Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Monday, February 08, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #524: February 8, 2010
Content summary: MediaFunnel FIR interview is up; Help A PR Pro Out; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: what Vodafone did when an employee tweeted obscenely, wide and mostly negative reaction to Forrester Research plans to stop analysts from blogging personally; listener comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about Thursday’s show; music from Antiqcool; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 8, 2010: A 65-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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So, until Thursday February 11…
Thursday, February 04, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #523: February 4, 2010
Content summary: New FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast is up; upcoming FIR Interview with Marc Wright; Dan York’s report; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: new Pew study on social media/mobile internet use among teens and young adults, where does social media fit into Toyota’s global recall crisis?, trust in peers plunges and bad news for social media mavens says Tom Foremski, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz tweets his farewell; listener comments discussion including a CIPR statement on the ‘An Inconvenient PR Truth’ campaign; music from Billy; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 4, 2010: A 62-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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So, until Monday February 8…
Monday, February 01, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #522: February 1, 2010
Content summary: Congratulations to Doug Haslam who joins Voce Communications; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; update on pending FIR iPhone app from iSites.us; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: recruiters really care about your online reputation even if you don’t, an inconvenient PR truth, closed Apple and open iPad a PR success?, American Airlines’ Twitter post offers fast lesson in social media; Barbara Nixon’s question, and discussion on the role of style and the role of the AP Stylebook (and The Economist Style Guide); music from Sexy Mathematics; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 1, 2010: A 64-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 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR, or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. 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 Thursday February 4…
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #521: January 28, 2010
Content summary: Neville’s in Dublin, Ireland; FIR Interview with Seth Godin published; follow-up report on Irish blogger Melanie Schregardus and the Irish Daily Mail; Dan York reports on the Apple iPad, Shel and Neville add their views; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Edelman Trust Barometer 2010, Procter and Gamble embraces Facebook, Google moves social search out of labs into beta; Mark Story reports from the heart of the US federal government in Washington DC; listener comments discussion; music from Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 28, 2010: A 66-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Dublin, Ireland.
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 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR, or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. 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 February 1…
Monday, January 25, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #520: January 25, 2010
Content summary: FIR Live #17 recording published, FIR Interview with Scott & White is up, another FIR Interview coming tomorrow; we’re at NewComm Forum 2010 in April; Neville’s in Dublin, Ireland, later this week at the PRII and hosting a social conversation; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: are Facebook and Twitter viable news sources?, Melanie Schregardus vs the Mail on Sunday Ireland illustrates when being open on your blog collides with tabloid journalism, study finds sponsored forum posts increase response by over 100%; Mark Story reports from the heart of the US federal government in Washington, DC; listener comments discussion; music from Jack Casady with Paul Barrere; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 25, 2010: 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 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR, or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. 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 Thursday January 28…
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #519: January 21, 2010
Content summary: Congrats to Jeremy Wright who’s joined Thornley Fallis in Toronto; FIR Live on Saturday: Valeria Maltoni joins the panel; Scott and White FIR Interview on Friday; FIR Interview with a special guest coming on Monday; Dan York reports from ITExpo in Miami on Facebook, curation, Google Docs, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, which prompts a discussion on pay-for-access to mainstream media sites such as the New York Times online and its similarity to the Financial Times’ free/pay model: is that the route to success?; FIR iPhone app coming soon; News That Fits: UK local government blocks Facebook and Twitter in 90% of cases a survey says, Forrester adds "conversationalists" to technographic ladder, open data site launched in UK by inventor of the world wide web, is content curation the next big social media job?; listener comments’ discussion; music (recommended by Kristen Sukalac) from Gayle Cloud; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 21, 2010: A 64-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 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR, or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. 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.0
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So, until Monday January 25…
Monday, January 18, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #518: January 18, 2010
Content summary: FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Jan 23; upcoming FIR Interview; Michael Netzley in Singapore in conversation with Kaiser Kuo in Beijing about Google and China; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: consumer sites shift from websites and microsites to social media, businesses need to formalize their social media policies says Cisco study; listener comments discussion; music from Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn); and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 18, 2010: A 58-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 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR, or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. 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 Thursday January 21…
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