Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Monday, August 08, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #611: August 8, 2011
Content summary: FIR Interview with Michael Spark and FIR Book Review of Katie Paine’s Measure What Matters published, planning FIR Interview with Dell’s Lionel Menchaca for end August; FIR listener survey update; Neville’s partnering with Eric Schwartzman for Social Media Today Hands-On Training in London next month; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Everything from search to social media is now vital says GE, Dan York reports on the 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, print is top among affluent Americans says AdAge survey, McKinsey example shows what can happen when you make a mistake with social media engagement, Pollstream promo, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on HP Labs report on trends in Chinese social media and more, photographs as compelling content marketing; Shel’s on a three-city Asia tour for IABC next week and won’t be on the show; music from Poor Man’s Whiskey; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 8, 2011: A 71-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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Monday, August 01, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #610: August 1, 2011
Content summary: Vote for FIR on Podcast Alley; FIR Speakers & Speeches and FIR Live podcasts posted; the results of Shel’s Google+ poll; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Curated social media comes of age during Oslo attacks, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on social media and the China train crash and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, six ways Twitter can make you a better writer, social media "incidents" cost companies, Pollstream promo, Dan York reports on upgrading WordPress and more; music from PolaroidKiss; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 1, 2011: A 71-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.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
FIR Live #23 - July 30, 2011: Every Company is a Media Company
As newsrooms shrink and people seek more and more content online, companies can help tell their stories through the production of great content that isn’t marketing- or PR-driven. Tom Foremski, who coined the phrase “every company is a media company,” and Cisco Systems Network editor Wendy Tanaka join Neville and Shel for a discussion about content strategies.
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About our Conversation Partners
Tom Foremski has been reporting on the business of Silicon Valley for US and global newspapers and magazines since 1984. He worked full time for the Financial Times from 1999 to 2004 and contributed articles from 1985 onwards. He currently publishes Silicon Valley Watcher, reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. It is a news/blog site also featuring other reporters and editors. Connect with Tom on Twitter at tomforemski.
Wendy Tanaka is social media communications manager at Cisco Systems, where she works on The Network, Cisco’s recently-relaunched content-focused newsroom. it’s her first corporate job; previously she served as technology editor at Forbes and as and as managing editor of Red Herring magazine. She also spent six years as a business writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Connect with Wendy on Twitter at FromWendy.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #609: July 25, 2011
Content summary: Next FIR Live on July 30: every company is a media company; FIR interview with Edelman’s Jonny Bentwood on Tweetlevel and Bloglevel is up; listener comments from the FIR Room on Friendfeed; Ragan promo; News that Fits: China has 100 million mobile apps and microblogging is booming, Dan York reports on OS X Lion and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Google+ screws up brand pages and bounces brands, who owns an official Twitter account when the tweeter leaves and joins a competitor?, Pollstream promo, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, global intranet trends 2011; music from Blues and Lasers; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for July 25, 2011: A 78-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.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #608: July 18, 2011
Content summary: FIR Interview with Cisco’s John Earnhardt posted, interview coming with Edelman’s Jonny Bentwood about Tweetlevel and Bloglevel; next FIR Live is on July 30; "About" page survey; listener comments from the FIR Friendfeed Room; Ragan promo; News That Fits: discussion on PR practice, ethics and reputation issues surrounding News Corporation and the scandal that began in the UK with the News of The World and phone hacking, and consider the role of Edelman as communication counsel to News Corp; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on internal communication in China; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on Bloglevel, WordPress Develop and more; the European Podcast Award 2011; Pollstream promo; music from PolaroidKiss; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for July 18, 2011: A 71-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 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, July 11, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #607: July 11, 2011
Content summary: Vote for FIR on Podcast Alley; FIR now on Stitcher Radio; first FIR Plus video is up; FIR Live coming July 30 on ‘every company is a media company’, panelists include Tom Foremski, Mark Ragan and Wendy Tenaka of Cisco; listener comments and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; Ragan promo; News That Fits: the scandal of the News of The World one more nail in traditional news’ coffin, Dan York reports on NOTW and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Obama’s Twitter Town Hall, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, Pollstream promo; music from Animal Liberation Orchestra; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for July 11, 2011: A 66-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 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, July 04, 2011
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #606: July 4, 2011
Content summary: FIR Interview with Bill Calder of Intel Free Press posted; Neville will be writing posts for the Huffington Post UK launching July 6; listener comments and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; Ragan promo; discussion: Google+; News That Fits: @foxnewspolitics Twitter feed hacked to tweet that President Obama assassinated (it’s a hoax), BBC acts to stop Twitter leaks by stars and writers, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the shift of PR wealth to Asia and more, IBM aims to bring social media into compliance, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Dan York reports on Google+ and more, Pollstream promo; music from Georgia Wonder; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for July 4, 2011: A 70-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.
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