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Monday, June 21, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #552: June 21, 2010

Content summary: FIR video interview and demo of IABC Discovery posted, plus another FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast from the Dell B2B event in London; listener comment and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; 5 minutes on… Forrester’s call for help with their enterprise social media survey, the social media era ends in 2012, an execution tweeted, ExxonMobil launches a corporate blog; News That Fits: Gatorade’s social media mission control, Dan York reports, Rolls-Royce communications director says "social media is a complete waste of time", the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, David Phillips reports, news about next week’s show; music from The Time Beings; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 21, 2010: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

FIR Show Notes links
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.

FIR on Friendfeed
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. 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 June 28…

Posted by neville on 06/21 at 08:01 AM
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Sunday, June 13, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #551: June 14, 2010

Content summary: Shel’s in Prague; two new FIR Speakers & Speeches podcasts up: more sessions from NewComm Forum 2010; 5 minute on… Impressions of the FIFA World Cup: North Korea broadcasts World Cup opener illegally, the internet has busiest news day, surge in activity on Twitter predicted, the World Cup in digital stats; listener comment and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; News That Fits: Kraft Foods vs the slime mold moms, the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, Vocus acquires HARO to expand journalist-driven PR service, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the growing role of employee communication and industrial relations in China, brands must embrace social media to guard reputations says Havas Worldwide, Dan York reports on Facebook issues and more, Nike ‘Write The Future’ video ad helps steal Adidas’ World Cup thunder; music from Null Device; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 14, 2010: A 54-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

FIR Show Notes links
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.

FIR on Friendfeed
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. 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.

To stay informed about occasional FIR events (eg, FIR Live), sign up for FIR Update email news.

So, until Monday June 21…

Posted by neville on 06/13 at 10:26 PM
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Monday, June 07, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #550: June 7, 2010

Content summary: Shel’s in Toronto for the IABC 2010 World Conference; more FIR Speakers & Speeches podcasts posted, and more to come; 5 minutes on… is Digg dying?, FT iPad app proves more popular than its iPhone app (should that be a surprise?), Lufthansa mixes flight updates with social media, blogs vs Twitter: some metrics, is the US descending into a nation of bloggers?; listener comment; News That Fits: satire and wisdom from @BPGlobalPR, B2B increasing its social spend, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, video will be over 90% of internet traffic by 2014 says Cisco, Dan York reports; news about next week’s show; music from Ghosts On The Radio; and more.

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Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir.

For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 7, 2010: A 66-minute podcast recorded live from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

FIR Show Notes links
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.

FIR on Friendfeed
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. 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.

To stay informed about occasional FIR events (eg, FIR Live), sign up for FIR Update email news.

So, until Monday June 14…

Posted by neville on 06/07 at 08:00 AM
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Monday, May 31, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #549: May 31, 2010

Content summary: Memorial Day in the US and Bank Holiday in the UK; new FIR Interview, Speakers & Speeches podcasts up; coming: another FIR Interview, and Speakers & Speeches podcasts from the Dell B2B social media event in London last week; update on the FIR iPhone/Android apps; 5 Minutes On… Pennsylvania launches Foursquare tourism drive, books come alive with mobile barcodes, Zappos’ $1.6 million mistake pays off, personalize your Audi with apps, tweeting for kidneys, the consequences of the accidental tweet; Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; News That Fits: The launch of a crowdsourced survey, PostRank brings real-time social monitoring to your blog, Dan York reports on his iPad experience so far and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Googling ourselves, Michael Netzley in Singapore reports on the reputational crisis for Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and others from the employee suicides at Foxconn; music from The Duke Spirit; and more.

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Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir.

For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 31, 2010: A 61-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

FIR Show Notes links
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.

FIR on Friendfeed
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. 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.

To stay informed about occasional FIR events (eg, FIR Live), sign up for FIR Update email news.

So, until Monday June 7…

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Monday, May 24, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #548: May 24, 2010

Content summary: Manish Mehta’s NCF10 keynote posted as an FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast; FIR’s at the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle in London on May 25; What’s up?: Google Wave revamped and available to everyone, Microsoft is the most social company, Nestle capitulates to social pressure, online UK election campaigns did influence voters; FriendFeed FIR Room roundup; News that Fits: BP’s oil spill crisis brings SMS alerts from Deepwater Horizon Response, Greenpeace’s BP logo contest, when @BPGlobalPR is not actually BP global PR, Michael Netzley’s report, P&G taps social media to fight social media opposition to Pampers, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Bloomberg says reporters’ tweets are inaccurate if they include opinion, Dan York’s report; music by Spicehouse; and more.

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Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir.

For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 24, 2010: A 61-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

FIR Show Notes links
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.

FIR on Friendfeed
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. 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.

To stay informed about occasional FIR events (eg, FIR Live), sign up for FIR Update email news.

So, until Monday May 31…

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Monday, May 17, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #547: May 17, 2010

Content summary: FIR Interview with BP’s Neil Chapman posted, Kris Gallagher’s interview and keynotes from NewComm Forum 2010 coming; What’s Up?: Shel Israel home from the hospital, TweetDeck’s wavy red line looks like it’s finally fixed, the Financial Times and the iPad, should PR agencies give in to threats?; listener comments and one from the Friendfeed FIR Room; News That Fits: Google slurps personal data with wifi collection, goodbye Facebook?, Henry Blodgett’s report on Facebook and relevance to PR, Dan York reports on Facebook and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScop, HSBC’s 100 Thoughts via Twitter, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on China’s internet paradox and more; music from God Street Wine; and more.

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Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir.

For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 17, 2010: A 71-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

FIR Show Notes links
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.

FIR on Friendfeed
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. 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.

To stay informed about occasional FIR events (eg, FIR Live), sign up for FIR Update email news.

So, until Monday May 24…

Posted by neville on 05/17 at 10:20 AM
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Monday, May 10, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #546: May 10, 2010

Content summary: FIR Interview with Rhonda Bennetto posted; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; our best wishes to Shel Israel as he confronts open heart surgery; Hill & Knowlton reorganizes in the UK, how mobile carriers differentiate their iPad offerings; listener comments; News That Fits: how the iPad could revolutionise hotel communications, update on the BP oil spill and social media, Michael Netzley reports on China and the internet, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Reuters launches online video-on-demand platform, Twitter research on what gets retweeted and more, Dan York reports on 10 years of blogging, winning an iPad, scaling your Twitter support; music from The Smallvilles; and more.

Get FIR:

Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir.

For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for March 1, 2010: A 62-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

FIR Show Notes links
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.

FIR on Friendfeed
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. 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.

To stay informed about occasional FIR events (eg, FIR Live), sign up for FIR Update email news.

So, until Monday May 17…

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