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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
