Wednesday, January 14, 2015

FIR Presents Linked Conversations #24: A Conversation with Chip Griffin

Linked ConversationsWelcome to the latest episode of Linked Conversations with Chuck Hester.

This episode I cover LinkedIn Publishing and the move to open up the feature to all English-speaking members of the site.

My guest this week is Chip Griffin, Founder and CEO of CustomScoop, a media monitor software firm.  Chip and his organizations create, promote, and analyze effective content in traditional and digital media.

A longtime innovator, Chip was recruited from his job on Capitol Hill to serve as CEO of an online media company when he was just 23 years old. Chip is also the host of two podcasts on the FIR Podcast Network – Chats with Chip and Media Bullseye Roundtable.

More about Chip can be found on the CustomScoop website:

Don’t forget to check out LinkedConversations’ Google+ community and our LinkedIn Group: “The Podcast I Can’t Name Due to the Rules Group!”

So thanks for listening and if you like what you hear, spread the word!




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Posted by shel on 01/14 at 05:41 PM
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Monday, January 12, 2015

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #790: January 12, 2015

FIRQuick News: A “deeply personal” picture of every consumer could be grabbed by futuristic smart gadgets says the FTC, executives expect to spend more on corporate citizenship, Intel CEO’s diversity promise, a dramatic rise in video content on Facebook; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Failure to disclose grows as a PR issue; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: Has social media finally turned the spotlight on Asia’s classic anonymous CEO? and more; Cluetrain updated; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; why ‘dark social’ could be the next be thing in digital marketing; Dan York’s Tech Report; Igloo Software promo; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; research says social media is slipping toward the sidelines;

Music by Shockbox; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for January 12, 2014: A 92-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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So, until Monday January 19…

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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

FIR Presents Inside PR #395: The chat app is the medium

FIR Presents Inside PRMartin here.

Happy New Year and welcome back! We hope you had a fun and restful holiday.

In 2015, we’re planning to reinvigorate IPR by making it more topical and dealing with an issue or two a week. Stay tuned…

We start by congratulating Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson on the 10th anniversary of For Immediate Release! Here’s (hears?) to many, many more! We’re thrilled to be part of the FIR Podcast Network.

We also have some sad news. Michael Herman, a senior PR agency leader we know from Counselors Academy, passed away suddenly on Saturday at his home in North Carolina. Michael was the consummate PR pro, received PRSA’s highest honour, the Gold Anvil award, taught PR and never stopped learning, asking questions and helping people. Gini shares a personal memory of Mike on Pinterest and how they used to trade recipes. Here’s a moving tribute from Peppercom founder, Steve Cody. Our thoughts and sympathies go out to Mike’s family and friends.

Now onto this week’s main topic. Over the break I noticed a number of what’s ahead roundups – including TechCrunch, AdAge and GigaOm – highlighted the renewed interest in chat apps as a key way for people to communicate and connect.

Which leads to the question: how can professional communicators, who participate in public conversations, navigate in the world of chat?

Gini: A big issue is anything you post online can and will be used against you. In other words, private isn’t necessarily private, anymore.

Joe harkens back to the early days social media where you had people talking to people versus brands talking to people. Now that marketers are monitoring public interactions, he believes ordinary people, who may not trust commercial accounts, are turning to messenger apps as a way to communicate.

Private or public messages? Which will be your default in 2015? We’d love to hear what you think.

One last thing. Many of you listen to us on iTunes and it would be great if you could leave us a comment or rating. Thanks!

Send us an email or an audio comment to insideprcomments@gmail.com, join the FIR Google+ Community, join the Inside PR Google+ Community, join the Inside PR Facebook group, leave us a comment here, message us @inside_pr on Twitter, or connect with Gini Dietrich, Joseph Thornley, and Martin Waxman on Twitter.

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You can also reach Inside PR’s hosts by email at insideprcomments@gmail.com, or join the InsidePR Google Plus community or Facebook group. InsidePR is on Twitter at @Inside_PR. You can send us an instant voicemail via SpeakPipe, right from the FIR website. Or, call the Comment Line at +1 415 895 2971 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments. You can tweet us: @FIRpodcast. And you can email us at fircomments@gmail.com. If you wish, you can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Thank you to the people behind Inside PR: Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer. Inside PR is produced by Kristine D’Arbelles and Ashlea LeCompte.

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Posted by shel on 01/07 at 05:50 PM
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Monday, January 05, 2015

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #789: January 5, 2015

FIRMarking the first episode of our 11th year; some reflection on the first 10 years; listener audio comments sprinkled throughout the show;

Quick News: American workers still addicted to email, Swiss luxury brands Montblanc and Tag Heuer reportedly have big plans for smartwatches, it doesn’t pay for brands to try to sound too hip, Barclays Bank launches the first face-to-face video banking service in the UK; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Five social trends you can expect to see in 2015; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: How Asia is shaping the world’s EdTech scene; let’s talk about podcasting; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and from the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; is the ‘social media phase of the internet’ over?; Dan York’s Tech Report: Twitter’s new catch-up feature, podcast metrics, and more; Igloo Software promo; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; PR: the new Mad Men;

Music from Slightly Stoopid; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for January 5, 2014: A 102-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.

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So, until Monday January 12…

Posted by neville on 01/05 at 12:40 PM
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

FIR on Higher Education #25: PR Measurement Tips from Shonali Burke

You work hard to get a positive media placement or run a particular marketing / communications campaign. Then you wonder – or a colleague asks you – what is the concrete value of these efforts? On episode 25 of FIR on Higher Education, consultant and Johns Hopkins adjunct professor Shonali Burke offers her advice on how to answer this question.

Among the topics we discuss:

• How to approach PR measurement
• Evaluating which marketing / communications levers are having the most impact in getting students to apply and enroll in a program
• Resources for PR measurement
• How to teach students to be analytical PR professionals who are able to effectively measure the impact of their efforts

In our reports section, I highlight some of the things I have learned through one year of podcasting, while Harry Hawk reviews the learning management system Schoology.

About Shonali Burke
A veteran of small and large PR agencies, Shonali Burke is the President & CEO of the social PR consulting firm, Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. She is founder and curator of the popular #measurePR Twitter chat and started Waxing UnLyrical, the popular blog community of like-minded professionals from around the globe.  She teaches at Johns Hopkins University and Rutgers University. 

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About Your Host
Kevin AnselmoKevin Anselmo is the Founder and Principal of Experiential Communications, a consultancy focused on education. He helps brands within academia - whether individual or corporate - communicate with stakeholders. He also teaches communications and public relations workshops to different individuals and groups and is currently designing an Media Training for Academics online course.

Previously, Kevin was Director of Public Relations for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and prior to that managed the media relations for IMD Business School in Switzerland. In addition, he was an adjunct communications professor at Nyack College in New York.

Currently based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Kevin lived and worked in Switzerland for eight years and in Germany for two years. He has led public relations initiatives in various countries around the world.

Find Kevin on Twitter: @kevinanselmo.

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Posted by Kevin Anselmo on 12/30 at 05:10 AM
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Monday, December 29, 2014

Thought Leader Life with Mitchell Levy, Episode 54: December 29, 2014

Thought Leader Life with Mitchell LevyOur guest on 23 December was Ted Rubin (@TedRubin).

Ted is a leading Social Marketing Strategist, Keynote Speaker, Brand Evangelist and Acting CMO of Brand Innovators and in March 2009 started publicly using and evangelizing the term ROR: Return on Relationship™… a concept he believes is the cornerstone for building an engaged multi-million member database, many of whom are vocal advocates for the brand, like the one he built for e.l.f. Cosmetics as the Chief Marketing Officer between 2008 and 2010, and the one being built for the new updated OpenSky where Ted was Chief Social Marketing Officer until the end of April 2011. On May 1st, 2011 Ted announced leaving OpenSky and accepting the position of Chief Social Marketing Officer at Collective Bias (whose Advisory Board he joined in January 2011), a company he has worked closely with since it was founded by John Andrews who Ted met through the blogging community when he was leading Emerging Media at Walmart. Effective September 1st, 2013 Ted left his position at Collective Bias and is a Free Agent and Open to Opportunities. In the words of Collective Bias Founder John Andrews… “Ted, you were the vision, heartbeat and soul of Collective Bias, thank you for building a great company. From innovations like cb.Socially to the amazing relationships you built with the blogger community, clients and employees, you drove the epic growth. You will be missed!”

Ted RubinWith e.l.f. Cosmetics from 2008-2010 and OpenSky from 2010-2011, Ted has become known for his active use of Twitter where he has in excess of 100,000 followers and grew 60,000+ followers for e.l.f. Twitter handles in 2009, over 100,000 for OpenSky in 2010, and now well in excess of 1MM for Collective Bias and growing every day… all with deep engagement and interaction.

Many people in the social media world know Ted for his enthusiastic, energetic and undeniably personal connection to people. Ted is the most followed CMO on Twitter according to Social Media Marketing Magazine; one of the most interesting CMOs on Twitter according to Say Media, #13 on Forbes Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers, 2013, and number #2 on the Leadtail August 2013 list of Top 25 People Most Mentioned by digital marketers. ROR is the basis of his philosophy…It’s All About Relationships! His book, Return on Relationship, was released January 29, 2013.

At e.l.f., Ted’s responsibilities included communicating with and building e.l.f.’s client base (membership increased from 600k to in excess of 2.4MM during his tenure), leveraging brand equity through strategic marketing programs (with many major brands and publishers), and creating/developing/managing a major thrust into social media initiatives and partnerships and building the most highly respected social media presence in the cosmetics industry. In addition, the merging of traditional PR and the ability of social media to create/spread PR opportunities was leveraged to full effect under his tenure… a first for many companies and something which many are yet to understand.

Ted believes the key to continued success for any brand/retailer/etailer is identifying with the customer. Ted is quick to point out “listening is finally getting the respect it deserves through Social Media… listen and adjust your message to make it relevant to your consumer. Brand loyalty declines due to lack of relevance… a direct result of not listening.” “Number one is always try to understand who your customer is and stay true to your brand.”

Ted has a deep online background beginning in 1997 working with best selling author, entrepreneur and agent of change Seth Godin at Yoyodyne, which was acquired in Q4 1998 by Yahoo!

Ted served as a Social Marketing and Engagement Advisor to Big Fuel Communications until they were acquired in March 2011 by Publicis Groupe, and is on the Advisory Boards of Crowdsourcing Week, EvenVoice, Expressible, Flyplist, OpenSky, SheSpeaks, and Zuberance.

A native New Yorker, Ted holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics from Cornell University. He is divorced, has two teenage daughters, and lives in Long Island. Personal philosophy: Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.

Join us 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 7 pm GMT on Saturday every week. The show blog is Thought Leader Life.

Any comments or suggestions for the show please send them. Thank you for listening and if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes!

This episode was sponsored, in part, by THiNKaha.com, helping experts become thought leaders.

You can connect with Mitchell at MitchellLevy.com, @HappyAbout on Twitter, or join his Thought Leadership Best Practices Group.

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Posted by Michael Procopio on 12/29 at 09:39 PM
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #788: December 29, 2014

FIRNext week’s episode marks the start of our 11th year of FIR: would you like to contribute to the show?

Quick News: TripAdvisor fined in Italy for failing to prevent fake reviews, Coca-Cola dumps voicemail, Facebook finds that not all users want to review their year, Google and Microsoft join forces against Marriott’s wifi blocking hopes; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Influencers are burned out on influencer marketing; Dan York’s Tech Report: Watching via Twitter as North Korea’s internet goes up and down, thoughts on Plague.io; the arrival of ads where rates are based on time rather than impressions; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; are PR counselors ready to respond to the public shaming of company leaders?; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: Online trends for 2015 that include eCommerce and lawsuits for offending others online, and more; Igloo Software promo; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; how news outlets use Instagram to tell stories;

Music from Deleveled; 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; Igloo Software, providers of an intranet you’ll actually like, delivered securely with our cloud platform: learn more at www.igloosoftware.com/fir.

For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for December 29, 2014: A 95-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.

FIR Community on Google+Share your comments or questions about this podcast, or suggestions for future podcasts, in the online FIR Podcast Community on Google+.

You can also send us instant voicemail via SpeakPipe, right from the FIR website. Or, call the Comment Line at +1 415 895 2971 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments. You can tweet us: @FIRpodcast. And you can email us at fircomments@gmail.com. If you wish, you can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments (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 January 5, 2015…

Posted by neville on 12/29 at 07:47 AM
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

FIR Presents AMP Up Your Social Media #43: Simone Douglas on Getting More out of Social Strategies

AMP UP Your Social MediaSimone Douglas is a Social Media Specialist trainer, presenter, and coach as well as founding partner of Social Media AOK, a social media agency in Australia. With 17 years of specialty experience in corporate management roles, she is considered an expert in her field of social media, risk management, and marketing strategy. Simone recently joined AMP UP Your Social Media’s host Glenn Gaudet to discuss practical training techniques on how to get the most out of your social media strategies.

“Get into the habit of using LinkedIn daily…Send [those who have viewed your profile] a connection message!”

Simone discusses tips for getting the most out of your social media:

  1. Don’t forget the basics of business. Have a social networking marketing plan that keeps the human connection at the forefront. The way we do business hasn’t changed in terms of human context, and many overlook this when attempting to connect with clients on social media - and that oversight could be costly.
  2. Find your contact strategy. There’s no right or wrong way to do this, but here’s what I do: If someone sends you a connection request, you could potentially do business with them or ignore it - open yourself to connecting with them without a sale in mind. Grow your network with the idea that you’re establishing peer connections.
  3. Twitter is great for small talk. Use Twitter to reconnect and reunite with users! It’s quicker than email, and you can tag those users to grow your relationships.
  4. Remember the purpose. Investing the time, effort, and energy really boils down to more than simply connecting with a community. You’re looking for sales, at the end of the day! Build relationships that can gain you customers and that are congruent with clients you’re interested in, and foster their growth.
  5. Face-to-Face scenarios are beneficial. Connecting via social media is a great way for extending your reach and growing your network, but fostering relationships by setting up face-to-face contact where possible can help to strengthen those ties.

Simone would love to hear from you! Chat with her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

Simone DouglasAbout Simone Douglas

Simone is a Telstra Business Awards 2014 Finalist and prides herself on being creative and forward-thinking in life.  She’s also a member of Family Business Australia, a peak body committed to contributing to Australia’s future through a dynamic and sustainable family business community. She values animal welfare as well as civil rights and human rights!

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Tweet about the show using #AUYSM or Tweet at us @AMPUpSocial. AMP Up Your Social Media is a proud member of the FIR Podcast Network.

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Join the AMP Up Your Social Media Google Plus community or Facebook group. You can send us an instant voicemail via SpeakPipe, right from the FIR website. Or, call the Comment Line at +1 415 895 2971 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments. You can tweet us: @FIRpodcast. And you can email us at fircomments@gmail.com. If you wish, you can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments (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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AMP UP Your Social Media is sponsored by:

  • GaggleAMP - Empower your employees, partners and resellers to amplify your social media.
  • SafeLinks - Know when your links on social media messages fail before you lose out on the people clicking on them.

The FIR Podcast Network is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide.

Posted by Glenn Gaudet on 12/23 at 09:51 AM
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Media Bullseye Roundtable 2014.24 with Guest Co-Hosts Doug Haslam and Jen Phillips

Media Bullseye Roundtable

In this special episode of the Roundtable, I’m joined by Doug Haslam of Stone Temple Consulting and Jen Phillips of 4L Strategies to look back at three important public relations themes from the past year:

—The state of ethics in the PR industry.

—The future of the business of PR.

—The role of measurement in modern PR.

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About Your Host

Chip GriffinChip Griffin serves as CEO of CustomScoop, a media intelligence company he co-founded in 2000. CustomScoop provides a cloud-based subscription service that monitors, measures, and reports on traditional and social media coverage for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, public relations agencies, and small-to-medium sized enterprises. For two decades, Chip has worked in the public relations arena, including service in public and private sector organizations. He has co-founded more than half a dozen companies, and he writes and speaks frequently about the intersection of technology, media, and communications. He is a graduate of American University where he is President of the Alumni Association and a member of the School of Public Affairs Advisory Council. Chip lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two sons.

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FIR’s Media Bullseye Roundtable is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years. Information: www.ragan.com.

Posted by Chip Griffin on 12/23 at 08:52 AM
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Monday, December 22, 2014

Chats with Chip #6: Gini Dietrich of Arment Dietrich (and Spin Sucks)

Chats with ChipGini Dietrich is the founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich, a successful and growing PR agency based in Chicago. She has two books to her credit, and runs the very popular Spin Sucks blog, which also serves as the unofficial water cooler for the PR community.

In this conversation, we explore everything from the business of PR to writing books, building an online community and more.


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About Your Host

Chip GriffinChip Griffin serves as CEO of CustomScoop, a media intelligence company he co-founded in 2000. CustomScoop provides a cloud-based subscription service that monitors, measures, and reports on traditional and social media coverage for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, public relations agencies, and small-to-medium sized enterprises. For two decades, Chip has worked in the public relations arena, including service in public and private sector organizations. He has co-founded more than half a dozen companies, and he writes and speaks frequently about the intersection of technology, media, and communications. He is a graduate of American University where he is President of the Alumni Association and a member of the School of Public Affairs Advisory Council. Chip lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two sons.

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Share your comments or questions about this podcast, or suggestions for future podcasts, in the online FIR Podcast Community on Google+.

You can also send us instant voicemail via SpeakPipe, right from the FIR website. Or, call the Comment Line at +1 415 895 2971 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments. You can tweet us: @FIRpodcast. And you can email us at fircomments@gmail.com. If you wish, you can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

To receive all podcasts in the FIR Podcast Network, subscribe to the “everything” RSS feed. To stay informed about occasional FIR events (eg, FIR Live), sign up for FIR Update email news.

FIR’s Chats with Chip is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years. Information: www.ragan.com.

Posted by Chip Griffin on 12/22 at 04:54 PM
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #787: December 22, 2014

FIRIntro: Contributions for the January 5 (10th anniversary) episode, recording of Cision/Vocus webinar “Social Media Marketing vs Social PR” available;

Quick News: PCs are still tops for video viewing, Doximity the ‘LinkedIn for doctors’ has signed up more than half of US physicians, bad web bots account for one in three visitors to sites, Microsoft free again to ignore Internet Explorer rivals in Europe; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Dealing with harassment and abuse online: the role for communicators; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: what can Russian broadcasting teach us about modern propaganda?, Biadu speech recognition, Putin’s PR, and more; content marketing, community, and the long tail; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio, email and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; “Distraction-free writing”: a saviour for creating long-form content?; Dan York’s Tech Report: New WordPress 4.1 provides a much improved distraction-free writing experience, and more; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; Igloo Software promo; mobile update: deep-links extensions, messaging apps, Line and Microsoft’s MixRadio, mobile will revive and redefine content marketing;

Music from Allison Crowe; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for December 22, 2014: A 91-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday December 29…

Posted by neville on 12/22 at 12:44 PM
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Friday, December 19, 2014

FIR Presents Inside PR 394: The 2015 Public Relations Predictions

FIR Presents Inside PRIt’s the last episode of 2014 and we couldn’t let the year end without giving you our public relations predictions for 2015.

Before we get to those predictions, though, Joe talks about a few changes at Google, including updates to the Customer Journey to Online Purchase. For communicators, this is pretty interesting to check out because it helps you determine how a customer might make a purchase decision and how you can help them along through the process. No longer do you have to guess at the types of content that will help them make a decision.

The trends we discuss are:

  • The continual integration of PESO (paid, earned, shared, and owned media);
  • Return of big ideas a la West Jet Holiday Miracle; and
  • The quest for scale, bot for organizations and for content.

Of course, we talk about why we’ve chosen each of these and what they mean for the industry. They also all seem to intertwine with one another, which was not planned. We didn’t discuss beforehand which trend we had each chosen. Serendipity!

And, before you begin your holiday cheer, please join us in making fun of Martin Waxman for always saying, “At triple W insidepr dot C A” instead of just “insidepr dot CA.”

Happy Holidays to all of you! We wish you a great start to 2015 and look forward to hanging out in your ears for another year.

We’d love to hear what you think.

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Thank you to the people behind Inside PR: Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer. Inside PR is produced by Kristine D’Arbelles and Ashlea LeCompte.

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Posted by shel on 12/19 at 09:10 AM
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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Thought Leadership with Mitchell Levy, Episode 53: December 18, 2014

Thought Leadership with Mitchell

Our guest on this episode was Bryan Kramer (@bryankramer).

Bryan is a Social Business Strategist and CEO of PureMatter where he’s led his agency to consistent growth over the last 10 years earning a spot as one of Silicon Valley’s fastest growing private companies by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Bryan recently is an author of the new best selling book, Human to Human #H2H. He has extensive experience in brand marketing with a focus on integrated communications and strategic business planning. His focus, fun and passion is as CEO at Purematter. It’s proudly one of the fastest growing private companies in Silicon Valley. As a social media strategist followed by over 200k combined social media followers and is often asked to keynote. In true social style, he loves to talk about social marketing and marketing.

Bryan KramerBryan is excited to have been included on the following lists:
• The 43rd most talked about marketer by global senior marketers – LeadTail
• #26 Global Top CEO Influencer on Social Media – Kred
• Top 50 Social CEOs on Twitter Globally – Huffington Post.
• Top 25 Influencer to follow – Forbes
• The 100 Most Influential Tech People On Twitter – Business Insider.

Being a veracious consumer of knowledge, understanding social media and how it works both as a communication channel and shaper of popular culture has his full attention. With over 250k+ social followers, Bryan has quickly become one of the country’s leading authorities on social and digital, speaking all over the country and internationally on a variety of topics. As an active blogger and author, Bryan has built a community of over 20k+ readers to his syndicated network each month. Bryan also hosts “From the Author’s Point of View” author podcast series, as well as #Substance, PureMatter’s Luminary Video Series. He is a featured contributor on SocialMediaToday.com, Business2Community and the IBM Smarter Commerce blog.

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Any comments or suggestions for the show please send them. Thank you for listening and if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes!

This episode was sponsored, in part, by THiNKaha.com, helping experts become thought leaders.

You can connect with Mitchell at MitchellLevy.com, @HappyAbout on Twitter, or join his Thought Leadership Best Practices Group on LinkedIn; and with Michael at MProcopio.com, on Twitter: @MichaelProcopio; or LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/MichaelProcopio.

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Posted by Michael Procopio on 12/18 at 07:27 AM
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FIR Presents AMP Up Your Social Media #42: The Significance of Content Marketing and Strategy

AMP UP Your Social MediaBrad Young is a global content strategy leader for Dun and Bradstreet, leading the creation, curation, and editorial coordination of world-class, modern content and content experiences for customers, sales teams, partners, alliances and influencers. He also has 17 years of content and marketing experience, making him a leader in content strategy marketing! Brad recently joined AMP UP Your Social Media’s host Glenn Gaudet to discuss the significance of content marketing and strategy.

“Be absolutely relentless in asking yourself ‘Who is this for?’ and ‘What’s the value?’”

Brad discusses tips for content marketing and strategy:

  1. Become a powerful storyteller. When you have the mentality, metabolism, and mindset, you have an incredible opportunity to reach the most people in an engaging, revenue-driving way.
  2. Use modern technology. Your story is only as good as who it reaches. Don’t be afraid of utilizing modern technology and social media to get your content into the hands of the most people possible.
  3. Use data to advance relationships. Your raw data can have stories built around them, and use this data to move your company forward.
  4. Content marketing needs to be useful. Don’t make it all about you! Your content should be designed around the lifestyle of your target audience, and you don’t have to be promotional to sell your product.
  5. Story first, media second. Mine your content for all it’s worth, and create content calendars to drive your story forward. It may be appropriate in some instances to outsource your videos to other companies so you can focus on your story!

Brad would love to hear from you! Chat with him on Twitter or connect with him on LinkedIn.

Brad YoungAbout Brad Young

Brad is married to a wonderful wife and is the father of two daughters. He’s a positive thinker and progressive leader with a degree in journalism from Penn State University. He currently calls New Jersey home and roots for the Phillies in baseball and, of course, Penn State in football!




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Posted by Glenn Gaudet on 12/18 at 07:00 AM
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Media Bullseye Roundtable 2014.23 with Guest Co-Host Doug Haslam

Media Bullseye Roundtable

In this episode of the Roundtable, I’m joined by Doug Haslam of Stone Temple Consulting to discuss three topics (plus a bonus discussion of the current podcasting “boom”):

—What the FTC crackdown on social media disclosure means for communicators, especially those working in agencies.

—Whether the angry social media mob phenomenon is back—or ever went away—and how brands should deal with it.

—How the Sony hacker situation will impact communicators.


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Chip GriffinChip Griffin serves as CEO of CustomScoop, a media intelligence company he co-founded in 2000. CustomScoop provides a cloud-based subscription service that monitors, measures, and reports on traditional and social media coverage for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, public relations agencies, and small-to-medium sized enterprises. For two decades, Chip has worked in the public relations arena, including service in public and private sector organizations. He has co-founded more than half a dozen companies, and he writes and speaks frequently about the intersection of technology, media, and communications. He is a graduate of American University where he is President of the Alumni Association and a member of the School of Public Affairs Advisory Council. Chip lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two sons.

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Posted by Chip Griffin on 12/17 at 04:32 AM
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