Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Sunday, February 15, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #423: February 16, 2009
Content summary: Music CD giveaway from Runaway Dorothy for two FIR listeners; Shel’s trip to Kansas City and the IABC Kansas City Business Communicators Summit; Neville’s impressions of the Reading Twestival; Michael Netzley reports on developments with mobile and social networks in North and South Korea and Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Shel interviews Mark Van Baale, organizer of the Kansas City Twestival; News That Fits: ads on major websites fail to attract consumers who prefer niche networks says YouGov survey, corporate jet companies launch PR image campaign; listeners comments including Keith Burtis with impressions of the Continental Airlines plane crash at Buffalo, NY, last week; news about Thursday’s show; music from Maria Daines; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 16, 2009: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Thursday February 19…
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #422: February 12, 2009
Content summary: Shel calls in from Chicago with a shoutout to Callburner; Dan York reports on Twestival, APIs, mashups, Skype and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Belkin astroturfing follow-up, the amazing Twitter behaviour of Canadian journalist David George-Cosh, a copyright kerfuffle develops between the AP and Obama ‘Hope’ poster creator Shepard Fairey, ‘Resting Communicators’ on LinkedIn; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; Twestival Day; congrats to CC Chapman and Steve Coulson at The Advance Guard; music by Common Ground; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 12, 2009: A 57-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Chicago, Illinois, 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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Monday, February 09, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #421: February 9, 2009
Content summary: FIR Live discussion on trust posted, thanks to guest Richard Edelman; Neville named as honoree of the 2009 IABC Chairman’s Award; discussion: PR’s role in a crisis with US Airways’ jet in the Hudson River as reference; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Michael Netzeley interviews Thomas Crampton, Hong Kong-based digital strategist, with observations on the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, and more; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about Thursday’s show; worldwide Twestival on Thursday; Neville guests on CharonQC podcast; music from The Raygun Girls; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 9, 2009: A xx-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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(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)
Thursday, February 05, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #420: February 5, 2009
Content summary: Richard Edelman joining us for FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on Feb 7; FIR Interview with Lee Aase of Mayo Clinic coming; Dan York reports from Orlando, Florida; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Twestival coming to a city near you on Feb 12 and a conversation with founder Amanda Rose, Twitter spam with ViralTweets (and TweetTornado), defining the Twitter effect; listeners comments’ discussion including a view on Google Latitude from Bernie Goldbach; music from Rock Kills Kid; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 5, 2009: A 57-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Las Vegas, Nevada, 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 February 9…
Monday, February 02, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #419: February 2, 2009
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Feb 7; upcoming FIR Interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic; Michael Netzley reports on a kerfuffle over reporting about the Mumbai terrorist outrage last November; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: company blogs lead social media options says Hubspot survey, Reuters editor on twittering away standards or tweeting the future of journalism, Anheuser-Busch fuses PR and social media, Twitter domain squatting in the UK, the BBC claims control of a rogue Twitter account; Andrea Vascellari reports on the DLD conference in Munich, Germany; listeners’ comments and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about next Thursday’s show; music from Butta Skotch; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 2, 2009: A 63-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 5…
Thursday, January 29, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #418: January 29, 2009
Content summary: Topic decided for FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Feb 7; FIR Interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic, next week; Dan York reports on the blurring of our lives, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Edelman’s 2009 Trust Barometer released, different handling of PR crises by Citigroup and the American Peanut Council, BuzzGain launches DIY PR service to the public, Microsoft’s mobile barcode tagging technology and what it may mean to communicators; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Runaway Dorothy; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 29, 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, 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 2…
Monday, January 26, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #417: January 26, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s returning from Hawaii; congrats to Scott Monty; next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Feb 7; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: journalists say frustration with PR websites kills media stories, scandal over a Belkin employee’s questionable marketing tactics and the impact on Belkin’s reputation, 10 tips for PR and marketing in tough times, is live blogging breaking news a good idea?; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; advance news on planned FIR dine-around at IABC conference in San Francisco in June; music from Rob Szabo; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 26, 2009: A 55-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England and almost live from Honolulu, Hawaii, 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 30…
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