Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #605: June 27, 2011
Content summary: Donna Papacosta’s IABC presentation and FIR Interview with Brian Solis posted; a quick note on AVEs; listener comments from the FIR Room on Friendfeed; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Marriott introduces Facebook game for recruiting, Dan York reports from the EComm Show in Burlingame CA on "voice 3.0" and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, new private podcasting service Cinchcast looks great but price is terrible, Donna Papacosta reports from Toronto on workers fired after Vancouver riots, Pollstream promo, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Twittamentary and more, 12 tips for engaging in a tweet chat, Geoff Barbaro in Australia reports on Australia’s "plain cigarette package" legislation; there will be a July 4 show; music from Annex; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 27, 2011: A 68-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.
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So, until Monday July 4…
Monday, June 20, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #604: June 20, 2011
Content summary: IABC 2011 World Conference summary, the impact of Twitter on the conference, Shel’s conference presentation posted as an FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast; join John Cass’ and Jonathan Baskin’s discussion of the military use of avatars; "Social Media @ Work" video released on June 17; Neville reviewing Philip Sheldrake’s "The Business of Influence" Kindle edition; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Duke Nukem Forever PR threats and reputation management, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, the rise of Tumblr, PollStream promo, Dan York’s report; music from Annie Stevenson; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 20, 2011: A 64-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.
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 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR. 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 Monday June 27…
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #603: June 13, 2011
Content summary: Shel’s at the IABC World conference in San Diego this week; two FIR Interviews posted: Michael Netzley interview of Georgette Tan and Project Inspire, Neville/Shel interview of Kansas City weather podcaster Ed Roberts; answering Michael Taggart: Neville’s 5 favourite podcasts; new FIR comment line phone number in Europe; listener comment discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: the case against having a social media department, Dan York reports on why communicators should care about the news from Apple’s WWDC, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, where is your company on the social maturity scale?, PR ‘fixer’ cleans Wikipedia entries for senior business figures, PollStream promo, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the trend to one-tweet novels in China and the top digital brands in Asia, use of social media in PR campaigns growing; music from Megan Palmer; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 13, 2011: A 70-minute podcast recorded live from 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.
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 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR. 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 Monday June 20…
Monday, June 06, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #602: June 6, 2011
Content summary: Two FIR Book Reviews posted: "Welcome to the Fifth Estate" and "The Thank You Economy"; Shel and Neville interviewed in SimplyCommunicate and Neville on SimplyTV; an offer from our friends at the Inside PR podcast (we accept!); results of the most recent Pollstream poll; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Dove’s response to criticism over its latest US ad campaign, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on business social networks in Singapore and Japan and more, CustomScoop to provide 100 free media monitoring accounts for disaster relief organizations, apologizing on Twitter satisfies after defamation lawsuit, France bans use of mentioning "Facebook" and "Twitter" in the media, Dan York reports on IPv6 Day and more, Pollstream promo; Shel’s at the IABC World Conference in San Diego next week; music from The Seventh Sound; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 6, 2011: A 64-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and San Antonio, Texas, 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. 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 Monday June 13…
Monday, May 30, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #601: May 30, 2011
FIR Book Review coming of Geoff Livingston’s "Fifth Estate"; Shel was at BlogWorld New York for a day; Shel and Neville interviewed by Kelly Kass, SimplyCommunicate; Neville on Simply.TV this week; Update: Twitter, freedom of speech, privacy and the law; listener comments from the Friendfeed FIR Room; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Toyota owners to get a private social network and Ford’s developing medical tech for cars and drivers, Dan York reports on the Urban Outfitters alleged design theft kerfuffle, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Morgan Stanley okays bloggers to tweet, over 53% of US internet users will read blogs this year says eMarketer, Pollstream promo, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on disrupting technologies impacting communication in Asia, one trend (check-ins) heats up while another (gamification) stagnates; music from Stabilizer; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 30, 2011: A 66-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.
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. 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 Monday June 6…
Monday, May 23, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #600: May 23, 2011
Content summary: This is episode #600!; interviews for Shel and Neville; Shel’s on the road; listener comments discussion including Burson Marsteller follow-up, Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; Ragan promo; News That Fits - super-injunctions that gag the mainstream media but not anyone else: balancing privacy, freedom of speech, the law and Twitter is uncharted territory; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Comcast sets off firestorm in response to tweet; corporate marketing and communication strategies are going global: survey; listener Harry Hawk reports from Puerto Rico; Pollstream promo; Dan York reports on 6 things communicators should know about IPv6; NLRB faults company for firing employees over Facebook posts; music from Belladonna; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 23, 2011: A 69-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Overland Park, Kansas, 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. 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 Monday May 30…
Monday, May 16, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #599: May 16, 2011
Content summary: The 600th episode of FIR is next week; FIR promo: free tickets to Social Media Marketing & Monitoring 2011 conference in San Francisco on May 23; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits - the Burson Marsteller / Facebook kerfuffle: the basics of the story, how the companies responded, ethical issues, what to do: the roles individual firms and the professional associations should play, our roles as communicators and opinion-formers in the social spaces; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on Facebook / Google / Burson Marsteller: the war for control of your information; PollStream promo; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; music from Ultraviolet Hippopautamus; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for April 4, 2011: A 74-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.
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. 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 Monday May 23…
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