Month: August 2008

  • No authenticity in slick BA ads for T5

    In my car this morning, I heard a 30-second ad on my local radio station 2-Ten FM from British Airways which talked about the average time experienced by specific passengers when they checked in for a flight at Heathrow’s Terminal…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #368: August 4, 2008

    Content summary: Shel’s on the road; PR Week blog contest; Michael Netzley in Singapore discusses culture differences when making a promise; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – ExxonMobil and Twitter: looks can be deceptive, lists of…

  • Vote in PR Week blog contest

    As part of its tenth anniversary celebration, PR Week US edition is holding a contest to find the PR industry’s most worthwhile blog. The contest, which starts today, includes 30 PR blogs from across North America plus two blogs in…

  • The emerging self-distribution news model

    Following the July 30 announcement from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about new guidance concerning Regulation FD, there has been plenty of online commentary and opinion on what people think it means for business, investors and communicators. The…

  • A brand dilemma for Guinness

    What do you do when you find some user-generated content in which your brand has a starring role that’s being talked about in various places online – a viral effect – yet gives you a bit of a dilemma in…