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Developing a web communications plan
Started Sep 17
"Teens don't Tweet"
Replied Aug 18
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I'm looking for some tips or templates or recommended approaches to developing a web communications plan to map out and manage the flow of content through our online channels i.e. primary website, social networks, email.
Ideally I can get a plan ...
We are experimenting with Twitter. We have developed a competition to try to encourage them to tweet, but so far, not too much traction.
csu.edu.au/2010
Yes please.
cwhitbourn at csu.edu.au
No, I avoided focus groups and instead opted for 1-on-1 sessions with users in front of a computer screen. I set them a series of tasks relating to the core activities that our website tries to support, and then watched them try to complete those ...
Yep. The new link worked for me, thanks.
Here's an Australian University on Twitter, Charles Sturt University:
http://www.twitter.com/CharlesSturtUni
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- At 12:41am on January 9, 2009,
Mark Cruthers said… - Hi Cade,
With your work as Web Coordinator, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.
- At 1:56am on October 20, 2008,
Cheng Lau said… - Our Advancement division and each of the faculties has its own in-house web team, which is preferred as they are then familiar with the university's web and editorial style guide, branding etc. It's usually the Research Centres with external funding that outsource to external contractors, to the university's guidelines. I don't have any names for you, but can ask around.
- At 7:44pm on October 19, 2008,
K McInerney said… - Hey Cade,
There are a few little projects happening using external people, but most are outside of my core web team for "3rd tier" sites associated with the uni. I am relatively new and am in the process of putting together a redevelopment strategy for 2009. Short answer is I would not have any to recommend at this stage but would be happy to have a chat as I go through a parallel process soon
Cheers
K
- At 3:58am on September 18, 2008,
Chris Walker said… - Hi Cade,
my area does almost all the static web site design and development in-house and also access another internal team for dynamic application based web development (PHP, Java, PeopleSoft, ...). We collaborate with external relations for the web style which we code into our CMS and then train and monitor publishers to use correctly.
I get approached by external companies from time to time and external relations has used them for some relatively specific work but in the main they usually fail to understand or cost effectively meet our web standards so in general the internal group is the best choice.
A couple of marketing companies have worked with external relations in our branding and styling and I can give you their names over the phone or an email if you like. My email address is C.Walker@Griffith.edu.au.
Happy to talk more over the phone if you like but I will be away on leave next week.
Chris
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- Employer?
- Charles Sturt University
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- http://www.csu.edu.au
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- http://www.cadewhitbourn.com
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- Web marketing, HTML/CSS, SEO
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- Marketing
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- Marketing Web Coordinator
- Number of students at your institution
- 34,000
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