Content summary: FIR Book Review of “Reality is Broken” is up, another book review coming this week; News That Fits: Klout gears up for brand pages and social media dominance; Ragan promo; information control at the London Olympics 2012 vs ambush marketers (and activists); Michael Netzley’s Asia report from Singapore; listener comments including John Cass on CREWE; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on experimenting with SoundCloud, and more; your next conference can benefit from some TEDification; TemboSocial promo; #firtweetupdublin and #priiconf12; music from Burning Shapes; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for April 30, 2012: A 71-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Monday May 7…
(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)
RT @jangles: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #649: April 30, 2012 http://t.co/ox7RUaDa
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #649: April 30, 2012 http://t.co/cZpCYiSt
RT @jangles: “Will the Olympics’ social media strategy work?” Thoughts from PaidContent http://t.co/ntAEsxWh Add to http://t.co/c6Dx8JPA
RT @jangles: “Will the Olympics’ social media strategy work?” Thoughts from PaidContent http://t.co/ntAEsxWh Add to http://t.co/c6Dx8JPA
“@jangles: “Will the Olympics’ social media strategy work?” Thoughts from PaidContent http://t.co/ANvoVg1R Add to http://t.co/NEqPp7vM”