Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Monday, December 21, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #511: December 21, 2009
Content summary: FIR takes a break on Christmas Eve; the FIR ID3 tag issue is resolved; Shel joined a tweetup in Birmingham, AL; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; News That Fits: Google Earth comes to Audi, wifi hotspots on Ford wheels, finding a social media agency that knows what it’s doing, Guinness lets UK drinkers create virtual worlds, the intention web; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Thomas Radman; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 21, 2009: 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.
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So, until Monday December 28…
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #510: December 17, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s on the road but producing the show anyway; Dan York’s report; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: The Huffington Post charges companies to participate in its comment areas and Twitter feeds, The Guardian’s pay-for iPhone app could be the model for mainstream media, Saatchi & Saatchi blows a social media assignment in Australia for Toyota—badly, CEO language “misleads analysts’ ratings” according to survey, Canadian Council of Public Relations Firms issues a blanket RFP for improved media monitoring services; FriendFeed room roundup; music from The Distillers (note that the end of this song is not safe for work; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 14, 2009: A 52-minute podcast recorded live from 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, December 21…
Monday, December 14, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #509: December 14, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s on the road; experimenting with VodBurner; FIR Live next month; FIR’s 5th anniversary on Jan 3, 2010; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with a cultural backgrounder to the TechCrunch/Fusion Garage falling-out over the CrunchPad; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: The Yes Men impersonate Coca-Cola employees at Copenhagen, Tiger Wood’s PR hell as Accenture departs, Hewlett-Packard’s social apps, Habbo Hotel launches conversation tracking tool; Mark Story reports from the heart of the federal government in Washington, DC; listener comments’ discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about next Thursday’s show; music from Sunspot; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 14, 2009: A xx-minute podcast recorded live from 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 December 17…
Thursday, December 10, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #508: December 10, 2009
Content summary: Neville reports on the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle and FIR iPadio update; the return of FIR Live in January; Dan York reports on Google Wave, Google Chrome on the Mac, and Facebook’s new privacy policy; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Dell puts social media at the heart of its engagement strategy, crowd sourcing from AP and AT&T, how can Tiger Woods rebuild his reputation?, what Google’s addition of real-time content means to online PR and SEO; listener’s comment; news about next Monday’s show; music from Shane Alexander; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 10, 2009: A 69-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 December 14…
Monday, December 07, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #507 - December 7, 2009
Content summary: Neville’s at the Social Media Huddle filing reports via iPadio; Michael Netzley’s report; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: social websites like Facebook are signing on to new UK standards code for children, B2B companies are more active in social media than B2C companies, small businesses plan to increase social media spending in 2010, cities and towns take to Twitter for department-level communications, Southwest Airlines scores big with a Facebook video contest, questions about withdrawing controversial videos arise from the Method case study; listener comments including a roundup of the FIR Friendfeed room; music from MSU Orchestra; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 15, 2009: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California.
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, December 10…
Thursday, December 03, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #506: December 3, 2009
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; Shel’s in Chicago and Neville’s back in the UK; Dan York reports on live video streaming Barak Obama, new TweetDeck features, DailyShoot.com, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Would you hire a "certified" social media consultant?, Coca-Cola tries facial-recognition on Facebook, SEO writing is a must-have skill, children who use technology are better writers says survey; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; Neville’s co-hosting the Dell Social Media B2B Huddle on December 7; music from Antiqcool; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 15, 2009: A 65-minute podcast recorded live from Chicago, Illinois, 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 Monday December 7…
Monday, November 30, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #505: November 30, 2009
Content summary: Neville’s in Las Vegas; no report this week from Michael Netzley; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: Twitter inspiring more to go mobile, new research from Econsultancy shows opportunities in UK for social media, one bad tweet can cost 30 customers, more women than men use social networks says Pingdom study, have a Twitter Christmas; listener comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Common Ground; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 30, 2009: A 61-minute podcast recorded live from Las Vegas, Nevada, 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.
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.
To stay informed about occasional FIR events (eg, FIR Live), sign up for FIR Update email news.
So, until Thursday December 3…
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