Listen Now: Intro: Shel speaking at PRSA conference today (and was at a special wedding yesterday), Neville solo this week; FIR nominated for 2012 European Podcast Award; discount for FIR listeners to Social Media Marketing 2012 conference in London on October 25; Quick News: Ford connects again with PeerIndex, with…
Today is Blog Action Day, an annual event that’s run since 2007 that aims to create a positive discussion online that enables social good about an important topic. The topic this year is The Power of We. This is my contribution to the conversation. In the second Star Wars film…
A topic in business I hear being talked about a lot is “bring your own device” – BYOD for short – that illustrates some of the profound changes taking place in the workplace in how people use (and want to use ) technologies and tools that let them get things…
One web definition of “public relations” is “A promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution.” Clearly that’s what DS Simon Productions in New York City is trying to do in its announcement of being granted a trademark in the US for the term “PRketing.” From their email…
I’m spending the day today at the Financial Times headquarters in London, taking part in an employee-focused learning experience that, until I arrived here early this morning, I hadn’t appreciated the full scale of what they’re endeavouring to achieve. The FT’s Digital Learning Week 2012 is a three-day event for…
Listen Now: Intro: Neville’s delivering a talk after a trip to Sweden; Mitch Joel was unable to guest co-host as planned due to an illness, so Shel’s on his own; FIR listeners can get a discount to an upcoming Social Media Marketing conference; Quick News: QR codes beat out direct…
A technology that’s often criticized as being in a cul-de-sac is QR codes, those little square images that you scan with an app on your smartphone to perform some kind of action. It’s that ‘action’ that’s the focus of criticism as some who have experimented with this nifty tech really…
Golf fans had a gripping experience with the Ryder Cup competition in Chicago this past weekend, with a nail-biting finale that saw the Europeans pip the Americans to the post at the last minute to win the tournament. SiliconRepublic reports on an imaginative stunt by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power who…
