Local websites, community blogs and all manner of hyperlocal activity will be put centre stage by a new initiative looking to both study and importantly, fund, some projects. The £1million Destination Local programme announced today is designed to “understand and stimulate the development of a UK hyperlocal media sector” and is led by Nesta and [...]
Archive for hyperlocal
Congratulations to Bramcote Today!
It’s always great to find out how the sites and blogs we get involved with are getting along and so we were delighted to hear this week from the team at Bramcote Today who’ve just passed the milestone of 50,000 viewers. Read more about their success here: http://bramcotetoday.org.uk/2012/01/28/bramcote-today-passes-major-milestone/#more-4754 And don’t forget, if you’ve any news to [...]
Six ways hyperlocal could help your High Street
I don’t want to live in Britain that doesn’t care about community. That’s one of the first things the shopping and retail personality Mary Portas states in her ‘vision’ which was presented to the government recently for The Portas Review. It’s a sentiment which every hyperlocal publisher in the country would surely echo so [...]
Are you celebrating your community?
A guest post from John Popham about his Celebration 2.0 project which Talk About Local are delighted to be supporting. Technology should be fun. What do you use computers and smartphones for? Chatting to your friends on Facebook? Sharing photos with your loved ones? Talking to relatives in far-flung places on Skype? Uploading novelty videos [...]
2011 Review
It’s that time of year when everyone starts to reflect on what the big stories of the year were and website owners look at what posts were popular. At Talk About Local we are no different, so in a cynical attempt to jump on the festive low quality contractual obligation content band wagon, here are [...]