The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #427: March 2, 2009

Content summary: Shel’s on his own; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR community support for Bryan Person whose sister-in-law perished in a car crash yesterday in her native Kenya; CDs from Runaway Dorothy are still available to first-time commenters; interview about how TD Trust used The Hive software is set for Tuesday; Neville contributes to the intro; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report; Media Monitoring Minute; News that Fits: Skittles web site goes 100% social, personal branding in the age of Google, Forrester says “sponsored conversations” are fine, social media best practices group forms on a wiki; listener comments including a FriendFeed room roundup; music from EverBlue; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for March 2, 2009: A 62-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and close to live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Thursday, March 5…

Posted by shel on 03/02 at 11:47 AM

  1. Shel & Neville, I really appreciate the world-wide perspective on social media provided by your show. This includes Michael Netzley’s Asia report especially aspects that cover recent research that helps us understand this landscape better!

    Posted by Gunjan Rawal  on  03/03  at  03:07 AM

  2. Shel & Neville,
    I have just recently (past 6 months) began listening to FIR, but am now addicted.  I am a all-in-one marketing director for a small community bank and love listening to all of the different types of PR tactics, news, etc. 
    From a all-in-one position, I enjoy hearing from an agency perspective, but wonder what types of tips or special advice you might have for someone who is in-house and does not have a lot of time to deveote to just PR. Love the show. Keep it up.

    -Adam Daniels

    Posted by Adam Daniels  on  03/03  at  06:33 AM

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