Thursday, February 22, 2007
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #217: February 22, 2007
Content summary: Come to the New Communications Forum next month; Dan York clarifies identity versus authentication with OpenID; Skype 3.1 beta, SkypeFind and Skype Pro upgrade; CIPR publishes social media guidelines; getting teams to use wikis; Google launches hosted business applications in direct competition with Microsoft; Lee Hopkins reports; discussion: blogging is a complete waste of time, says Dee Rambeau - would you agree?; listeners’ comments discussion; news about next Monday’s show; the music; and more.
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Show notes for February 22, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 58:32-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Monday February 26…
Monday, February 19, 2007
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #216: February 19, 2007
Content summary: Google loses its copyright case in Belgium; 7 branding lessons from the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty; employees take complaint with employer to YouTube; Mercedes-Benz and other Second Life stories; David Phillips’ reports on traditonal web sites going nowhere as social media takes the prize, and what is to happen to PR practice; discussion: why you should pay attention to OpenID; listeners’ comments discussion; the music; and more.
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Show notes for February 19, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 59-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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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 home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments. 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.
So, until Thursday February 22…
Thursday, February 15, 2007
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #215: February 15, 2007
Content summary: Shel’s alone in Indianapolis while Neville flies back to the UK; Robert French speaks out about blogs, press releases, PR, and the Brave New World; Dan York’s report looks at Yahoo Pipes; a bad pitch that worked; listener comments; the music; and more (but not much)..
Show notes for February 15, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 39-minute podcast recorded live from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
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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 home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments. 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.
So, until Monday, February 19…
Monday, February 12, 2007
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #214: February 12, 2007
Content summary: Come to the New Communications Forum in March; claims of website fraud against Best Buy; avoiding legal loopholes in intranet policy management; developments in the world of wikis; hacking Skype: 25 tips to improve your Skype experience; Linden Lab releases detailed demographic and other information about Second Life, Boomer Esiason Foundation’s activities in Second Life, and Comverse demos Second Life on mobile phones: more reasons for communicators to pay attention; listeners’ comments discussion; news about Thursday’s show; the music; and more.
Show notes for February 12, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 51-minute podcast recorded live from New York City, USA.
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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 home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments. 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.
So, until Thursday February 15…
Thursday, February 08, 2007
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #213: February 8, 2007
Content summary: Introductions from the guests* (pictured below) at the Atlanta geek dinner; an FIR listener experiences GoToMeeting; John Cass invites you to the New Communications Forum in March; Wikileaks: anonymous wiki for government and corporate whistleblowers; flogs will soon be illegal in the UK; the Olympics and athlete blogging; Google opens up Gmail to all; Dan York reports on FeedShake, Lee Hopkins’ Second Life blog, Podcamp Toronto; listeners’ comments discussion; more from the Atlanta geek dinner; next Monday’s show coming live from New York City; the music; and more.
(*L-R: Jacqui Chew, Neville Hobson, Ashley Imsand, Wes Gossett, John Patton, Gavin Baker, Hicham Bouani, Shel Holtz, Robert French.)
Show notes for February 8, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 60-minute podcast recorded live from Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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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 home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments. 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.
So, until Monday February 12…
Monday, February 05, 2007
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #212: February 5, 2007
Content summary: Atlanta geek dinner on Wednesday; SNCR conversation marketing survey; new survey on mobile phone usage in the US; National Pork Board’s threats to the Lactivist Breastfeeding Blog only produces bad PR; the social media newsroom template debuts; the Boston bomb marketing bungle costs Turner Broadcasting; Lee Hopkins reports; follow up discussion on ‘what is employee communication’; listeners’ comments discussion; reminder of the New Communications Forum in March; experiencing the Superbowl; the music; and more.
Show notes for February 5, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 54-minute podcast recorded live from Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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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 home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments. 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.
So, until Thursday February 8…
Thursday, February 01, 2007
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #211: February 1, 2006
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; Boston bomb scare is bad marketing not bad PR; IABC launches new brand identity; Hill & Knowlton’s David Ferrabee asks what is internal communication?; prepping employees to be company bloggers; Dan York reports on FeedBurner blog network to aggregate RSS feeds, Ikea video contest, Podcamp Toronto; YouTube isn’t the only type of digital video gaining steam; listeners’ comments discussion; FIR from Atlanta next week; the music; and more.
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Show notes for February 1, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 62-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Download the file here (MP3, 28MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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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 home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments. 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.
So, until Monday February 5…