Sunday, November 01, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #497: November 2, 2009
Content summary: FIR group on Google Wave up and running; Barbara Nixon suggests an FIR Twitter List; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: bridging the gap between corporate culture and the ‘Web 2.0 society’, what the connected company looks like, as sales fall newspapers must find a way to measure multimedia readership, has a PR industry meltdown begun?; listener comments delayed until next show; music from Mano Reza; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 2, 2009: A 68-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #496: October 29, 2009
Content summary: Dan York suggests FIR Friends of Google Wave and goes retro with an email newsletter, has lots to say about Google and Facebook, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Edelman takes heat for ‘rotnem’ and a Chicago Tribune article and is defended by competitors, Twitter costs British economy less than people who gaze out the window, Pew reports on social media use, why there’s nothing to fear from Google Social Search; listener comments discussion; music from The Living End; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 29, 2009: A 66-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #495: October 26, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s in Nashville; assembling today’s show; Neville’s conference experiences last week: different events but similar issues; Michael Netzley reports on Edelman’s country-by-country Digital Brand Index in Asia; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Twitter is the killer app for customer service, Pepsi withdraws sexist iPhone app, Volkswagen USA to launch new Golf GTi via iPhone app, US government social media security guidelines, Boots launches health website and NHS website lets you rate your local doctor, big companies bypass the media and go direct to consumers; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Sheila Nicholls; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 26, 2009: A 55-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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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #494: October 22, 2009
Content summary: Neville’s in Manchester while Shel’s in Montreal; companies don’t seem to care that nearly 20% of the U.S. population is disabled when it comes to making their sites accessible; Dan York’s report; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: an AT&T executive issues a memorandum calling on employees to astroturf the Federal Communications Commission, Coca-Cola sends three bloggers on a world tour, the first PR spam appears on Google Wave spam, Procter & Gamble wants to pay bloggers to tweet, blog, and network about Charmin toilet paper, a study suggests that email is more popular than Facebook with Gen-Y; FIR FriendFeed Room roundup; music from The Aces; and more
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 22, 2009: A 64-minute podcast recorded live from beautiful Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #493: October 19, 2009
Content summary: Not your usual show; Shel’s in Cleveland and back from BlogWorld while Neville and Michael Netzley are unavailable; Media Monitoring Minute; a brief BlogWorld Expo roundup; News That Fits: the TSA puts on a bravura display of transparency, using its blog to open a conversation on a controversy and shut down a fast-spreading rumor, Technorati relaunches and issues a new State of the Blogosphere report; listener comments; music from Useless Hype; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 19, 2009: A 42-minute podcast recorded live from Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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493 will be late but it’s coming
Due to last-minute scheduling conflicts, our plans for recording FIR #493 have gone awry. It’s coming, though, in a somewhat shortened format. We expect it will be up sometime before the end of the day Eastern time. Thanks for your patience.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #492: October 15, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s in Las Vegas for BlogWorld and New Media Expo; follow-up: Pepsi apologizes over sexist iPhone app; Shel’s update on a Boston hospital that jerks its knees and blocks employee access to social media sites; Dan York goes up a mountain and reports on blogs as spokespeople, business avatars, and more; FIR experiments with Google Wave; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: gagging the Guardian applies analog law in a digital age and how Twitter saved the day, interesting results in US PRWeek’s social media survey, HSBC Bank launches website that highlights customer opinion, streams and feeds are a mess so ensuring email’s continued relevance; listener comments discussion; news about next week’s show; music from The Gentlemen Callers; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 15, 2009: A 64-minute podcast recorded live from Las Vegas, Nevada, 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 October 19…
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