
Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #416: January 22, 2009
Content summary: FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer posted; next FIR Live on Feb 7; Dan York reports on the new White House blog, CNN and Facebook, tools for Twitter, Identica, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: communication and other perspectives on the inauguration of US President Barack Obama, ghost blogging is illegal says CIPR, Mayo Clinic opens a new blog, how to find out who’s been scraping your blog; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about Monday’s show; music from Ros Wilting; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 22, 2009: A 61-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and 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.
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.
So, until Monday January 26…
Monday, January 19, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #415: January 19, 2009
Content summary: An intro from Steve Crescenzo; Shel’s in Hawaii; Dan York’s FIR Interview with PSNH’s Martin Murray posted; upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Ketchum exec’s Twitter embarrassment, a look at brands on Twitter: Tesco’s Fresh and Easy, is it possible to mass-email a pitch and do it right?, first looks at Windows 7 beta; Eric Schwartzman interviews Harvey Johnson, outgoing Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of FEMA; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from The Matthew Show via Ewan Spence; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 19, 2009: A 69-minute podcast recorded live from Honolulu, Hawaii, 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.
So, until Thursday January 22…
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #414: January 15, 2009
Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interviews; next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on Feb 7; Neville’s webinar today for IABC; Dan York reports from Keene, New Hampshire; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: the importance of simplicity, Al-Jazeera launches world’s first repository of broadcast-quality video offered under Creative Commons license, using social media to address a crisis, Facebook is a place for flirting: Pew study; David Phillips reports from Wiltshire, England; listeners’ comments discussion; Robin Grant wants to know why people use Twitter; music from George Thorogood and the Destroyers; 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 January 15, 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.
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.
So, until Monday January 19…
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #413: January 12, 2009
Content summary: How to subscribe to FIR; upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: the reputation and ethics of Lloyds TSB bank under a spotlight, Ogilvy PR releases a social media dashboard, ReadWriteWeb shows how to build a social media cheat sheet for any topic, US government agency FEMA hosts public press conference on Twitter; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Digital Dream Society; 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 January 12, 2009: A 61-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.
So, until Thursday January 15…
Thursday, January 08, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #412: January 8, 2009
Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Shel’s in Indianapolis; Dan York reports on catching waves, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: mobile marketing moves from ads to apps, blogger outreach, why you must do your own backups, intranet winners; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Sub City Dwellers, and more.
Get FIR:
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 January 8, 2009: A 57-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Indianapolis, Indiana, 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.
So, until Monday January 12…
Monday, January 05, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #411: January 5, 2009
Content summary: Marking four years of FIR on Jan 3; upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Israel/Gaza/social media follow-up: Steve Lubetkin podcast interview with Israeli consul in USA; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; David Phillips reports from the shadow of Stonehenge; News That Fits: the 13 skills of the PR pro of the future, as phishing and hacking come to Twitter are they doing enough to help protect you?; Sallie Goetsch reports from the Podcast Asylum; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Maria Gaines; 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 January 5, 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.
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.
So, until Thursday January 8…
Thursday, January 01, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #410: January 1, 2009
Content summary: Happy New Year and Speedy Alka-Seltzer; four years of FIR on Jan 3; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; yesterday’s podcast panel on Talkshoe; the demise of Podango; Dan York reports from New Hampshire; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Demotix reinvents the newswire with UGC, Israel’s social media assault, 10 reasons why journalism schools should get rid of PR, Consumers Union to buy Gawker blog “Consumerist”; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals; 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 January 1, 2009: A 62-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.
So, until Monday January 5…

