Month: July 2008

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #367: July 31, 2008

    Content summary: HARO update; Dan York reports on Phweet, Dropio, Tweetio, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – launching social media in a crisis: Apple and Exxon Mobil, social media gains SEC approval for Reg…

  • Social media gains SEC approval

    Yesterday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new guidance for publicly-listed companies in using traditional websites and social media channels like blogs to meet the SEC’s public disclosure requirements under Regulation FD. Regulation FD (‘fair disclosure’) sets out…

  • Making your blog look good on a mobile device

    When visiting websites on your mobile device, there’s nothing more frustrating than waiting for a site to load when that site contains huge numbers of images and other graphical paraphernalia. It gets downright annoying when you’re on a cellular connection…

  • The tipping point for Twitter is coming

    Twitter suffered an unplanned outage this afternoon. Not on the scale of the troubles Twitter has suffered during much of this year – things are definitely getting better – but an outage all the same. What’s a Twitterer to do…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #366: July 28, 2008

    Content summary: Wrap-up of Saturday’s FIR Live; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on China’s Internet and business challenges around the upcoming Olympic Games; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: 50 steps to establishing a consistent social media…