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Full story: FIR 184: An Incomprehensible DisasterThe June 2019 edition of “The Hobson and Holtz Report,” aka FIR 184, features Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz talking about these stories: Boeing’s Max 737 crisis is a textbook case of ignoring standards of crisis communication Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report has a lot of meat for communicators Privacy policies are an incomprehensible disaster North Face and its ad agency thought it was clever gaming Wikipedia. Now they’re sorry. A privacy issue with precise-location tagging led Twitter to…
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Full story: FIR 183: Let’s get personalThe May 2019 edition of “The Hobson and Holtz Report,” aka For Immediate Release episode 183, features Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz talking about these stories: A trio of technologies — from Google, Amazon, and The New York Times — show how marketers will be able to get into your head, assess your emotional state, and manipulate your intent. GDPR is one year old. Has it succeeded in protecting Europeans’ privacy? PR professionals are relegating earned media to the dustbin.…
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Full story: FIR 182: Hot Bee ActionThe April 2019 episode of “For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report” features co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz discussing the following topics: How China is shaping the future of shopping — it’s online, social, and highly appealing to Gen Z Media coverage of local news is evaporating. Should business pick up the slack? Customer reviews are the new content marketing, says Jay Baer Movements mean more than brand purpose. Just look at Pornhub’s new movement to save the…













