Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Thursday, November 26, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #504: November 26, 2009
Content summary: Happy Thanksgiving to our US listeners; welcoming Mark Story as an FIR correspondent; we’re going to try Jeremy Hague’s Vodburner app for Skype video calls; Dan York reports on Google Wave and LinkedIn APIs, and has a neat TweetDeck tip; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: When the plug is pulled on BusinessWeek’s bloggers, can a Facebook profile serve as a marketing channel?, the convergence of internet and TV quickens in the UK, did microblogging really kill blogging?; Mark Story reports from inside the US Federal Government; listeners’ comments discussion; news about next Monday’s show; music from Ghosts On The Radio; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 26, 2009: A 68-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 Monday November 30…
Monday, November 23, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #503: November 23, 2009
Content summary: FIR Interview with Tac Anderson posted; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Texas hospital puts social media front and center in Fort Hood shooting crisis, "Facebook for business" coming soon from Salesforce, Goldman Sachs’ expensive and poorly-thought-out PR initiative, when too much information is bad for the office, the coming together of SEO and PR, what FIR listener @46alpha does with social media in his day job; listener comments discussion; there will be a show on Thanksgiving Day; music from George Thorogood; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 23, 2009: 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 November 26…
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #502: November 19, 2009
Content summary: Mitch Joel’s book offer; FIR Interview with Tac Anderson coming; update on the FIR Twitter List; FIR #500: more listener predictions; Dan York reports; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Ronna Porter’s example on calling on your online community to verify your social media credentials in a job application, social media is influencing business decisions says new research from SNCR; David Philips reports; listener comments; music from Mario Tomic; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 19, 2009: A 65-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 Monday November 23…
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #501: November 16, 2009
Content summary: Reflections on FIR #500; FIR Interview with Steve Rubel is published; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; more comments from listeners about FIR #500; News That Fits: beating back bad press with Google AdWords, are you actually ready and able to listen and do social media monitoring?; listener comments discussion; music from The Plastic Pals; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 16, 2009: 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 Thursday November 19…
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #500: November 12, 2009
Content summary: Welcome to the 500th episode; upcoming FIR Interview with Steve Rubel; Edelman launches TweetLevel while Waggener Edstrom prepares to launch TwendZ Pro; Dan York reports from Orlando, Florida; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop. What will FIR be reporting on and talking about in the next 500 shows? We consider and comment on insights and predictions from FIR listeners Ricardo in Costa Rica, Mathew Lowry, Bob Crawshaw, Keith Childs, Bernie Goldbach, Sallie Goetsch, Norbert Mayer-Wittman and Tony Molloy, and thank listeners whose comments online we found via the #FIR500 hashtag; listener comments discussion (the regular one); music from Aloud; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 15, 2009: An 81-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 Monday November 16…
Monday, November 09, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #499: November 9, 2009
Content summary: Introducing FIR Phone Quicks on ipadio; FIR Interview with Steve Rubel coming; just ask @FIR if you want to be included in the FIR Twitter List; the next show is FIR number 500: add the hashtag #FIR500 if you comment publicly; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the Frost & Sullivan ‘Meetings Around the World II’ study, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Why social media is vital to corporate social responsibility, Joie de Vivre CEO experience prompts the question: how authentic should the CEO be on Facebook?, why you should apply your common sense about permissions when using content created by others; listener comments discussion; music from Jemimah Puddleduck; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 9, 2009: A 71-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 November 12…
Thursday, November 05, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #498: November 5, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s on his own in Toronto; How the Union for Reform Judaism used Twitter and Facebook to solicit member questions for Tony Blair’s live appearance at the group’s biennial; Google Wave and Twitter List reminders; Dan York’s report; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: Novell introduces Pulse with Google Wave integration, the move from stickiness to spreadability, more on Twitter lists including a how-to guide from Mashable, Second Life takes enterprise software into beta; listener comments; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 5, 2009: A 66-minute podcast recorded live from Toronto, Pntario, 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.
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, November 9…
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