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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #771: September 1, 2014
Shel’s recording solo this week; Quick News: Google ends Authorship for search results, would you use your LinkedIn company page to replace your company website?, Facebook partners with Ditto to scan for brands in photos on Facebook and Instagram, organic search drives 51 percent of traffic to sites with social media driving only 5 percent, Facebook test lets users search old posts, ALS files trademark for ice bucket challenge; Ragan promo; News That Fits: GOP watchdog takes on US Labor…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #770: August 25, 2014
Quick News: Go through US Customs Control with just an app on your iPhone, browser extension exposes native ads, the 25 most popular mobile apps in the US, Adam Carolla settles patent troll’s suit over podcasting; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Should a PR firm reflect the client’s demographics when that client is the City of Ferguson?; Dan York’s Tech Report: the Twitter timeline, SoundCloud; Sky News’ digital platform for 16-25 year olds ahead of 2015 UK general election; the…
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Full story: FIR Interview: Melissa Agnes and Gerard Braud debate “going dark” with social media in a crisis
Social media has become a standard component of crisis communication efforts. In an August 6 blog post, crisis communications and media training consultant Gerard Braud of Braud Communications argued that there could be crisis situations in which institutions would be best served by taking down their Facebook page or other social media outposts. Looking at the flood of negative, critical, and even outrageous comments left to Emory Healthcare’s Facebook page after the hospital began treating an Ebola victim, Braud concluded,…











