I’ve recently found some even more...
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Tracking your social worth
Kingston MA Publishing lecturer Anna Faherty recently blogged about The Sunday Times Social List, a new tool for measuring the reach and impact of your social networking activity: “The Social List may...
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The Publishing Talk Guide to Twitter
Kingston publishing lecturer Anna Faherty was lucky enough to have a sneak preview of The Publishing Talk Guide to Twitter ebook last week. Just as in his previous book, Get up to speed with online...
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Jon Reed of Publishing Talk, Masterclass blogged and tweeted LIVE this Monday.
This Monday 7th November we will be blogging and tweeting the latest Kingston University Publishing Masterclass live, here on the site and on our twitter feed (@kingstonjourno), using the hashtag...
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Jon Reed Live Masterclass
Welcome to Kingston Publishing’s live blog of Jon Reed’s Masterclass, ‘Social Media Marketing for Publishers’. We will be posting every 5 minutes from 18:00pm (UK Time) onwards, so make sure you...
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Publishing folk on Twitter
Following on from Philippa Sitters’ discussion of the Twitter world at Publishing Now, guest blogger Neringa Pangonyte (aka @GagulisNP) lists her favourite publishing folk on Twitter. My (legal) spying...
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Five reasons publishers should pick up Pinterest
In our latest guest post, Kingston MA Publishing graduate Kjell Eldor pins his hopes on the latest social media craze, sharing five ways publishers can get the most out of the site. Pinterest is a...
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Three tips for measuring the impact of social media marketing
In this guest blog the folks from AdaptWrite share their top tips for measuring the value of publishers’ social media activity. Earlier this year, Digital Book World revealed that more than half of...
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Social learning features make Kingston course an award-winner
At the 2012 Elearning Awards last night, an online learning community for accountants – which includes Kingston University’s Grammar and Effective Writing course – won silver in the ‘Best use of social...
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Jon Reed on social media: publishing’s natural born sharer
From the show-of-hands in response to Kingston University Masterclass speaker Jon Reed’s opening question, it was clear from the start of his recent social media lecture that students were in for a...
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Getting new projects off the ground
In our latest guest blog, BookMachine’s Laura Austin shares her experience of setting up new projects and provides four top tips for a successful launch. In August 2010 Gavin Summers and I decided to...
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CVs, niches and social media – the crucial tools to get your first job in...
Kingston University MA Publishing student Bonie Santos shares the key points she learned at a recent ‘how to get into publishing’ event. Penguin Publishers Image: Flickr/ Ben Sutherland As a fine start...
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The new publishing age
To mark this week’s launch of Martinis, Masterclasses and Space Missions, an edited collection of writings and reflections from the Kingston Publishing blog, we’re reproducing the book’s Foreword here....
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Five tips for working with bloggers
I met Ayo Onatade at Carole Blake’s 50 years in publishing party last year. I was fascinated to hear about her second life as a blogger, and invited her to Kingston to talk to the MA Publishing...
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