Author: Neville Hobson

  • Blogs drive business opportunities: UK survey

    A new survey on business blogging conducted in August by research firm Loudhouse – the results of which were presented at an event in London yesterday in which I participated – shows that blogs are rapidly becoming a credible tool…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #275: September 13, 2007

    Content summary: Shel’s on his own while Neville is at a speaking engagement. Neville discusses a new (and ridiculous) study claiming Facebook causes productivity loss; Shel follows up with a post Daniel Cornwall shared and some of his own observations.…

  • On speaking and cricket

    Heading into central London early this afternoon to speak at an event organized by Inferno PR during which research firm Loudhouse will be announcing the results of new research about business blogs and blogging in the UK. Some very interesting…

  • The trouble with RSS and feed validation

    RSS is one of the most useful communication tools ever invented. Having a tool that automatically brings you information you’re interested in as soon as that information is published on the web has a terrific productivity benefit. No hunting and…

  • The escalating ban-Facebook hype

    Yet another survey is out saying that Facebook damages business, this time to the tune of £130 million a day. That’s equivalent to about £3.8 billion a month. Or over £45 billion a year. Such extrapolated numbers are even less…