Year: 2010

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #556: July 19, 2010

    Content summary: New FIR Interview and Book Review posted; three winners of the contest to win free FIR iPhone apps: Ike Pigott, Stephen Waddington, Kris Gallagher; listener comments; 5 minutes on… social messaging dos and don’ts, Foursquare mayors get 25%…

  • Opportunity knocks for a good UK business podcast

    One of the things that continues to surprise me is the lack of niche business podcasts in the UK. I don’t mean the slickly-produced offerings from mainstream media organizations, of which there are many. By ‘niche,’ I mean podcasts like…

  • Introducing PollStream, FIR’s newest sponsor

    We’re delighted to welcome Pollstream as a new sponsor to For Immediate Release. We learned several years ago that listeners welcome sponsors that offer content relevant to their work. Ragan Communications’ steady stream of opportunities for communications-focused professional development and…

  • FIR Interview: David Meerman Scott on "Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead"

    David Meerman Scott, author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR and several other books, collaborated with Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan to write Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead. The iconic jam band – the most successful touring band…

  • What is community worth to you?

    I’ve been watching with interest, and some dismay, as a real kerfuffle has broken out in the WordPress community over the past few days surrounding the matter of copyright. At issue is interpretation of the GNU Public License (GPL), the…