The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #116: March 2, 2006

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #116: March 2, 2006

Content summary: Special edition live at the New Communications Forum; Neville and Shel announce a podcasting-book deal with McGraw-Hill; conversations with John Cass, Jeremy Wright, Jory des Jardins, Elisa Camahort, Debbie Weil, Michael Geoghegan, Shel Israel, Philip Young; report from Dan York; Eric Schwartzman in conversation with Phil Gomes; Stephen Turcotte talks to Robert Scoble and Sam Decker; listeners’ comments discussion (e-workplace applications, not coming to Canada, pronunciation guide, Edelman blogging conference in Germany, approvals for internal podcasting); the music; and more.

Show notes for March 2, 2006

Recording show #116 at the New Communications Forum
(Photo by Philip Young)

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Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 81-minute podcast recorded live from the New Communications Forum conference, Palo Alto, California, USA.

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strong>In This Edition:

Intro:

  • 00:32 Neville introduces the show, live from the New Communications Forum; what the show’s about; how to give your feedback; show notes

Commentary and Conversations:

Listeners’ Comments Discussion:

  • 65:54 Michael Fasosin on e-workplace applications, Internet Explorer 7, RSS and tagging
  • 67:06 Lee Hopkins would love to come to Canada for the IABC conference, but…
  • 68:05 Robert French with a pronunciation guide
  • 68:48 Sebastian Keil on David Weinberger’s and Heiko Hebig’s Edelman blogging presentation in Germany
  • 71:29 Mark DiJulio asks: How do you go about handling the approval process for internal podcasting?

Outro:

  • 72:47 Shel wraps the show; let us know your views about today’s discussions; how and where to send your comments; where to find the show notes
  • 74:09 We’re together for next Monday’s show but in separate hotel rooms, in San Francisco and in Washington, DC
  • 75:21 Outro podsafe music via the Podasfe Music Network - Heartless by Michael Burks

FIR Show Notes links
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If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com, or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803. 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.

So, until Monday March 6…

Posted by neville on 03/02 at 05:43 AM
  1. Hi guys,

    Following up on my previous comment taking issue with the Guiness blog, I just had to pass this along. It’s Sunday, early afternoon. Below is an e-mail I literally received 30 minutes ago from LinkedIn and my reply.  I think it explains itself:

    >>Dear Craig Jolley,

    We hope you are enjoying your complimentary Personal Plus account. We wanted to remind you that your premium Personal Plus account will expire and revert back to a free Personal account on 2/18/2006.

    Renew your account today and continue to enjoy premium features such as Openlink messages and the Openlink network. Learn more about the benefits of Personal Plus.

    Renew today.

    Thank you!

    —The LinkedIn Team

    Please note: Your will still have a LinkedIn Personal account if you choose not to renew your Personal Plus account.<<

    My Response:

    If a tree falls in the forest but no one is around to hear it, does it make any noise?

    I was reminded of this old philosophical question when I read your recent note, since I didn’t know I had a complimentary Personal Plus account!  I also want to thank you for letting me know that the complimentary free service, that I didn’t know I had, expired several weeks ago. So, to answer you question no, I haven’t enjoyed your premium service since I haven’t used it.

    I’m curious, have you found it to be a successful strategy to keep complimentary trials of your service a secret from your prospects and then only inform them after the fact?  It seems counter-intuitive to me but I’m always looking for fresh, “out-of-the-box”, innovative thinking. Maybe this will open up a whole new marketing approach for my company!

    Posted by Craig Jolley  on  03/05  at  07:41 AM

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