SoundCloud's co-founder Eric Wahlforss sees his company as a social network, with its primary competitors Facebook and Twitter, two of the giants of today’s social web. Its Wikipedia entry describes SoundCloud as an online audio distribution platform that allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings by users. It was founded in 2008 and now has more than 20 million users worldwide, with membership growing by over 1.5 million every month. In this FIR Interview, … [Read more...] about FIR Interview: Eric Wahlforss, Co-Founder and CTO, SoundCloud
Archives for April 2013
Number 10 hands out Twitter exclusives to favoured journalists
A discussion topic in episode 701 of the FIR podcast, published today, looks at a question asked in the Metro newspaper last week: should British politicians take notes from Barack Obama’s campaign team? The Metro's excellent report looked at the key role social media played - especially Twitter - in both of the US president's election campaigns in 2008 and 2012 in enabling direct engagement with reporters and opinion-makers as well as with voters in communities across the United States (see … [Read more...] about Number 10 hands out Twitter exclusives to favoured journalists
FIR Cut: Developing global consensus for the PR profession
Overflow from FIR #701 on April 29, 2013. Discussion references: NevilleHobson.com: What do Barcelona, Melbourne and Stockholm mean to PRs? Global Alliance: The World Public Relations Forum: Melbourne's Mandate for PR Barcelona Declaration of Measurement Principles The Melbourne Mandate Stockholm Accords Listen Now: Download this podcast (5.39Mb, 11:16) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they're published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR … [Read more...] about FIR Cut: Developing global consensus for the PR profession
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #701: April 29, 2013
Intro: No Shel live this week (we have contributions), Stephen Waddington joins Neville in a guest segment; Bob LeDrew's FIR Book Review of Peter Shankman's Nice Companies Finish First is up, review coming soon from Eric Schwartzman of Brian Solis' What's the Future of Business?; FIR Interview with Eric Wahlforss, co-founder and CTO of SoundCloud, coming on April 30; The B2B Huddle is on May 2 and keynote speeches will be FIR podcasts; Quick News: Can communicators convey company messages via … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #701: April 29, 2013
FIR Book Review: Nice Companies Finish First, by Peter Shankman with Karen Kelly
Peter Shankman applied his skills as a communicator and businessman to create Help A Reporter Out (HARO), an email service that connected journalists looking for people to interview with individuals with the experience or insights to meet the journalist's needs. The free service was based on sharing and collaboration, principles Shankman brings to the fore in his new book, Nice Companies Finish First: Why Cutthroat Management is Over - and Collaboration is In. What does a "nice" company … [Read more...] about FIR Book Review: Nice Companies Finish First, by Peter Shankman with Karen Kelly
What do Barcelona, Melbourne and Stockholm mean to PRs?
Yesterday on a London trip, I met up with Bruno Amaral and Kelly Pereira. I've known Lisbon-based Bruno for some years so it was great to catch up with him on his London visit. Over a coffee and some great conversation, the names of three cities came into our discussion: Barcelona, Melbourne and Stockholm. Cities well known to almost anyone, who could readily tell you in which countries they're located. (For the geographically challenged - yes, there are some - they're in Spain, Australia and … [Read more...] about What do Barcelona, Melbourne and Stockholm mean to PRs?
FIR Interview: Professional insights with Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz
On April 22, 2013, Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz published the 700th episode of The Hobson and Holtz Report, the weekly business podcast covering the intersection of business, communication and technology that the pair started in January 2005. To mark the milestone episode Canadian podcaster, FIR friend and long-time listener Donna Papacosta interviewed Shel and Neville a few days before the 700th episode. The idea for such an interview originated in the Google+ FIR Community when Max … [Read more...] about FIR Interview: Professional insights with Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #700: April 22, 2013
Intro: Donna's FIR Interview with Shel and Neville coming, Google Voice call-in line notifications, one week until Viral Video Summit, The B2B Huddle on May 2 and keynote speeches will be FIR podcasts; Quick News: UK PR agencies investigated for use of unpaid interns, free career advice for Millennials that's worth a fortune from Todd Defren and Steve Earl, Qantas gives up on Twitter for PR purposes, the top 100 banks on social media; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Donna Papacosta's … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #700: April 22, 2013