Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #517: January 14, 2010
Content summary: It’s just Shel today, thanks to travel schedules and time zone issues; Neville’s interview with Scott Monty and Paul Thomas from Ford Motor Company is up; FIR Live is still happening on January 23; Dan York’s Report; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: a new surge of news reports about Twitter is prompted by the Haiti earthquake, Tom Foremski wonders if PR professionals should pitch reporters on their ability to drive traffic to reporters’ stories; Melcrum releases early results from a survey of communicators about internal social media; app stories are appearing everywhere; Pete Blackshaw unveils some new and amusing jargon for 2010; listener comments; music from The Smallvilles; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 14, 2010: A 49-minute podcast recorded live from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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, January 18…
Monday, January 11, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #516: January 11, 2010
Content summary: Two FIR Interviews posted: Andrea Weckerle and Maggie Fox; FIR Interview coming with Ford’s Scott Monty and Paul Thomas; next FIR Live on Jan 23; congratulations to CC Chapman for 5 years and 300 episodes of Accident Hash, and to Joseph Jaffe for being acquired; Michael Netzley in Singapore in conversation with Shashank Nigam of Simpliflyings; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: NLA suspends web clippings charges pending copyright appeal from Meltwater News, David Meerman Scott’s ROI rant, ING campaign in the US aims for investors via bloggers, newspapers still lead in providing information says survey; listener comments discussion; news about Thursday’s show; music from Soul of The River; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 11, 2010: A 57-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.
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So, until Thursday January 14…
Thursday, January 07, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #515: January 7, 2010
Content summary: A musical interlude from Eric Schwartzman and Bryan Person; congratulations to Edelman for ‘Agency of the Decade’ award from The Holmes Report; upcoming FIR Interview with Andrea Weckerle; FIR Live on Jan 23; Dan York has resolutions for 2010 and reports on Seesmic and Ping FM, Skype on HD-TV, and more; follow up: Twitter account implicated in TSA leak case; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: social networking suicide, one entrepreneur’s story on why Twitter is the only social media tool he uses, study shows how companies deal with negative online comments, controlling leaks Apple style; listener comments; music from Modest Midget; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 7, 2010: A 62-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 Monday January 11…
Monday, January 04, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #514: January 4, 2010
Content summary: Welcome to the 5th anniversary episode; how FIR started; first test audio from Dec 2004; clip from FIR #1 on Jan 3, 2005; some listener comments; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; acknowledging our correspondents, past and present: Lee Hopkins, Michael Netzley, Dan York, Eric Schwartzman, David Phillips, Sallie Goetsch; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; a five-year retrospective (details below); more listener comments; thanks to our sponsors Ragan Communications and CustomScoop; acknowledging our voice talents: Donna Papacosta, Heidi Miller and Krishna De; diary notes: FIR Live on Jan 23, FIR Interview with Andrea Weckerle later this week; music from NOFX; and more.
FIR 5-Year Retrospective
- Episode #1: January 3, 2005
South-East Asian tsunami - Episode #99: January 2, 2006
Lincoln Group pay-for-play - Episode #202: January 1, 2007
Edelman/Microsoft laptop kerfuffle - Episode #307: January 3, 2008
GM Next - Episode #410: January 1, 2009
Israel and social media during Gaza
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 4, 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. 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 7…
Thursday, December 31, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #513: December 31, 2009
Content summary: FIR 5th anniversary show on Monday; next FIR Live on Jan 23; Dan York says goodbye to 2009 and looks forward to the Tens; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: how should government address information security and the TSA example of how not to do it, a really bad pitch from Ross Torrosian, 2010 gears up for an explosion of 3D, the PRSA controversy; listener comments discussion; music from Amanda Bloom; and more.
(Note: Shortly after recording, we learned that Chris Elliott submitted an objection to the subpoena referenced in the first news item. Details here.)
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 31, 2009: A 68-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 Monday January 4, 2010…
Monday, December 28, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #512: December 28, 2009
Content summary: Comments for the first FIR Video; fifth anniversary show on Jan 4; next FIR Live on Jan 24; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the top ten stories from Asia during 2009; discussion: the ethics of non-attributed posts to Posterous; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: more trouble for AT&T as company turns to celebrity to improve employee morale, just because you only met social media idiots does not mean that everybody is one; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Shortcuts to Fame; 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 December 28, 2009: A 67-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.
Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.
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So, until Thursday December 31…
Thursday, December 24, 2009
FIR Videos: PR Disasters - December 24, 2009
Using VodBurner, we have produced our first FIR video, a Skype call between FIR’s co-hosts. We’ll work on improving the quality, adding visuals and the like, as time goes on, but for our first effort on Christmas Eve, we opted to just use the VodBurner output as is. We’ll also look at adding these videos to the “everything” RSS feed but, for now, we’re just embedding it here. We’re anxious to hear what you think!
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