Monday, November 21, 2011

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #626: November 21, 2011

Content summary: On this day in 1980; good result for Tony Loftis (FIR Interview last week): his missing daughter Allie found safe; two FIR Interviews coming: Peter Espersen of Lego and Sprinklr Founder/CEO Ragy Thomas; Speakers & Speeches from the Dell B2B Huddle at Google coming soon (if you have time and audio-editing skills, we’d love some volunteer help); GaggleAmp update; News That Fits: Have your say in redefining public relations in the age of social media, an initiative from PRSA, IABC, AMEC, IPR, and others; Dan York reports on no Flash in the Ice Cream Sandwich, Facebook ‘over-sharing’, and more; Ragan promo; YouTube and corporate apologies; listener comments; is a Twitter follower worth $2.50?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on North Korea’s 3G mobile network, and dominant social networks in China; one disgruntled employee’s campaign to save Thanksgiving; TemboSocial promo; music from Leftover Salmon; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 21, 2011: A 67-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.


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So, until Monday November 28…

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