Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #565: September 20, 2010
Content summary: Shel’s on his own; Dell meetup in London Monday night and Dell interviews and a panel discussion are on their way; interview with “The 2020 Workplace” co-author Jeanne Meister coming; FIR Live could feature Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler; listener comments and Friendfeed room roundup; news summary covering a social media shutdown that failed, a McDonalds FourSquare campaign, Twitter backgrounds, the growing importance of live online video, and a study on the likelihood of Twitter followers to buy a brand’s products; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: PR messages are getting lost, Dan York’s report, a word from Pollstream, aligning marketing and PR; music from Blue Turtle Seduction; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for September 20, 2010: A 68-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA.
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So, until Monday September 27…
Monday, September 13, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #564: September 13, 2010
Content summary: Shel’s in Hawaii, Neville solo today; two FIR Interviews posted: Susan Beebe and Richard Binhammer, Dell, on chief listeners, and Kaitlyn Wilkins, Ogilvy on the Ford S-MAX London event; Karen Hoegh’s new book on podcasting is published in Denmark; listener comments and discussion; News That Fits: the demise of Bloglines doesn’t mean the end of RSS; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; the pitfalls of remote working and how to avoid them; Dan York reports on Google Instant, Facebook page browsing, RSS and more; British army commander will tweet from war-torn Afghanistan; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Ramadan, common platform for Mixi, Renren and CyWorld, and more; music from SpiceHouse; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for September 13, 2010: A 58-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Monday September 20…
Monday, September 06, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #563: September 6, 2010
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR Interview coming with Susan Beebe, Dell’s Chief Listener; listener comments and discussion; 5 minutes on… social media use surges among 50+ adults, RyanAir’s way with words, AP to start citing bloggers, what big brands are spending on Google paid search; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: listening overkill on Twitter for Starbucks UK says the FT, Dan York reports on the demise of Vox.com and more, corporate green efforts get thumbs-down from public, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on social media in the classroom and more; news about next week’s show; music from The Otherside; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for September 6, 2010: A 71-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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So, until Monday September 13…
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #562: August 30, 2010
Content summary: Follow-up on survey samples; correction on Disney blog aggregation story from last show; listener comments discussion; 5 minutes on… the Oxford English Dictionary may become an online-only publication, ghost-blogging firms, new thriller sells more e-books than hardcovers, how the public views PR/advertising; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News that Fits: Burson’s "State of Mobile Communications" report, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Pakistan and floods, meet the Chief Listening Officer, FTC issues order to PR firm to remove fake reviews, Dan York reports on video pictures books and more, Mark Story reports from inside the US federal government on enterprise 2.0 and gov 2.0; music from Alyshen; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 30, 2010: A 65-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Monday September 6…
Monday, August 23, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #561: August 23, 2010
Content summary: Listeners’ comments and discussion; 5 minutes on… Have you heard of Facebook Stories (and Twitter Tales)?, books disruption: Seth Godin will no longer publish the old way and ads are coming, Disney invites bloggers to get aggregated, Skype etiquette; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Dan York reports on serendipity and discovery, Michael Netzley in Singapore takes a look at mobile communications in Indonesia; music from A Band Called Quinn; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 23, 2010: A 67-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Monday August 30…
Monday, August 16, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #560: August 16, 2010
Content summary: FIR Live #18 posted; David Parmet joins Converseon; listener comments; 5 minutes on… Twitter’s official tweet button has arrived, a few mobile web stats and facts, HP has lost its way, GAP offering FourSquare discount; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: TweetChats for business, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the tragic, the unusual and an accomplishment, a UK survey suggests that social networks rival newspaper sites for breaking news, social media in a disaster, Dan York’s report, UK PR agencies defend work for foreign governments following critical reporting in The Guardian; music from Reggae Far East; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 16, 2010: A 72-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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So, until Monday August 23…
Monday, August 09, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #559: August 9, 2010
Content summary: FIR Interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic, posted; diary note: FIR Live is on August 14; Thanks for your votes: we’re #1 on Podcast Alley (Business); listener comments; 5 minutes on… Virgin America’s Toronto Provacatuer, HP Labs analyzes what makes a tweet influential and Tom Foremski explains it, big brands using newspaper circulars on Facebook, new business podcast in the UK from Journalism.co.uk; News That Fits: Farewell Google Wave, Dan York reports, it’s in the metadata: US FDA warns pharma firm Novartis about Facebook promotion, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; music from The Generators; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 9, 2010: A 63-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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