Month: July 2008

  • Blogging has more than one king

    So the question ‘Is blogging worthwhile?’ has been raised again, this time centered around Jason Calcanis’ grand announcement last week that he’s giving it all up. Calcanis says he’s going to write his thoughts instead as emails to a select…

  • What matters about a CEO blog

    Is blogging good value for the C-suite? asks Urs E. Gattiker writing in the Financial Times yesterday. It’s a good article that explores some important points about planning an executive blog, being clear about why you’d want to do one,…

  • FIR Interview: Peter Shankman of Help A Reporter Out

    Help A Reporter Out (HARO) began as a group on Facebook and is now a dedicated website with rapidly growing momentum. People sign up to receive queries from reporters looking to interview experts or people with experience for their articles.…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #361: July 10, 2008

    Content summary: Two new FIR Interviews posted; discussion: did Molson make the right connections with their blogger outreach?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on Calliflower and more; mentioning the new iPhone; News That Fits: Google launches…

  • The data roaming cost cushion from 3

    Mobile operator 3 has taken the extraordinary step of disabling the general capability of using its mobile broadband data service while roaming out of a user’s home network. If you’re a 3 customer with a 3 broadband dongle – the…