Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #478: August 27, 2009
Content summary: FIR Interview with Jeremiah Owyang posted; FIR Interview with Chris Brogan coming; the idea of doing an FIR Conference certainly has captured some imaginations; Dan York reports on SXSW panels, Twitter outages and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Twitter and YouTube central to a climate change propaganda battle between the Camp for Climate Action and London’s Metropolitan Police, secret blogging alliances, opening the door to social media impacts the entire organization says Toby Bloomberg, grassroots social media works best according to usability expert Jakob Nielsen; listeners’ comments discussion; Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; music from Amanda Bloom; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 27, 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 August 31…
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #477: August 24, 2009
Content summary: FIR Live #16 posted; Would you attend an FIR conference? Take the poll; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with mobile stats from across SE Asia; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: E-book on social media and recruitment law, Reverb PR hires interns to post fake reviews for at least one client, Pew survey says web video more prominent than social networking, Kodak’s ‘name the camera’ contest via Twitter, Facebook jumps the walled garden to Twitter, Cooliris could breathe life into the banner ad; listener comments discussion; music from Roadside Attraction; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 24, 2009: 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.
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So, until Thursday August 27…
Thursday, August 20, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #476: August 20, 2009
Content summary: FIR Live on Saturday Aug 22: email marketing; please participate in SNCR’s latest survey; deadline approaches for submitting your entry to SNCR’s Communication Awards; discussion: Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and business effects; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: survey shows more employers use Facebook to vet new hires than LinkedIn, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom guest writes on TechCrunch to explain DataSF.org; listener comments discussion; music from The Smallvilles; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 20, 2009: A 61-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 August 24…
Monday, August 17, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #475: August 17, 2009
Content summary: FIR Live on August 22: email marketing; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with an update on the Rio Tinto ‘commercial bribery’ case and Western media depictions of China; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: social news with the Huffington Post and Facebook, Twitter study reveals usage habits and trends in the US, is your business ready for the expected increase in swine flu cases?, how Best Buy and Crowne Plaza Hotels addressed a pricing error; Angelo Fernando’s question about preparing for FIR; music from The Weaklings; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 17, 2009: A 60-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 August 20…
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #474: August 13, 2009
Content summary: FIR Interview on Blog With Integrity with Liz Gumbinner and Susan Getgood posted; diary note for next FIR Live on email marketing: August 22; Dan York reports on Twitter, DDoS, and the need for distributed, decentralized systems; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: survey shows that PR pros are good ethical thinkers, why blocking news aggregators is dumb and won’t work, WOMMA issues guidelines in advance of FTC regulations, 10 things to consider about international PR; listeners’ comments discussion; on FIR editing; music from Mario Wald; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 13, 2009: A 62-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and 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.
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 August 17…
Monday, August 10, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #473: August 10, 2009
Content summary: FIR BrightIdea interview published; upcoming FIR Interview with Susan Getgood and Liz Gumbinner of Blog with Integrity; follow-up: latest developments in the SpinVox kerfuffle; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: the 2009 Digital Readiness Report released, British military encouraged to use Twitter as Ministry of Defence seeks opinion on new ‘engagement guidelines’, video more popular than Facebook or Twitter, imaginative uses of Twitter at the Edinburgh Fringe and in school lunch menus in Somerset and by the Royal Opera House; listeners’ comments discussion; news about next Thursday’s show; music from Israel Darling; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 10, 2009: A 63-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 August 13…
Thursday, August 06, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #472: August 6, 2009
Content summary: Twitter denial of service attack; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; upcoming FIR Interview with BrightIdea CEO; next FIR Live on August 22; Dan York reports on the road from Chicago; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Coca-Cola launches Coke URL; ESPN and the NFL and social networking; Imedo healthcare community expands across Europe; consumers spending more time with paid content than ever; listener comments discussion; a shoutout for the Twitgigs Experiment; music from The Satellite Towns; and more (including: happy birthday Shel!).
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 6, 2009: 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.
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 Monday August 10…
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