Month: June 2007

  • On the road again

    Heading to Heathrow to catch a flight to Milan, Italy, where I’ll be until Wednesday evening. First visit to that city in over 15 years. It’s a whirlwind week as after Milan, I fly to Detroit, USA. As I’ll be…

  • FIR is all about community

    I don’t blush that often but I’ve been doing a lot of that this evening after listening to today’s episode 250 of For Immediate Release. This is the one where Shel and I had nothing to do with content or…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #250: June 18, 2007

    Content summary: The community episode without Shel and Neville. Made entirely by Dan York, Sallie Goetsch rhymes with Sketch and Lee Hopkins, and featuring Carmen Van Kerckhove, Luke Armour, Doug Haslam, Francis Wooby, Rob Safuto, Professor Sketch, Alias Fallis and…

  • Mixing new pastures

    Some brief news on the business front. After being part of the excitement in launching new marketing company crayon last October, we’ve decided to travel different paths. I’ve stepped down from my role as a VP New Marketing to revert to being…

  • GSK and JNJ enter the corporate blogosphere

    Two of the world’s major pharmaceutical companies have launched public blogs that are intended to be channels to engage with US consumers on specific issues. The two companies – GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson – have clear but different goals for…