Year: 2014

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #757: May 26, 2014

    The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #757: May 26, 2014

    Intro: Two FIR interviews coming this week: with Micha Weinblatt, CEO of Betterific; and with Scott Monty, ex-Ford Global Digital and Multimedia Communications Manager; Quick News: The public is mostly okay with content marketing, L’Oreal targets ads based on hair…

  • It’s still about connecting people

    A serendipitous moment last evening on Twitter when Charlotte Beckett tweeted “Do you remember that great video explaining Web 2.0?” I knew immediately what video she was asking about as I’d referenced it recently in a client presentation – it…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #756: May 19, 2014

    Intro: A big shout-out to new business podcaster, Stephen Waddington; Shel moderating a WOMMA webinar on May 20; Quick News: Welcome to Heathrow’s “Terminal Samsung Galaxy S5”, Target’s CMO responds on LinkedIn to employee rant published to Gawker, Wired and…

  • Customer disservice from Virgin Media

    Customer disservice from Virgin Media

    I thought I was over writing posts about ineffective customer service, the kind of thing that was pretty common four or five years ago. The type of customer service that revolves around call centres and staff that, while friendly and…

  • How up-to-speed are you about mobile?

    How up-to-speed are you about mobile?

    If you use social web services like Instagram, Vine or Snapchat, you’re probably aware that these particular services are very much designed for use on mobile devices. By 98 percent, 99 percent and 100 percent of users, respectively, to be…