The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #731: November 25, 2013

Intro: FIR Listener Survey update; FIR Interview with Andrew Grill coming November 25, with Sharam Fouladgar early December; newest addition to the FIR Podcast Network this week: Episode 1 of “AllthingsIC with Rachel Miller”; FIR Contest: win a copy of ‘Age of Context’ thanks to the CIPR – 5 copies to give away; Shel caught up with Andrea Vascellari, Bryan Person, and Sallie Goetsch at Social Media Breakfast East Bay;

Quick News: BP caught trolling its Facebook critics; The Public Relations Show in London on November 26; you’ve probably never heard of Polyvore, the social network that drives 20% of social commerce; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: If you’re going to change your culture, do it quickly; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: China’s Communist Party will retain its grip on media and propaganda, and more; Unilever launches Project Sunlight, a company-wide social media campaign to promote sustainable living; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; case study: KLM using social media as a one-stop shop for servicing customer complaints; Dan York’s Tech Report: top-level domains, ICANN, and the evolution of the internet; deep-linking’s possibilities in the mobile world;

Music by The House of Jed; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 25, 2013: An 88-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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So, until Monday December 2…

(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)