One thing I like about Mark Ragan, CEO of Ragan Communications, is his willingness to dive in with new or different ways of communicating and see what happens when you experiment. I do that a lot, too, so we were well suited to start something new with Mark’s MyRagan TV…
A number of things struck me as I sat in a briefing room in Microsoft’s main London office yesterday morning. The occasion was a press event by Microsoft to announce their vision for online video in Europe including their strategy for MSN Video, its on-demand free video channel on the…
Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz will host a special live call-in edition of "For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report" this Saturday, February 9, at 10am Pacific (1pm Eastern and 6pm GMT). The call-in episode will focus on the blurring of the lines between internal and external communications. If…
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR live on BlogTalk Radio Feb 9; Marantz PMD-620; get the new FIR widget; two initiatives from Ragan Communications: My Manager social network, IABC international conference coverage; Lee Hopkins reports; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Tom Foremski’s request for PR pitches;…
A few months ago, I started working with a company called Conjungo to help them gain some visibility in the blogosphere. Stimulate some interest and, hopefully, some conversations about what they offer. See where and how far a social media approach to getting the word out actually goes. In other…
If there’s one food product guaranteed to provoke strong reactions from people, it’s Marmite. This quintessentially British product first began manufacture in 1902 in Stoke on Trent. Today, it’s sold all over the world. The brand is owned by Unilever. There’s a good history on Wikipedia. Marmite is made from…
Last Thursday’s FIR #315 podcast featured something a bit different to the shows we usually do. With Shel on the road, this was one of the occasional episodes that I end up doing solo including all editing and production. This time, though, I included a 15-minute conversation with Dave Briggs,…
Yesterday’s news about Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 billion (£22.6bn) bid to acquire Yahoo has, unsurprisingly, made headlines around the world. Plenty of commentators have been quick to analyse what the combination might mean to the tech business and, in particular, search and online advertising. A common conclusion is that it’s all…
