Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; Shel's in Chicago and Neville's back in the UK; Dan York reports on live video streaming Barack Obama, new TweetDeck features, DailyShoot.com, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Would you hire a "certified" social media consultant?, Coca-Cola tries facial-recognition on Facebook, SEO writing is a must-have skill, children who use technology are better writers says survey; listeners' comments discussion … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #506: December 3, 2009
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Ready for sharing B2B social media experiences
Plans for the Dell B2b Social Media Huddle, taking place on December 7, are almost complete. My co-organizer Kerry Bridge and I are expecting over 70 people to take part in this one-day mixed conference and unconference at Dell’s UK headquarters in Bracknell. As part of our overall prep, we asked participants to take a short survey that will provide all of us with some useful metrics on a range of social media-related topics and what people are doing and thinking from the … [Read more...] about Ready for sharing B2B social media experiences
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #505: November 30, 2009
Content summary: Neville's in Las Vegas; no report this week from Michael Netzley; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: Twitter inspiring more to go mobile, new research from Econsultancy shows opportunities in UK for social media, one bad tweet can cost 30 customers, more women than men use social networks says Pingdom study, have a Twitter Christmas; listener comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Common Ground; and more. Get FIR: … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #505: November 30, 2009
Spending most of a week in Sin City
A bit of a dramatic headline, perhaps, but Sin City aka Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, is where I’m headed on Sunday morning on a Virgin Atlantic flight where I’ll be for most of next week, back here in the UK on Thursday morning. It’s been a few years since I was last in Vegas. Each time I’ve been there, it’s been on business and this upcoming trip is no different. So no ‘sin’ in sight yet I always have a feeling of excitement and wonder on a visit to a city that’s an icon, a … [Read more...] about Spending most of a week in Sin City
Introducing new FIR reporter Mark Story
If you listen to FIR episode #504, you’ll hear a report filed by a new correspondent – long-time listener Mark Story who’s based in Washington, DC. Mark is Director of New Media at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He’s been the architect behind some interesting public experimentation with social media by the SEC including a Twitter account and live-tweeting an SEC press conference. As a contributor to FIR, Mark’s no stranger. In his guise as Adjunct Professor at … [Read more...] about Introducing new FIR reporter Mark Story