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Monday, December 10, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #681: December 10, 2012
Intro: FIR Interview with Craig Silverman posted, Ekaterina Walter interview is coming, FIR opens Google+ Community;
Quick News: Microsoft opens Socl to everyone, PeopleBrowsr’s battle with Twitter, TinyPulse helps you find out if your workforce is happy or burned out, GE values “The Internet of Things” at trillions of dollars; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: IABC misfires on communication of staff layoffs; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on instant messaging in China reaching 1.21 billion accounts, and Olam takes a surprise turn which has significant reputational consequences; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; new research from Sociagility and Text100 offers insight into the FTSE100 and social media use; listener comments; Dan York reports that WordPress 3.5 is not out yet, Facebook calls a vote but it probably doesn’t matter, and is delighted at LeWeb’s focus on “The Internet of Things”; TemboSocial promo; LeWeb Paris 2012: report from Eric Schwartzman and Andrea Vascellari, the role of Google+ Hangouts On Air as an integral part of the event;
Getting together with Bryan Person in London next weekend; music from Jason Harrod; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for December 10, 2012: An 89-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
FIR Interview: Craig Silverman on content curation
“Content curation” is a phrase we’ll hear more of as we all struggle to manage the flood of information that confronts us every day, and as demand for content increases.
Making sense of information abundance and message overload are the watchwords today. Finding, selecting and filtering content that is relevant, using simple but powerful tools to make the process efficient and effective, is a key business imperative.
In this FIR interview, co-host Neville Hobson met with Craig Silverman, director of content and product strategy at Spundge, the Montreal-based curation and publishing platform, on his recent visit to London.
Silverman highlights examples of how news organizations are using Spundge to research information and curate content to create stories for their publications; and considers how companies, professional services firms and other organizations can use a platform like Spundge to demonstrate and showcase their expertise and thought leadership.
The interview concludes with Silverman looking ahead to 2013 and offering his perspectives on content evolution, brand journalism and paid versus earned media; and looks at how content curation and publishing are becoming the foundational elements in establishing your subject-matter authority and building trust.
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About our Conversation Partner
Craig Silverman is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Regret the Error, a blog that reports on media errors and corrections, and trends regarding accuracy and verification. The blog moved to The Poynter Institute in December 2011, and he joined as Adjunct Faculty.
He is also director of content and product strategy at Spundge, building tools to enable knowledge workers to collaboratively discover, curate and create content.
Craig wrote a weekly column for the Toronto Star and has been a columnist for Columbia Journalism Review, The Globe And Mail and BusinessJournalism.org. He’s the former managing editor of PBS MediaShift, and was part of the team that launched OpenFile.ca, a Canadian online news start-up. His journalism and books have been recognized by the Mirror Awards, National Press Club, Canadian National Magazine Awards, and the Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
Connect with Craig on Twitter @CraigSilverman, and on Spundge.
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Podsafe music - On A Podcast Instrumental Mix (MP3, 5Mb) by Cruisebox.
Monday, December 03, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #680: December 3, 2012
Intro: Shel’s in Toronto, FIR Interviews coming with Craig Silverman and Ekaterina Walter;
Quick News: ITN Productions launches citizen journalism channel, majority of US mobile phone owners use their devices to access the internet, the user experience of reading the Leveson Inquiry report; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: Leveson: the challenge of traditional media oversight in the age of digital; Dan York reports on hotel reviews, blogging every day, WordPress 3.5, and WCIT; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; in the District of Columbia, social media surveillance pays off; listener comments; TemboSocial promo; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with an update on Olam’s battle with Muddy Waters and the company’s crisis response; Bell Pottinger launches digital content agency;
Music from Ed Roth; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for December 3, 2012: A 70-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #679: November 26, 2012
Intro: It’s Cyber Monday in the US;
Quick News: Amazon offers Amazon Pages for Brands, being ‘authentic’ when you recommend a product on Twitter, RSS isn’t dead: it’s how Red Bull will show up on FlipBoard, spying on rivals’ technology and mood: F1’s Fernando Alonso’s insight on social media; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: Taking 3D printing seriously: GE and jet engines, Defense Distributed and guns; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the investor relations challenge facing Olam International and the gamification report from Accenture; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; why public relations gets no respect; listener comments; best-practice tips for using QR codes; TemboSocial promo; Dan York reports on the future of the Levelator, what’s coming in WordPress 3.5, the challenging intersection of Facebook and religion and the blurring of public and private lives, the global internet user survey 2012; why content is king;
News about next week’s show; music from Burning Shapes; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 26, 2012: An 80-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.
Names of blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Notes pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute time stamps – see the show notes home page for info.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #678: November 19, 2012
Quick News: How worthwhile are LinkedIn Endorsements?, Google launches mobile global worldwide alternate reality game, libel law embraces Twitter and Facebook says government, changes at Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: News companies see future in sponsored digital content; Dan York reports on Facebook finally shares in mobile apps, his continuing barriers to blogging series, Israel and Hamas; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Coca-Cola re-imagines the corporate website; listener comments; Global PR Network survey shows desire for standardized social media measurement; TemboSocial promo; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Nielsen and Accenture discussing digital and consumer trends in ASEAN countries;
Music from Chris Greene Quartet; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 19, 2012: An 83-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.
Names of blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Notes pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute time stamps – 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 +1 415 895 2971 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (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, November 12, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #677: November 12, 2012
Quick News: Gartner reveals top predictions through 2016, Ghost may be a worthy alternative blogging tool to WordPress, proof that blogging and new content produce traffic and leads, UK court orders Apple to pay Samsung’s legal fees in full after ‘false and misleading’ notice; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: Crisis at the BBC, beleaguered leadership and communication counsel; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on a new Accenture report on Indonesia’s Digital Consumer, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; digitally-mature companies outperform the competition according to new report from Cap Gemini; listener comments; Microsoft’s Skype in the Workspace for SMEs is ‘like a video-based Quora’; TemboSocial promo; Dan York reports on the US election echo chamber, Instagram web profiles, and barriers to blogging; TechCrunch bans PR firm that pays bounty for TechCrunch placement;
Music from Hillary Reynolds Band; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 12, 2012: An 86-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.
Names of blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Notes pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute time stamps – 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 +1 415 895 2971 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (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 19…
Monday, November 05, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #676: November 5, 2012
Intro: FIR Interview with Lee LeFever is up; SNCR Symposium is this week; update on Apple’s court-mandated ‘apology ad’ in the UK;
Quick News: IPR launches free online research center for social media science, Facebook tests free wifi hotspots in exchange for check-ins, CIPR to list all members, IABC reboots the international Gold Quill Awards for 2013; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: Should PR professionals be guided by their ‘innate morality’ and not any code of professional ethics?; Dan York reports on Superstorm Sandy and the fragility of the internet, National Blog Posting Month or NaBloPoMo, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Tumblr, animated GIFs and the future of media; listener comments; Channel 4 News’ photos prompt different perspectives on the value of a Creative Commons copyright license; TemboSocial promo; an FIR Interview with Accenture coming from Michael Netzley in Singapore; location marketing poised to take off;
Music from Geoff Smith; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 5, 2012: A 77-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.
Names of blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Notes pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute time stamps – 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 +1 415 895 2971 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (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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