Author: Neville Hobson

  • Can Google Hangouts replace press conferences?

    Faced with the problem of how to reconcile arranging a press conference for a VIP with the lack of a hard news story, independent communications consultancy Keene Communications adopted a different approach, one that might interest you. Guest writer Michael…

  • JWT India and Ford: the real costs of stretching boundaries

    Last week’s kerfuffle surrounding JWT India, unauthorized mock-up ads and car maker Ford that Shel and I discussed at length in this week’s episode 697 of the FIR podcast may have subsided in terms of news headlines in the mainstream…

  • FIR Interview: Steve Rubel, Chief Content Strategist, Edelman

    The race to take advantage of new ways that consumers read, watch and listen to content – and how marketers want to sponsor those initiatives – has led a giant public relations agency to name a senior executive to a…

  • Kred wants to take influence measurement to a new level

    “We all have influence somewhere” is the tag line of Kred, a social influence measurement service created by PeopleBrowsr, a San Francisco-based social media analytics company, to identify influential people in interest-based communities. It’s a credible descriptor to apply to…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #697: April 1, 2013

    Intro: Coming soon – Steve Rubel interview, FIR Speakers & Speeches of London panel on content marketing with MarketingProfs’ Ann Handley, FIR Book Club with Andrea Weckerle, Bob LeDrew and Donna Papacosta on April 5; Quick News: Google’s secrets of…