Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #578: December 20, 2010
Content summary: Six years ago, we did our first FIR recording; FIR Live on Deepwater Horizon communications is posted; a question for listeners: should we keep doing FIR Live?; no report this week from Michael Netzley in Singapore; FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; News That Fits: Sanofi-Aventis lays off 1700 employees via conference call, Dan York reports on Delicious and Facebook, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, the Yahoo/Delicious mess, communicating in chaos in the snowed-in UK, Pollstream promo, the Pew data; music from LaZae; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 20, 2010: A 67-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Monday December 27…
Monday, December 13, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #577: December 13, 2010
Content summary: Shel’s recording on his own this week from La Hulpe, Belgium; new FIR Interview posted with Michael Netzley interviewing David Ketchum, Asia Pacific president of Bite Communications; FIR Live is set for Saturday with Neil Chapman and Gerald Baron on communications during the BP oil spill; Shel visited Dell and saw the new social media listening center; Ragan content curation lauded by FastCompany; News That Fits: LeWeb wrap-up from Eric Schwartzman and guests, a study explores the future of content, Michael Netzley’s report, Media Monitoring Minute, Scott Douglas reports on how residents engaged with media during snow crisis in Scotland, Neville reports on a Mashable piece on five companies doing B2B social media well, Pollstream promo, Dan York’s report, a look at two stories on Facebook misdeeds; music from The Dirty Shames; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 7, 2010: A 71-minute podcast recorded live from La Hulpe, Belgium.
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So, until Monday December 20…
Monday, December 06, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #576: December 6, 2010
Content summary: Neville solo host this week; new FIR Interview posted: Shel in conversation with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation Acting Director John G. Lowe and Fleishman-Hillard digital strategist Justin Goldsborough about the V-Wall campaign; FIR Interview coming: Michael Netzley with David Ketchum of Bite Communications Asia Pacific; FIR Live date change reminder: Dec 18 not 11; listener comment and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; News That Fits: Dan York reports on WikiLeaks and more, newspaper paywalls and the experience so far of The Times, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Shel reports on the Grand Experiment of 2010, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on this week in Asia featuring WikiLeaks and an Asian perspective, #CommsChat ties up with Cision UK, new CommonCraft video "Social Media and the Workplace"; music from Tourist; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 6, 2010: A 51-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.
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So, until Monday December 13…
Monday, November 29, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #575: November 29, 2010
Content summary: Kristin Brandt from Manic Mommies is guest co-host; FIR Live on BP Gulf oil spill set for December 11; listener comments; Ragan promo on Corporate Editors and Writers Conference; Kristin and Shel discuss mommy blogging; News That Fits: major retailers offer holiday deals on social networks, Neville’s commentary on PR spam, Michael Netzley’s Asia report, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, new data on employee brand evangelists, Pollstream, Dan York’s report; music from Matthew Ebel.
About our guest co-host
Kristin is vice president at Sundin Associates, an award-winning marketing and advertising agency, where she is responsible for account management as well as the development of client web sites and social media strategies.
A full-time working mother with two children, she is also executive editor and co-host of Manic Mommies Media, an emerging media company supporting moms trying to balance work and family life, that has drawn the attention of major brands including General Motors, Real Simple, Mead and Microsoft.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 29, 2010: A 71-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Natick, Massachusetts, 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 December 6…
Monday, November 22, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #574: November 22, 2010
Content summary: Two FIR Interviews posted: with CC Chapman and Ann Handley, and with Mitch Joel; the next FIR Live will be on Dec 11 with Neil Chapman of BP and Gerald Baron on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and crisis communications; listener comments and discussion; News That Fits: the TSA full-body scans pat-downs and social media, Dan York reports on Facebook Messaging and more, ten investor relations Twitter accounts revisited, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, comScore state of the US internet and implications for mobile, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; Kristin Brandt of Manic Mommies is guest co-host with Shel next week as Neville away; music from Ballerina Black; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 22, 2010: A xx-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 November 29…
Monday, November 15, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #573: November 15, 2010
Content summary: FIR Interview coming: Michael Netzley interviews Bob Pickard, President and CEO, Burson-Marsteller Asia Pacific: segment in today’s show; listener comments and discussion; News That Fits: impressions from the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Cannes and discussion on Gartner prediction that social networks will replace email as primary vehicle for interpersonal communications for 20% of business users by 2014, ProPublica publishes planned PR response to dialysis care story, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, Dan York reports on Facebook email and more; music from Steve Robinson; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 15, 2010: A 69-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 November 22…
Monday, November 08, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #572: November 8, 2010
Content summary: FIR Interview with Tom Webster coming; Neville finally met Scott Monty in London; Technorati’s 2010 State of the Blogosphere report is out; latest IABC Cafe2Go podcast features interview with Melissa Dark, 2011 Gold Quill Awards Chair; listener comments and discussion; News That Fits: MIT finds astroturfing prevalent on Twitter, Qantas Airbus Rolls-Royce Engines and social media, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Dan York reports on topical technology, is having a social media policy enough to avoid legal problems?, Gartner to CEOs: seize the iPad opportunity now, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the Amazon Kindle in China and more; Neville will be at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in France this week; music from Rob Skane; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 8, 2010: 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.
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 November 15…
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