Category: Social Media

  • On the tenth anniversary of 9/11

    On that awfully-memorable day in  2001: Coordinated suicide attacks involving hijacked passenger jets were launched against the World Trade Center in New York; against the Pentagon in Washington, DC; and an attack thwarted by passengers on a jet flying above…

  • So what will you do for ethics in PR?

    The subject of ethics in public relations often provokes strong opinions from people, especially when questionable practices fall under the critical spotlight – as Scott Adams so cannily grasped in this Dilbert cartoon in August. Ethics in PR issues from…

  • Crowdsourcing a new ringtone for Nokia

    The default ringtone on a Nokia mobile phone – the trademarked Nokia tune – is instantly recognizable to many people, certainly among the millions who use Nokia phones or have friends or colleagues who do. Now Nokia wants to change…

  • Take the FIR Listener Survey 2011 and help shape the show of the future

    Ever since Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson started the For Immediate Release podcast series in 2005 with The Hobson and Holtz Report in January of that year, finding out what our listener community thinks and wants has been important to…

  • Hands-on and strategy: two social media events in London this month

    If you’re looking for help with getting to grips with your social media marketing, or trying to understand the strategic aspects of social media for your business, there are two distinct events in London coming up later this month that…