Month: July 2009

  • Twitter marketing: genuine works

    It’s advertising du jour in the movie and television business to use banner ads and other eyeball-catching imagery on the web to promote your new movie or TV series. Websites, too, employing all the latest audio-visual and social media magic…

  • UKPA becomes ORG Media Makers Group

    An email from Dean Whitbread, trustee at (and a founder of) the UK Podcasters Association (UKPA), brings news that the UKPA has joined forces with the Open Rights Group (ORG) in the UK, and will cease operation as a distinct…

  • Twitter 101 for business: just what you need

    Even on just a first glance, Twitter 101 A Special Guide is an online resource I’d recommend to anyone thinking of using Twitter to support their business goals. In fact, for anyone already using Twitter in business, it’s worth reading.…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #468: July 23, 2009

    Content summary: The Bad Pitch Blog bloggers are hosting a teleseminar. An FIR interview with Chris Aung-Thwin and Jack Horwitz of HomelessNation.org interview is up. There will be no FIR Live in July; our next BlogTalk Radio show is set…

  • Would Muck Rack meet your PR need?

    I’d not heard of Muck Rack before reading Mashable’s report on a new service the company has just launched – the one-line news release distribution via Twitter. Muck Rack’s prime claim to fame to date is as a place on…