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Content summary: Reminders about FIR Cuts and the FIR Listener Contest; follow-up: intranets 2; the impact of GMnext; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; PR and zoos; PETA and social networks; Lee Hopkins reports on interviews and conferences; listeners’ comments discussion; music by Sylvie Lewis; and more. [Messages from our…
I’ve had a really superb mobile phone for the past three months – a Nokia N95 8GB, the latest generation of a phone that packs 8 gigs of internal flash storage space, has wifi, GPS and more bells and whistles than I could have wished for. I got my N95…
During last summer, there was a spate of mainstream media commentary that social networks like Facebook serve little or no purpose from a business point of view. Much reporting about companies banning Facebook in the workplace. We were even treated to a variety of opinion that said things like the…
A meme started doing the rounds among some mainstream media types last August on what some people do and read online. I hadn’t seen it until a post by Drew Benvie included me among those he tagged. So in the spirit of shared thinking and satisfying anyone’s curiosity, here’s a…
If you’re wondering about business podcasting – how to start one, where it might fit within your communication planning, or even how to make your current podcast more effective – winning the FIR Listener Contest could be the answer you’re looking for! To mark the third anniversary of For Immediate…
Content summary: Today is FIR’s third anniversary; new FIR discussion forum is up; latest IABC Cafe2Go podcast posted; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; announcing the FIR listener contest; GMnext: the launch by General Motors, exclusive FIR Interview posted; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; the art and science of…
Quite a major kerfuffle has developed in the past 24 hours over Facebook booting Robert Scoble out of the social network. Facebook sent him an email that accused him of running an automated script which is in violation of Facebook’s terms of use. Robert was indeed running an automated script…
