Show Notes
LInks to items mentioned in the podcast
Monday, August 25, 2008
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #374: August 25, 2008
Content summary: Reminder of the next FIR Live: Sept 20; PR Week blog contest update; social media focus in latest IABC podcast; Jason Calacanis’ 10 PR tips for CEOs; from Singapore, Michael Netzley discusses India’s internet market; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits - the Christy Blatchford column, how to live the cloud life, Canadian CIOs shun enterprise Web 2.0, to comment or not to comment that is the question; listeners’ comment and FriendFeed FIR round-up; music from Heavenly States; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 25, 2008: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
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So, until Thursday August 28…
Thursday, August 21, 2008
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #373: August 21, 2008
Content summary: FIR Live postponed until September 20; PR Week blog contest update; Dan York reports on SpeechTEK, Technorati and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits - the SEC’s big IDEA, smarter talk about PR’s future, how a PR firm should provide value to clients about social media, Chicago Tribune’s Twitter army; Heidi Miller on the Knight News Challenge; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Munk; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 21, 2008: A 62-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.
So, until Monday August 25…
Monday, August 18, 2008
FIR Cut: Searching by brand keywords on the rise
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FIR Cut: Launch of Blogs.com
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #372: August 18, 2008
Content summary: Next FIR Live on Aug 23; update on PR Week blog contest; discussion: Is PR dead? Oh, God, not again…; the Media Monitoring minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits - Inc magazine study on US company adoption of social media, unique medical simulation in Second Life; Michael Netzley reports on Singapore’s Social Media Breakfast 3; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed round-up; music from Manda and The Marbles; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 18, 2008: A 60-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.
- FIR #372 show notes at The New PR Wiki (link to come)
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.
So, until Thursday August 21…
Thursday, August 14, 2008
FIR Cut: What should PR students be taught about social media?
- The teacher: Teaching social media; the student: What should we be taught about social media?
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #371: August 14, 2008
Content summary: Shel’s at the Ragan/eBay conference and on to New Media Expo; PR Week blog contest update; Dan York reports on WordPress 2.6, trusting the cloud, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits - focus on social networking with Movable Type upgrade, visual trickery at the Olympic Games, reasons to embed content in your website; David Phillips explains Gartner’s Generation V; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed round-up; music from The Tallest Man On Earth; and more.
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Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir.
For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 14, 2008: A 62-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Concord, California, USA.
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.
- FIR #371 show notes at The New PR Wiki (link to come)
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.
So, until Monday August 18…