If you've been to a tweetup, you know the kind of thing it typically is: an informal get-together of like-minded people, usually in a pub or other social venue, who sign up on Twtvite to say 'yes' or 'maybe' they'd be there. It's advertised and promoted by the organizer and anyone who tweets or retweets about it. And there's a hashtag. Usually, a tremendous time is had by all. So it was last Tuesday at the sixth Ealing Tweetup organized by Mark Hillary, hashtag #ealingtu. This one, though, had … [Read more...] about The success of the Ealing Tweetup
Archives for October 2010
FIR Interview: Ashley Howland on Baylor Health Care unblocking employee access to social media
Media Relations Manager Ashley Howland speaks with FIR co-host Shel Holtz about successful efforts to unblock employee access to social media properties, notably Facebook, at Baylor Health Care System in Texas. Get this podcast: Download the MP3 file (9.72Mb, 24:12) Get the show on iTunes Subscribe to the FIR Interviews RSS feed Get the FIR app for your iPhone About our Conversation Partner Ashley Howland is the social media manager with Baylor Health Care System in Dallas, … [Read more...] about FIR Interview: Ashley Howland on Baylor Health Care unblocking employee access to social media
Top German firms ban Facebook and Twitter
Most of the 30 blue-chip firms listed in Germany's DAX stock market index are banning employee use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter according to a report in the German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, as reported in the UK's Daily Mail newspaper today. The Mail says that German companies such as Volkswagen, Porsche, Commerzbank and HeidelbergCement are introducing bans in the workplace or have already done so. In the case of Porsche, news emerged two weeks ago on their … [Read more...] about Top German firms ban Facebook and Twitter
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #570: October 25, 2010
Content summary: Jeff Eggen interview and David Spinks video interview are up, Joseph Jaffe interview coming Oct 29; listener comments and discussion; News That Fits: The Guardian offers social media guidance to its journalists while the Washington Post offers prohibition, fake PR is not going away anytime soon, Dan York reports, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, why putting your holiday plans on Twitter or Facebook is an invitation to crooks (and insurance companies), minority … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #570: October 25, 2010
FIR Interview: BlogDash Co-Creator David Spinks
David Spinks, co-founder of BlogDash - a new resource to aid in blogger outreach - conducts a brief video demo of the site during BlogWorld and New Media Expo in Las Vegas, USA, on Friday, October 15, 2010. Get this video podcast: Download the MP4 file (15.5Mb, 5:46) Get the show on iTunes Subscribe to the FIR Interviews RSS feed Get the FIR app for your iPhone About our Conversation Partner According to his blog, David Spinks is - in addition to co-founder of BlogDash - … [Read more...] about FIR Interview: BlogDash Co-Creator David Spinks
The global embrace of the internet
I remember when I first got online back in 1989 via CIX, I knew I'd found something magical, something that enabled me to do or discover things way beyond the confines of the computer itself. Then came CompuServe in 1990 which provided a more user-friendly way of being online albeit in a paternalistic walled-garden sort of way. And then in about 1992, I found the internet proper via Demon Internet: what I saw (and still see, really) as Alice's Wonderland. Such musing is a way to introduce some … [Read more...] about The global embrace of the internet
FIR Interview: Jeffrey Eggen on the Ford Focus Rally America
Jeffrey Eggen speaks with FIR co-host Shel Holtz about Ford Motor Company's new multi-channel promotion to introduce the 2012 Ford Focus, the Focus Rally America. Unveiled at BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2010 in Las Vegas, the promotion - which follows on the heels of the successful Ford Fiesta social media campaign - marries all four types of available media: paid, owned, earned, and social. Get this podcast: Download the MP3 file (5.95Mb, 14:47) Get the show on iTunes Subscribe to … [Read more...] about FIR Interview: Jeffrey Eggen on the Ford Focus Rally America
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #569: October 18, 2010
Content summary: FIR Interview with Joseph Jaffe fixed for Oct 29, Ford interview and video demo from BlogWorld Expo coming soon, thanks to Debi Davis for time codes in show notes; listener comments; Shel reports on BlogWorld Expo; News That Fits: Paul Fabretti explains what Manchester Police's emergency calls live on Twitter for 24 hours intends to achieve, Dell's experiment with "braided journalism", Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, CSR departments are a thing of the past say CEOs, Dan … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #569: October 18, 2010