IDG

Wed, 2010-07-21 11:03 Sam Whitmore

SWMS Tech Edit Spotlight: Vendor Content: Animations, guerilla video, and more

Many vendors produce good tech content.

But what exactly is "good" vendor content?

Does it need to be as good as "editorial" content? Which vendors do the best job of producing vendor content -- and what did that content actually accomplish? We'll answer those questions and more in this special SWMS Tech Edit Spotlight.

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IDG

ReadWriteWeb

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Wed, 2010-04-21 16:40 Sam Whitmore

SWMSTweet: Weeks 4/5/10 and 4/12/10

From our subscriber only feed @SWMSTweet:

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TechTarget

USA Today

IDG

Bloomberg Businessweek

B2B

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Wed, 2010-04-07 00:00 Sam Whitmore

SWMS Alert: IDG's Social Media Task Force

Social media is serious business at IDG. Its reporters and editors must excel editorially. Starting in 2010, they also must excel at driving traffic to their stories.

Says IDG chief content officer John Gallant:

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social media

IDG

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Sat, 2010-01-23 13:47 Sam Whitmore

SWMSTweet stream: Week of Jan. 18

SWMSTweet from the week of Jan. 18, 2010: AOL, Forbes, IDG, new from The Register, and video insight from IDG

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Fri, 2010-01-22 00:00 Sam Whitmore

SWMS Alert: IDG's Command-and-Control Center

IDG employs more than 70 IT journalists in the U.S. alone. It's great to have such a big resource -- if you can coordinate it and show results. If you can't, it's blood in the water when Sharky the Budget Cutter swims by.

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Computerworld

IDG

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Fri, 2010-01-15 13:39 Sam Whitmore

SWMS Tweet: Week of Jan 11, 2010

SWMS Tweet: Week of Jan 11, 2010: mobile readers, and the ecosystem of e-tablet publishing

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InformationWeek

PC World

IDG

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Tue, 2010-01-05 16:59 Sam Whitmore

SWMS Tech Edit Spotlight: 2010 Editorial Preview on B-to-B tech edit

January 2010

The trade publishers are as frustrated as you are. They wish they had more advertising, too. So they’re diversifying, into virtual trade shows, newsletters, face-to-face events… they’re chasing the money. Just like you would.

For PR, that means that you’ll have to do your job in parallel. You’ll pitch reporters and reviewers as you always have. And you’ll stay abreast of all the non-traditional opportunities in b-to-b media, and seize those opps.

Your clients will have to help you. They need to create digital content assets — audio, video, Flash — to get you into this new game.

Below are the edit themes we’re most likely to see this year. Here’s to a successful 2010!

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Tue, 2009-12-08 17:18 Christy Whitmore

SWMS Editorial Teleconference - Nick Barber, online video producer, IDG News Service

Nick Barber, online video producer

IDG News Service

December 2009

He's the IDG "influencer" you probably don't know much about. Yet his work is seen worldwide and gets traction few other IDG journalists can claim. Do you know the kinds of video segments Nick Barber cranks out each week during his "World Tech Update"? Does he accept B-roll? If so, what kinds? Which IDG brands carry his stuff? Get the answer to these questions and much more in this SWMS Editorial Teleconference.