Monday, December 28, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #512: December 28, 2009
Content summary: Comments for the first FIR Video; fifth anniversary show on Jan 4; next FIR Live on Jan 24; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the top ten stories from Asia during 2009; discussion: the ethics of non-attributed posts to Posterous; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: more trouble for AT&T as company turns to celebrity to improve employee morale, just because you only met social media idiots does not mean that everybody is one; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Shortcuts to Fame; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 28, 2009: A 67-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
FIR Videos: PR Disasters - December 24, 2009
Using VodBurner, we have produced our first FIR video, a Skype call between FIR’s co-hosts. We’ll work on improving the quality, adding visuals and the like, as time goes on, but for our first effort on Christmas Eve, we opted to just use the VodBurner output as is. We’ll also look at adding these videos to the “everything” RSS feed but, for now, we’re just embedding it here. We’re anxious to hear what you think!
Monday, December 21, 2009
FIR Cut: Snow, customer service and crisis communication make Eurostar’s perfect storm
- Google News: Eurostar.
- TechCrunch Europe: As hundreds of Eurostar passengers languish, Eurostar ignores Twitter.
- We Are Social: A note about today’s Eurostar crisis.
- Little break, big difference: Our apologies.
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #511: December 21, 2009
Content summary: FIR takes a break on Christmas Eve; the FIR ID3 tag issue is resolved; Shel joined a tweetup in Birmingham, AL; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; News That Fits: Google Earth comes to Audi, wifi hotspots on Ford wheels, finding a social media agency that knows what it’s doing, Guinness lets UK drinkers create virtual worlds, the intention web; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Thomas Radman; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 21, 2009: A 66-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #510: December 17, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s on the road but producing the show anyway; Dan York’s report; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: The Huffington Post charges companies to participate in its comment areas and Twitter feeds, The Guardian’s pay-for iPhone app could be the model for mainstream media, Saatchi & Saatchi blows a social media assignment in Australia for Toyota—badly, CEO language “misleads analysts’ ratings” according to survey, Canadian Council of Public Relations Firms issues a blanket RFP for improved media monitoring services; FriendFeed room roundup; music from The Distillers (note that the end of this song is not safe for work; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 14, 2009: A 52-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #509: December 14, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s on the road; experimenting with VodBurner; FIR Live next month; FIR’s 5th anniversary on Jan 3, 2010; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with a cultural backgrounder to the TechCrunch/Fusion Garage falling-out over the CrunchPad; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: The Yes Men impersonate Coca-Cola employees at Copenhagen, Tiger Wood’s PR hell as Accenture departs, Hewlett-Packard’s social apps, Habbo Hotel launches conversation tracking tool; Mark Story reports from the heart of the federal government in Washington, DC; listener comments’ discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about next Thursday’s show; music from Sunspot; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 14, 2009: A xx-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, or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. 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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Thursday, December 10, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #508: December 10, 2009
Content summary: Neville reports on the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle and FIR iPadio update; the return of FIR Live in January; Dan York reports on Google Wave, Google Chrome on the Mac, and Facebook’s new privacy policy; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Dell puts social media at the heart of its engagement strategy, crowd sourcing from AP and AT&T, how can Tiger Woods rebuild his reputation?, what Google’s addition of real-time content means to online PR and SEO; listener’s comment; news about next Monday’s show; music from Shane Alexander; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 10, 2009: A 69-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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