Month: August 2010

  • UK’s top tech and online marketing blogs for August

    Next week, European search engine and news portal Wikio will be publishing the rankings for August 2010 of their lists of the top blogs in the many categories under which they’re classified. For the past 18 months, I’ve been posting…

  • FIR Cut: FaceTime opens door to iPhone porn

    Overflow from FIR #558 on August 2, 2010. NYDailyNews.com: iPhone 4’s ‘Facetime’ video chat leads to porn-anigans: adult industry sneaks sex talk past Apple Wired.com: Porn Industry Aroused by iPhone FaceTime Daily Mail: Porn just got interactive: Now Apple iPhone…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #558: August 2, 2010

    Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR Interview with Forrester’s Augie Ray posted plus Andy Smith on Speakers & Speeches, interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic, coming this week; Dominic Sparkes joins panel for FIR Live on August…

  • IABC/Buck survey offers employee engagement insights

    In June, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and Buck Consultants published the 2010 IABC Employee Engagement Survey, the results of research on employee engagement strategies, the second year the two organizations have worked together on such research. Let…

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: Andy Smith on "The Dragonfly Effect"

    Content Summary: Andy Smith, former VP of Marketing at Dolby Labs, discusses the principles outlined in the book he has co-authored with Jennifer Aaker, The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective and Powerful Ways to use Social Media to Drive Social Change.…