Monday, October 13, 2014

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #777: October 13, 2014

FIRShel was in New York to record this episode, now in Warsaw, Poland, with Copenhagen, Denmark, his next stop next week; FIR dinner planned for Wed Oct 29 when Shel’s in London that week; Neville recorded a podcast with Barb Gibson’s class of Millennials at Syracuse University London campus, coming soon;

Quick News: Online social media usage at its highest when business activity is at its lowest says new research, study says teens are abandoning Facebook (again), comedy club in Spain charges per laugh with facial recognition technology, SnapChat breach shouldn’t deter marketers; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: The Millennial you’re targeting probably doesn’t exist; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: do Western media exhibit a bias toward China?, journalism’s biggest competitors are things that don’t even look like journalism; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; linear measurement doesn’t work in social media; Dan York’s Tech Report: Dan’s heading to ICANN 51 this week in Los Angeles, Google+ polls, developments in Ello; Igloo Software promo; last week on the FIR Podcast Network; most of the purchase decisions in B2B happens before contact with your company;

Music from Chris Nelson; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for October 13, 2014: A 100-minute podcast recorded live from New York, New York, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday October 20…

Posted by neville on 10/13 at 06:04 AM
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