I’m often asked about useful resources about building an online presence and harnessing digital and social media.

Some tips I wrote:

• Twitter 101 for Academics
• Making the most out of Twitter and writing messages that matter
• How to Make Your Online Presence Social
• Building a Better Online Identity
• Tips for DIY headshots
• The Digital Scholar: How Academics Can Build Their Online Presence and Harness Social Media

Some tips others wrote:

• Handling the media [pdf] by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
• Tip more, pitch less by Denise Graveline
• Social Media toolkit for higher education by Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association
• How to write a blogpost from your journal article by Writing for Research

Some resources about Twitter:

• 60 ways to use Twitter in the classroom by the Global Digital Citizen Foundation
• Twitter directory for higher education by Inside Higher Ed

Some resources for writing:

• AP Style Blog
• My Best Writing Tip via The Guardian

Some resources about writing op-eds:

• The Op-Ed Project
  • Tips and writing tricks
  • Where to submit
• Tips for Aspiring Op-Ed Writers via The New York Times
• And Now a Word From Op-Ed
• How to Write an Op-Ed Article via Duke University

Some blogs and websites I read:

• Writing for Research
• Duke’s Scholarly Communications
• LSE’s The Impact Blog
• Mark Carrigan’s blog
• Guardian Higher Education Network
• Sprout Social’s blog
• HubSpot’s blog