Chapter 15 references: Create e-newsletters, wikis, blogs, podcasts, social networks and webinars
Chapter references
- Blogger Help, “Help People Find Your Blog on Search Engines.”
- Britton, Ben, “Social Media or Scientists and Engineers,” Medium, July 17, 2017.
- Carroll, Sean, “How to Get Tenure at a Major Research University,” Sean Carroll, March 30, 2011.
- Crick, Tom, and Winfield Alan, "Academic Blogging—10 Top Tips," The Guardian, December 13, 2013.
- Email newsletter subscriptions, The New York Times
- EurekAlert RSS Feeds
- EurekAlert Trending newsletter
- Eysenbach, Gunther, “Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact,” Journal of Medical Internet Research,” Vol. 13, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2011.
- Getting Started, Twitter
- Google Alerts
- Hall, Neil, “The Kardashian Index: A Measure of Discrepant Social Media Profile for Scientists,” Genome Biology, Vol. 15, No. 424, 2014.
- Jarreau, Paige, “How I Use Social Media as a Scientist,” From the Lab Bench.
- Leeming, Jack, "Social Media as a Scientist: A Very Quick Guide," NatureJobs, August 23, 2017
- Might, Matt, “6 Blog Tips for Busy Academics.”
- Peironcely, Julio, “How Blogging Can Transform Your Scientific Career,” Finish Your Thesis with Dora, February 3, 2014.
- Raper, Vivienne, “Science Blogging and Tenure,” Science, January 28, 2011.
- RealClimate blog
- Scientific American podcasts
- Tachibana, Chris, "A Scientist's Guide to Social Media," Science, February 28, 2015.
- The New Reddit Journal of Science
- Wainwright, Corey, “What is CAN-SPAM,” Hubspot.
- Winkowd, Inka, "700 free newsletter templates (that are all responsive!)," EmailToolTester, June 4, 2018.
General references
- Anderson, Chris, Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, Hyperion, 2006
- Bert, Alison, "How to Use Social Media for Science -- 3 Views," Elsevier Connect, February 25, 2014
- Bik, Holly M., "An Introduction to Social Media for Scientists," PLoS Biology, April 23, 2013
- Bonetta, Laura, "Should You be Tweeting?" Cell, October 30, 2009
- Chang, Kenneth, "Phoenix to Earthlings: I've landed! Awesome!," The New York Times, May 31, 2008
- DeLong, J. Bradford, "The Invisible College," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 28, 2006 (subscription required)
- DiPietro, Jon, Social Media for Scientists and Engineers," Momentum Press, 2011
- Drezner, Daniel W., "The Trouble with Blogs," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 28, 2006 (subscription required)
- kevinmd.com blog disclaimer
- Liang, Xuan, et al, "Building Buzz: (Scientists) Communicating Science in New Media Environments," Journalism & Mass Communications Quarterly, September 12, 2014 (See also Matt Shipman blog post)
- Raper, Vivienne, "Science Blogging and Tenure," Science Careers, January 28, 2011
- Shipman, Matt, "Scientists: Social Media Is Not Necessarily a Waste of Time," SciLogs, November 30, 2012
- Social Networking for Scientists: The Wiki
- Tachibana, Chris, "A Scientist's Guide to Social Media," Science Careers, February 28, 2014
- Van Noorden, Richard, "Online Collaboration: Scientists and the Social Network," Nature, August 13, 2014
E-newsletter references, mailing programs, and resources
- AWeber email system includes autoresponder that can automatically send sequences of emails to new subscribers
- Bit.ly URL shortening service
- Bronto
- Constant Contact
- eNewsletterPro
- E-zineZ email newsletter tutorial
- EurekAlert RSS feeds
- "Free Email Marketing Resources," EmailToolTester
- Google Alerts
- iContact
- Individual.com
- JangoMail
- ListProc
- LISTSERV
- MailChimp
- Majordomo.
- McNamee, Hannah, "7 Best Ecommerce marketing Software for 2021," The Ecommerce Manager
- Mineo Ginny, "How to Create an Email Newsletter
- myNewsletterBuilder
- NewsletterPro
- Singleton, Chris, “How to Create an E-newsletter (2018)—10 Simple Steps to Email Marketing Success,” Style Factory, June 26, 2018
- The New York Times e-mail alerts
- URL-shortening services, from Honeytechblog
- VerticalResponse
- Wibowd, Inka, "How to Create Email Newsletters (That Your Subscribers Will Actually Read," EmailToolTester, August 13, 2018
- Winkowd, Inka, "700 free newsletter templates (that are all responsive!)," EmailToolTester, June 4, 2018
- Winkowd, Inka, "The 12 Best Free Email Marketing Services – How far can $0 get you?" EmailToolTester, May 15, 2018
Science podcasts
- Astronomy Casts
- Bowler, Jacinta, "6 Science Podcasts You Need to be Listening to Right Now," Science Alert, March 14, 2016.
- Chen, Joy, "The 12 Best Science Podcasts , Reviewed. FOR SCIENCE! (and Nerdy Enjoyment)," Scoutfm.
- Feltman, Rachel, "The Best Science Podcast to Make You Smarter," Popular Science, May 21, 2018.
- GeekWrapped, "The 20 Best Science Podcasts."
- LaForme, Ren, "The Best Tools and Tech to Create a Podcast in 2018," Poynter, June 18. 2018.
- Loria, Kevin, "15 of the Best Science Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter," Business Insider, March 15, 2018.
- Nature podcasts
- Omega Tau
- The New York Times podcasts
- PodcastPeople commercial audio/video podcast site
- Science Friday
- Science podcasts
- Scientific American podcasts
Podcasting tutorials
- Allen, Patrick, "How to Start Your Own Podcast," Lifehacker, August 9, 2017.
- Dumas, John Lee, "How to Podcast: The Ultimate Guide to Podcasting," Fire Nation, September 1, 2018.
- Hesse, Brendan, "How to Make a Successful Podcast," digital Trends, July 24, 2016.
- The Creative Penn, "How to Podcast."
Podcasting hardware and sound editing services and software
Podcast production, syndication, and distribution services
Wiki sites and resources
Social networking sites
Social networking guides and tips
- 2020 Social Media Image Sizes Cheat Sheet
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, "A Scientist's Guide to Social Media."
- Bik, Holly M., "An Introduction to Social Media for Scientists," PLoS Biology, April 23, 2013
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, "Social Media for Scientists/Scholars"
- Fiske, Peter, E-Persona Non Grata: Strategizing Your Online Persona, ScienceCareers, Science magazine
- Leeming, Jack, "Social media as a scientist: a Very Quick Guide," NatureJobs, August 23, 2017
- Miah, Andy, "The A to Z of social media for academia," Times Higher Education, March 9, 2017
- Palmer, Joshua C., "Academic Social Networking Sites," American Psychological Association, February 2017
- Pew Research Center, "Social Media Fact Sheet," February 5, 2018
- Schulman, Victoria, "LinkedIn: The Basics," Yale University, July6, 2016
- 60+ Social Networking Sites You Need to Know About in 2018
- Tachibana, Chris, "A Scientist's Guide to Social Media," Science, February 28, 2015
Blogging sites and resources
- Blogger
- Blogger Help, “Help People Find Your Blog on Search Engines.”
- Blogging Wizard, How to Choose a Blog Name You Won't Regret: a Definitive Guide
- Blog Name Generator. Business Name Generator.net.
- Carrington, Damian, "How to Set up a Science Blog," SciDevnet, September 30, 2008
- Carroll, Sean, “How to Get Tenure at a Major Research University,” Sean Carroll, March 30, 2011
- Crick, Tom, and Winfield Alan, "Academic Blogging—10 Top Tips," The Guardian, December 13, 2013.
- DeLong, J. Bradford, “The Invisible College,” Chronicle of Higher Education, July 28, 2006, (subscription required).
- Freevlog.org site for free video blogs
- Google Alerts
- "How to Create a Successful Science Blog," The Guardian
- McGuire, Hugh, "Why Academics Should Blog," Huffington Post, May 25, 2011.
- Images in Your Blog Posts: Best Practices
- On Blast Blog, "How to Start a Blog: The Only Guide You'll Ever Need"
- Might, Matt, "6 Blog Tips for Busy Academics."
- Peironcely, Julio, "How Blogging Can Transform Your Scientific Career," Finish Your Thesis with Dora, February 3, 2014.
- Perry, David, "3 Rules of Academic Blogging," The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 11, 2015.
- Raper, Vivienne, “Science Blogging and Tenure,” Science, January 28, 2011.
- "30 Inspiring Ideas to Develop Content for Your Blog," JeffBullas.com
- Thomson, Pat, "Seven Reasons Why Blogging Can Make You a better Academic Writer," Times Higher Education, January 2, 2016.
- "26 Tips for Writing Great Blog Posts," Social Media Examiner
- Typepad
- WordPress
Science blogs
Twitter references and resources
- Day, Erik, "100 Education Hashtags for Teachers and EdLEaders," Getting Smart, July 19, 2017.
- Deville, Sylvain, "Top 10 Twitter Hashtags for Scientists," October 24, 2014
- Dybwad, Barb, "Tweet Ideas: Thirteen Things You Can Do With Twitter Besides Tweet," Mashable, August 21, 2009
- Eysenbach, Gunther, “Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact,” Journal of Medical Internet Research,” Vol. 13, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2011.
- Jarreau, Paige, “How I Use Social Media as a Scientist,” From the Lab Bench
- Macsai, Dan, Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter, Fast Company, September 21, 2009
- Mitchell, Olivia, How to Present with Twitter (and other backchannels)
- The Complete Guide to Twitter Hashtags for Education
Twitter sites and tools
Social bookmarking sites and resources
Web meeting resources and software
Online survey tips, software, and reviews
