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Hurrah! Broadband up!

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13 October 2006

Whew, up and running again in the permanently-online way I’ve become addicted accustomed to! Yesterday, the NTL guys arrived at 1pm to install cable broadband and, by 2pm, all was done and ready to rock. Except it didn’t. Service active but mis-matched with my new NTL account which meant no net access. So I became introduced to NTL’s (in)famous customer service and support system which involved a total of 35 minutes waiting (at 10p a minute call cost) and then…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #180: October 12, 2006

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13 October 2006

Content summary: Dan York reports; One-Minute News: a new presentation sharing service copies the YouTube interface, Edelman blows it big-time with a fake pro-WalMart blog; a very special announcement (with more to come); a report from Neville (Edelman/Technorati London presentation; London blogger meet-up next week; the background to Hewlett-Packard’s boardroom scandal); Shel talks about Apple and the misinformation about its trademark fight; listener comments; the music; and more. Show notes for October 12, 2006 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The…
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Blogger get-together in London next week

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11 October 2006

As I make my final prep for the half-day social media workshop I’m running at Melcrum’s Strategic Communication Management Summit 2006 conference in London next week, I see that the workshop is completely sold out. Encouraging! One fellow conference presenter I’m really looking forward to seeing again is Debbie Weil. Debbie – author of the recently-published The Corporate Blogging Book – is presenting on making blogs part of your strategy. Debbie and I are planning a blogger get-together in the…
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Sharing with Edelman and Technorati

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11 October 2006

It’s been over 20 years since I was last inside Claridge’s Hotel in London, so a visit there yesterday morning provoked a little bit of nostalgia. Claridge’s was the venue for a gathering of “influential members of the UK ‘blogerati’ from the realms of politics, media and public relations” – to quote the description by organizers Edelman – to hear presentations from Edelman and Technorati on the broad theme of ‘The Global Conversation Imperative.’ To many in the audience of…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #179: October 9, 2006

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10 October 2006

Content summary: Lee Hopkins reports; at home with Microsoft’s vision of the future; Sun’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz wants the SEC to allow disclosure of financial information through blogs; Doodle 4 Google My Britain contest; US etailers have plans for social media for holiday shopping; blogger book craze could fizzle from overkill; US PR industry growth; David Phillips reports; Charlene Li of Forrester Research wants your input on ROI measurement of blogging; listeners’ comments discussion; the music; and more. Show notes…
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