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

• ACID Music Studio 10
• Adobe Audition
• Audacity
• Avid Pro Tools
• Audio Acrobat
• Apple Logix Pro X
• Electro-Voice RE50/B Microphone
• JK Audio Broadcast Host Digital Hybrid
• Magix Audio Cleaning Lab
• Sound Forge Audio Studio
• Type Studio transcribes podcasts to enable editing just by editing text
• WavePad Audio Editing Software
• Zoom H4N Handy Recorder

Podcast production, syndication, and distribution services

• Apple iTunes Store
• BlogTalkRadio science
• Liberated Syndication
• Spreaker

Wiki sites and resources

• Confluence
• PBWiki/PBworks
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia comparison of wiki hosting services
• Wikipedia explanation of wikis
• Wikibooks textbook community
• Wiki.com
• Wiki.org

Social networking sites

• Academia.edu for sharing papers
• Facebook
• Flickr photo-sharing site
  
• Google Scholar
• HubPages
• Instagram for sharing photos and videos
• LabRoots scientific social network
• Linkedin
• Meetup
• Mendeley reference-sharing and networking site
• Mix social bookmarking site
• NASA social networking sites
  
• Perlmutter, David, "Facebooking Your Way Out of Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 3, 2009 (subscription required)
  
• ResearcherID for managing professional profile
• ResearchGate networking site
• Twitter
• (Yahoo Groups has shut down. Here's a good guide to alternatives, by Katie Horne.)
• YouTube
• YouTube Help
  

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

• American Society of Microbiology, Small Things Considered
• AAAS ScienceInsider policy news
• Feedspot, Top 100 Science Blogs
• GeekWrapped 20 best science blogs
• Guardian science blog network
• McCurry, Dee, "The Best Academic Blogs," December 7, 2017.
• Next Scientists, a blog for Ph.D. students
• The New York Times blogs
• Public Library of Science blogs
• RealClimate
• ScienceBlogs
• Science Life blog of the University of Chicago Medical Center
• Science News blogs
• Scientific American blog network

 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

• Bit.ly URL shortening service
• dlvr.it automated social media manager
• HootSuite Web-based system for managing multiple Twitter accounts
• NASA Social Media
• NetLingo Internet Dictionary
• Plurk
• SocialOomph for managing and scheduling social media
  
• Tumblr
• TweetDeck for managing Twitter feeds
• TweetGrid search dashboard for monitoring topics, events, etc.
• Twhirl destop application for managing social network accounts
• Twilert service for monitoring Twitter
• Twitter
• How to use Twitter lists
• Twitter basics guide for business users
• Twitter Guide Book, Mashable
• Twitter in plain English
• Twitter search
• Twittermail provides email address for posting Tweets
• Twitter Mars Phoenix
• twtpoll polls via Twitter
• twtsurvey polls via Twitter
• Wikipedia article on microblogging
• Wikipedia article on Twitter

Social bookmarking sites and resources

• AddThis service enables one-button sharing of content with multiple bookmarking sites
• Digg
• Del.icio.us
• Mix
• Reddit
• Social bookmarking, Wikipedia

Web meeting resources and software

• Best Video Conferencing Apps and Software for Accessibility
• Best Video Conferencing: Join.Me vs GoToMeeting vs WebEx vs Zoom vs Skype vs TeamViewer vs AnyMeeting
• Which is More Secure: Zoom Vs Skype Vs Teams Vs Webex Comparison
• Zoom Vs Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Cisco Webex and Skype: Choosing the Right Video-Conferencing Apps for You
• Zoom vs GoToMeeting: Which is the Best Video Conferencing Solution?
• Adobe Connect
• Beyond Built-in: Why a Better Webcam Matters
• BigMarker
• Elgato green screen
• Emart Photo Studio Backdrop
• eShow
• Eventsforce
• GoToMeeting
• GoToWebinar
• Green screen backdrop
• How to build a Zoom Virtual Background with Your Brand Logo, Thinktiv web tool for creating a logo background
• How to Look Good on Camera, Techsmith
• How to Look Good on Video Calls for Zoom, FaceTime, Skype
• How to Look Good on Zoom, Katie Fehlinger
• How to Remove Video Background without Green Screen
• How to Use a Script on Zoom, Katie Fehlinger
• How to use a green screen with Skype
• How to use Manycam for green screen
• Inexpensive Video Conferencing Lighting Solutions
• Livestorm
• ManyCam streaming production software
• Open Broadaster Software for video recording and live streaming
• On24
• Skype video calling software
• SparkoCam virtual webcam for creating a green screen
• vMix streaming production software
• Using vMix to create a Chroma Key Green Screen
• WebEx Meeting Center 
• WebEx/ Skype/ Zoom - Background removal - for PC
• Webinar software comparison site
• Web and Video Conferencing Software Overview
• WebAround green screen
• Zoho Meeting
• Zoom
• Zoom accessibility features
• Zoom accessibility features and ADA compliance (video)
• Zoom closed captioning and live transcription
• Zoom Events
• Zoom: Getting Started with Zoom Rooms
• Zoom Hybrid Meetings: Setup and Tips for Beginners
• Zoom: Hardware Solutions for your Hybrid Meetings
• Zoom Hosting Large Events: Webinars Vs. Meetings
• Zoom:Polling for meetings
• Zoom training webinars

Online survey tips, software, and reviews

• CHECKBOX
• GreatBrook, Tips for Selecting an Online Survey Software Tool
• QuestionPro
• QuestionPro Survey Design Tips
• SurveyMethods
• Survey Monkey
• twtpoll polls via Twitter