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Surviving in the digital age as a journalist

Looking for a full-time job which will involve in using writing and editing skills have a look at job descriptions for roles with titles like ‘content editor’, ‘online editor’, ‘copywriter’, ‘digital content writer’ and so on?

By Elaine, 7 yearsFebruary 26, 2018 ago
Communications and PR

A new dawn

In the last few days I decided to consolidate my blogs into one easy, eh, blog, and copied all my old Lark.ie and webcontent.ie blog posts to elainelarkin.ie.

By Elaine, 7 yearsFebruary 26, 2018 ago
Communications and PR

Press release template

Have you ever wondered how to write a press release? This template will guide you.

By Elaine, 10 yearsApril 1, 2015 ago
Content

Knowing your content strategy from your content strategy

The increased interest in “content” has resulted in the use of the term content strategy to mean content calendars for editorial content planning (brand journalism/content marketing) and social media content plans. “Content Strategy”, in my book, is something different.

By Elaine, 10 yearsJanuary 22, 2015 ago
Content

Teaching a three-year-old how to fly a helicopter. A lesson in perspective.

“What’s this for?” he asked, landing a black plastic casing with controls on it in my hands. It was clearly the remote control of what I assumed was a remote control car. The situation was worse than I thought. It was the remote control for a non-existent helicopter.

By Elaine, 11 yearsNovember 7, 2014 ago
Content

Don’t make me download

The awkward moment when the mobile responsive website you’re viewing from your mobile gives you no option than to download a programme of events.

By Elaine, 11 yearsOctober 13, 2014 ago
Communications and PR

So, you’re a freelancer?

For my whole career I’ve been asked “are you a freelancer?”. For the past five years I’ve been trying to find an answer to that question “are you a freelancer?” by well-meaning inquisitive people without sounding uppity.

By Elaine, 11 yearsSeptember 19, 2014 ago
Content

Drive traffic to your office with your contact page

How to increase productivity and save money by including useful information for visitors on your company website contact and location pages.

By Elaine, 11 yearsJuly 7, 2014 ago
Communications and PR

The ‘It’s Paddy’s not Patty’s’ argument

The It’s Paddy’s not Patty’s annual argument divides Americans and Irish every March. Here’s what it’s all about.

By Elaine, 11 yearsMarch 14, 2014 ago
Content

The tech road not taken 25 years ago

As there’s so much talk about getting women into tech I decided to figure out why I myself am not a woman in tech. You’d think I would be as someone who had access to computers from the late 1980s and even attended a programming class for kids (more…)

By Elaine, 12 yearsNovember 22, 2013 ago

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