Year: 2014

  • How serious are PRs about being genuinely professional?

    How serious are PRs about being genuinely professional?

    A simple, musing, rhetorical, tweet on Monday evening about PRs who send out press releases under embargo prompted a wide-ranging conversation on Twitter among a handful of people about professional behaviour, education and training, and being prepared for the PR…

  • Smartphones preferred device for news among affluent consumers says BBC

    The results of a new survey for BBC World News shows a surge in smartphone use for consuming news among affluent consumers compared to the general population. The BBC defines “affluent consumers” as the highest 20 percent income earners in…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #744: February 24, 2014

    The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #744: February 24, 2014

    Quick News: Chevron apologizes for fracking well explosion with free pizza coupons, Virgin Galactic looking for a PR agency, Groupon claims its President’s Day gaffe was intentional, Sprinklr acquires Dachis Group; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Latest CIPR ‘State of…

  • Instagramming NYFW

    A frequent topic over the past year on the FIR podcast that my co-host Shel Holtz and I have pondered and discussed is the rise of visual communication. A key reference point for us was the interview we did in…

  • Sprinklr acquires Dachis to create a social enterprise powerhouse

    Disruptive change is a hallmark of the social web, and nowhere is disruption more often strongly seen and felt than in large organizations. Everyone is trying to figure out a new business landscape that, for large enterprises in particular, has…