Book

Robin’s first book, ‘Blogging for Creatives’ is due out in Spring 2012, published by Ilex Press. It’s available to pre-order from Amazon.

Blogging

Robin’s business blog since 2007 is the Eggblogg. Before that, she blogged as E-Tips and operated a successful monthly newsletter by that title for several years. She is an experienced guest blogger, having written for Social Media Today, Marketing Profs, The Marketing Society and others.

Features / Editorial

Robin has written many features and articles for print magazines, newspapers and websites over the years. An archive of some of these can be found here.

Copywriting

Robin is an experienced copywriter for print and online. Samples from her portfolio can be found here.

Academic writing

Back in 2000, Robin Houghton completed an MA in Digital Media at the University of Sussex. Her research interests focused on email in the workplace and online community, and her terms papers and final dissertation can be found here (PDF files). Final mark: distinction.

e-mail in the workplace: an overview of its usage and effects (Dec 99)

One small episode of hegemonic struggle and cultural change: the ‘Millennium Prayer’ controversy (Dec 99)

‘You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave’ – towards an explanation of the holding power of online community (April 2000)

Exploring conventional and alternative ways of navigating around an informational website (April 2000) – accompanying report to a web project

Strategies of online discourse (August 2000) – Final dissertation arguing that the social organisation of a text-based, online community is formed, maintained and modified through the verbal interaction of its citizens.

Poetry

Robin’s poems have been published in The Rialto, The North, Obsessed with Pipework, Iota, Agenda and others. Her poetry and musings blog is Poetgal.

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