Month: February 2010

  • FIR Interview: Andreas Wilkens and Michele Macpherson of MediaFunnel

    MediaFunnel is a web-based platform for managing team contributions to an organization’s social media output. Initially developed for teams contributing content to branded Twitter accounts, it is expanding into Facebook and other social media channels. In this FIR Interview, co-host…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #523: February 4, 2010

    Content summary: New FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast is up; upcoming FIR Interview with Marc Wright; Dan York’s report; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: new Pew study on social media/mobile internet use among teens and young…

  • Wikio Top 30 UK tech blogs for Feb 2010

    There are some interesting changes in the ranking of the top 30 technology blogs in the UK compared to last month, according to the latest data from Wikio, the Luxembourg-based search engine and news portal. An advance look at this…

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: Chris Christensen on online business communities

    Content summary: Chris Christensen, former Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for LiveWorld and host of the Amateur Traveler podcast, spoke at the February 3, 2010 Social Media Breakfast/East Bay in San Francisco. His remarks focused on the various…

  • Best-practice predictions for social software

    One of the challenging aspects of understanding the role of social media in the communication mix is how it may develop in future in organizational use. How will a tool like Twitter evolve, for instance? What will Facebook,LinkedIn, Xing and…