We’re thrilled to announce a new FIR Listener Contest where one listener to the premier PR podcast can win a free ticket to go to Somesso London 09 in London on Friday May 15, 2009. Rather than act as a ‘101 guide’ for using various social media platforms, Somesso aims…
Content Summary: Writing in ReadWriteWeb on April 7, Marshall Kirkpatrick provided the framework for this FIR Live discussion to address a thorny question: Is social media monitoring critical or creepy? Our discussion explored many aspects of the increasingly-popular business activity of monitoring social media for references and mentions of you,…
Twitter’s worldwide traffic growth just keeps going. TechCrunch reports the latest stats, comScore’s traffic data at the end of March: […] Worldwide visitors to Twitter.com increased 95 percent in the month of March from 9.8 million to 19.1 million, according to [comScore’s] estimates. This compares to 9.3 million visitors in…
Content summary: Shel’s in Texas; next FIR Live on Saturday April 25; FIR Listener Contest closes Friday April 24; FIR Listener Survey update, closes May 1; Dan York reports on Earth Day, blo.gs, Google Profiles, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: celebrities and the Terminator…
Yesterday’s budget announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling occupies the full attention of the mainstream media today. Not only the media: bloggers, tweeters and anyone online with an opinion is there, too, as people pore over the detail of what the government presented us with yesterday to try…
I said that a few weeks ago: iPhone is all about the apps and I’m more convinced of that than ever. As I was scanning the Wall Street Journal on my iPhone, I got to thinking about some of the other apps I have installed on this mobile device. 54…
I make no apologies for another post about Twitter. If you’re fed up with Twitter posts, you don’t have to read this one – but I’m going to make a case for why you should. So keep reading. Don’t think of the increasing user numbers we keep hearing about as…
Content summary: A look at initial results from the 2009 FIR Listener Survey; next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on April 25; still time to enter the FIR Listener Contest; update discussion: lessons and opinions about the Domino’s Pizza crisis; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: ‘Smeargate’…
