Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Monday, March 21, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #591: March 21, 2011
Content summary: New podcasts posted: Curation Nation book review, Brian Solis presentation and discussion at Dell B2B Social Media Huddle; FIR Interview with RealWire’s Adam Parker coming; listener comments discussion; follow-up discussion on the Chrysler F-bomb tweet; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Global Fortune 100 social media savvy and getting savvier, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore including interview segment with Ross Rowbury President and CEO at Edelman Japan by John Hall, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, why Corning’s investor relations video went viral; results of the latest Pollstream poll; Dan York reports on Klout, Beyonce and influence, AT&T and T-Mobile USA…and the media fest, Google Voice and Sprint, and more; music from Two Gallants; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for March 21, 2011: A 69-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.
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So, until Monday March 28…
Monday, March 14, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #590: March 14, 2011
Content summary: Neville is solo as Shel’s on the road (but we have contributions and conversation); diary reminder: upcoming FIR Interview with RealWire’s Adam Parker on March 21; FIR interviews up: Jackie Mitchell, and David Ferrabee and Robin Block; FIR Speakers and Speeches up: William Amurgis at IntraTeam conference on AEP intranet; DCI Group’s Digital America via Chip Griffin; upcoming FIR Speakers and Speeches podcasts coming from the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle in London on March 17, especially a conversation with keynoter Brian Solis; shoutout for IABC Europe Middle East Region conference in Turin, Italy, next month; listener comments’ discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: social media connections and the Japan earthquake/tsunami disaster, Dan York reports on Japan and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, LinkedIn launches curated LinkedIn Today, Pollstream promo, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Japan and more; music from Sexy Mathematics; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for March 14, 2011: A 59-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 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 March 21…
Monday, March 07, 2011
The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #589: March 7, 2011
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR Interview with the FT is up, Neville was at the FT Digital Media conference in London last week; Speakers & Speeches podcast with AEP’s William Amurgis is coming, upcoming FIR Interview with RealWire’s Adam Parker, FIR Book Review of Curation Nation is coming from Shel; IABC Europe Middle East Region conference takes place in Turin, Italy, next month; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: European firm stops tweeting blaming poor engagement, Dan York’s report, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop which prompts a discussion about actor Charlie Sheen and Twitter, will Facebook replace company websites?, five things you need to know about Chinese microblogging, Pollstream promo, Michael Netzley’s report, mobile web more popular than apps; music from The Attic Ends; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for March 7, 2011: A 66-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. 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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Monday, February 28, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #588: February 28, 2011
Content summary: FIR Interview with OneForty.com’s Laura Fitton is up and one with the Financial Times on its mobile efforts is coming; congratulations to Voce Communications on its acquisition by Porter-Novelli; a review of Peter Shankman’s new book is coming from FIR Book Review Editor Bob LeDrew; share your opinion in the new Pollstream poll on the FIR website; promo from Ragan Communications about the new Ragan.com and other sites; News That Fits: RealWire launches a new press release search engine, a local reporting site moves entirely to Facebook, “Churnalism” and the press release, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, Michael Netzley’s report, Razorfish study shows customers don’t want brands to engage with them on Twitter or Facebook, Pollstream promo, Internet words find their way into the dictionary, Dan York’s report; music from The Morning Stars; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 28, 2011: A 56-minute podcast recorded 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.
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 March 7…
Monday, February 21, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #587: February 21, 2011
Content summary: FIR Interview with Laura Thomas at Dell posted; recording of FIR Live #21 on B2B social marketing with Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman is up; listener comments discussion including on Bernie Goldbach’s Audioboo; News That Fits - should your employer have access to your Facebook account?, Dan York reports on Terry Fallis SNCR Facebook NewsFeed change and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, discussion on mainstream media and social media in the current unrest in Libya, taking sock puppets to a new level: persona management and illusions of consensus, Sallie Goetsch asks who took podcasting out of podcamp, results of the Pollstream poll, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Groupon in China and Burson Marsteller’s global social media check-up; news about next week’s show; music from Gas House Gorillas; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 21, 2011: A 71-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. 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 February 28…
Monday, February 14, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #586: February 14, 2011
Content summary: Next FIR Live on Saturday Feb 19; guest co-host with Shel for next week’s show is Dave Fleet; Speakers & Speeches podcast with Shel Israel is up; final week for current PollStream poll on FIR site; listener comments discussion; News That Fits: updates on Kenneth Cole and on Egypt (Wael Ghonim), crowdsourcing and games to help digitize content at Finland’s National Library, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Ketchum’s take on new skills for PR professionals (with audio clip), defining boundaries for Twitter users, Pollstream promo, Dan York reports on the Mobile World Congress and Facebook’s new Pages and more, email is on its way out; music from Katie Thompson; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 14, 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 February 21…
Monday, February 07, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #585: February 7, 2011
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley, communications-related Pollstream poll now on FIR site; diary reminder for next FIR Live on Feb 19; two new FIR Book Review podcasts posted; upcoming FIR Interview with Laura Thomas of Dell about #tradesecrets; congratulations to Pete Blackshaw who joins Nestlé as Global Digital Chief; good luck to Claire Thompson with her new venture, SEO PR Training; listener comments discussion; News That Fits: will AOL and Huffington Post become a ‘next-generation American media company’?, Dan York reports on AOL and content strategy and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, is Kenneth Cole’s ‘Egypt’ tweet a calculated ploy or an inconsequential mistake or a reputation crisis?, Pollstream promo, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the Year of the Rabbit and more; music from Stalling Dawn; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 7, 2011: A 61-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. 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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