Category: For Immediate Release

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #602: June 6, 2011

    Content summary: Two FIR Book Reviews posted: "Welcome to the Fifth Estate" and "The Thank You Economy"; Shel and Neville interviewed in SimplyCommunicate and Neville on SimplyTV; an offer from our friends at the Inside PR podcast (we accept!); results…

  • FIR’s still a labour of love

    On May 23, my podcasting partner Shel Holtz and I marked a milestone number for our weekly business podcast For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report, usually referred to simply as ‘FIR’ – episode number 600. Many of our…

  • FIR Book Review: The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk

    The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk. FIR Book Review editor Bob LeDrew reviews Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book, The Thank You Economy. Vaynerchuk earlier hit the bestseller charts with Crush It. He oversaw spectacular growth of Wine Library through the…

  • FIR Book Review: Welcome to the Fifth Estate

    Welcome to the Fifth Estate, by Geoff Livingston. FIR co-host Shel Holtz reviews Geoff Livingston’s Welcome to the Fifth Estate. Livingston co-founded Zoetica, a social enterprise that provides superior communication consulting, training, and strategy to help mindful organizations affect social…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #601: May 30, 2011

    Content Summary: FIR Book Review coming of Geoff Livingston’s "Fifth Estate"; Shel was at BlogWorld New York for a day; Shel and Neville interviewed by Kelly Kass, SimplyCommunicate; Neville on Simply.TV this week; Update: Twitter, freedom of speech, privacy and…