Overflow from today’s FIR #365: News That Fits Prepare Yourself for the Blog Bullies: It’s going to happen. It may have already happened. So what do you do when someone makes fun of you, pokes at you, says hurtful or harmful things about you or your blog on their blog? Listen to this FIR Cut: [display_podcast] Download FIR Cut MP3: Blog bullies (8:34) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What…

Content summary: Next FIR Live on July 26; Shel’s Toronto trip and social media meet-up; Dan York reports from the O’Reilly OSCON convention on open source, Skype, Twhirl and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: McCain’s secret PR drive to win friends in the UK, US Airforce lets Web 2.0 flourish behind walls, Twitter follower chaos and an Irish DJ’s inventiveness, Industry Standard profile prompts HARO and PR Newswire debate; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed…

Content summary: Next FIR Live on July 26; new FIR Interview posted; Wordcamp UK 2008 wrap-up; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on China’s effort to create a favourable impression during the Olympic Games; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: social media monitoring strategies, 10 Downing Street website to relaunch on WordPress, Deloitte study shows value of online communities yet to be realized, Cision data supports calls for ‘proper’ blogger relations; Eric Schwartzman in Los Angeles interviews John…

The Social Media Group and Livingston Communications announced today that Geoff Livingston’s Washington, DC-based company will be acquired by Dundas, Ontario, Canada-based Social Media Group. In this FIR Interview, the pair discuss the acquisition and the social media consulting field in general. Listen to this podcast now: [display_podcast] Get this podcast: Download the MP3 file (10.5Mb, 22:52) Get the show on iTunes Subscribe to the FIR Interviews RSS feed About our Conversation Partners Maggie Fox is the founder of Social…