Web Strategy Micksup

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I did a presentation this morning to a great bunch of marketing and media people in Australian Government organisations.

One of their biggest challenges is that they want to do more web 2.0 stuff, but the legal eagles won’t let them try and the IT guys won’t help them try.

So we came up with the idea of playing with password protected tools and then showing the naysayers how we are using it.

So here is a list of free applications that you can sign up to and play with in password protected, invite only way.

1. Blogging

Where you write stuff and people make comments about it.

Try Wordpress.com

Uncheck the tick box on the second page that says “Privacy”

2. Wiki

Webpages that lots of people can add to and change.

Try Wetpaint

Change “Who can view your wiki” to private.

3. Micromedia

Sending little short messages about thinks you’re doing and stuff you’ve found to your friends.

Try Twitter

Then add me as a friend by going here and clicking ‘Follow’ I’ll follow you back.

4. Forums

Where anyone can create a new topic around a subject and everyone talks about it.

Try Tangler (of course)

Click ‘Private’ under group type.

5. Social networks

Where you find friends and share/do stuff together, like pictures, what you’re doing, scrabble, etc

Try Facebook

Sign up, search for me and add me as a friend.

6. Social bookmarking

Keep a list of websites you like or want to remember and share them with other people. They will share with you too and you’ll discover cool new stuff.

Try Ma.gnol.ia

7. Social Picture Sharing

Upload pictures into a website library and share them with other people, again, they’ll share back.

Try Flickr

(Flickr is a Yahoo owned application, so you need to use/create a Yahoo login).

8. Social Video Sharing

Upload videos to a website and share them with other people.

Try YouTube

Set your video uploads to “Private”

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Other links worth checking out;
- Slideshare - presentation (like Powerpoint) database.
- Wikipedia - community encyclopedia.
- Search engine optimisation - making your website more likely to be found by people you want to find it using search engines (like Google).

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