A few weeks ago, I installed a new WordPress plugin on this site that would enable visitors on mobile devices to find their experience here worthwhile and make it more likely they would stick around on their visit, perhaps engage by leaving a comment, and maybe even return again. The…
Comment and opinion have intensified in the past few days that The Times paywall isn’t working. And according to The Guardian, the paper has seen a 90 percent fall in its online readership since the paywall went up three weeks ago. Hitwise has a different view, backed up by its…
Overflow from FIR #556 on July 19, 2009. Salon.com: Skin-lightening meets social networking NDTV Profit: Vaseline’s skin-lightening Facebook app stirs debate Download this podcast (798Kb, 1:51) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)
Overflow from FIR #556 on July 19, 2010. Journalism.co.uk: BBC tests tracking real-time Twitter trends with Zeitgeist tool BBC R&D Blog: Zeitgeist – the most shared BBC links on Twitter Download this podcast (1.52Mb, 3:42) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS…
Content summary: New FIR Interview and Book Review posted; three winners of the contest to win free FIR iPhone apps: Ike Pigott, Stephen Waddington, Kris Gallagher; listener comments; 5 minutes on… social messaging dos and don’ts, Foursquare mayors get 25% off at Ann Taylor, paper boarding pass set to disappear,…
One of the things that continues to surprise me is the lack of niche business podcasts in the UK. I don’t mean the slickly-produced offerings from mainstream media organizations, of which there are many. By ‘niche,’ I mean podcasts like IABC Cafe2Go, the show from IABC, a professional association (and…
We’re delighted to welcome Pollstream as a new sponsor to For Immediate Release. We learned several years ago that listeners welcome sponsors that offer content relevant to their work. Ragan Communications’ steady stream of opportunities for communications-focused professional development and CustomScoop’s insights related to monitoring fit right into that framework.…
David Meerman Scott, author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR and several other books, collaborated with Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan to write Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead. The iconic jam band – the most successful touring band in history – innovated a variety of business practices unheard…
