Year: 2009

  • Social media and B2B marketing

    Last month, I spoke about social media and public relations at an event organized in London by B2B Marketing magazine. That event attracted well over 100 people, all wanting to know more about social media in the B2B marketing context.…

  • Easy audio blogging with Audioboo

    Here’s the coolest iPhone application I’ve found so far this year – Audioboo. What you do with Audioboo is simple: record audio on your iPhone and publish the recordings to your Audioboo account on the web, complete with your geo-location…

  • Trust and consequences

    Amongst all the hand-wringing and words of anger about the behaviours of some companies in the financial sector, here’s hard proof that when you really mess with your customers’ trust in your business, the direct consequences can be severe. From…

  • Now you can embed BBC videos

    I’m testing a new feature that the BBC is selectively rolling out – the ability to embed BBC videos in your own blog or other website. This feature is going to be very useful for anyone writing anything that references…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #431: March 16, 2009

    Content summary: About last Thursday’s late and long episode; next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio this Wednesday March 18; Brian Clark blood drive; first meeting of the Thames Valley Social Media Cafe; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring…