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Full story: IABC launches conference podcast and blog
For the IABC 2006 international conference in Vancouver, Canada, in June, Shel and I are co-hosting and producing ConferenceCast, the official podcasts of the conference, as we announced in February. The first podcast is now available for download, audio stream, and RSS subscription from In Session, the new conference blog that will formally launch on Monday. The first podcast features interviews with members of the Gold Quill Awards Blue Ribbon judging panel which Shel conducted last month. Winners of this…
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Full story: FIR Interview – Andy Abramson on bloggers breaking news ahead of the media – April 6, 2006
In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Andy Abramson, CEO of Comunicano, who used his VOIP-focused blog to break the story of RICO charges filed against Skye well ahead of the mainstream news media. Download the conversation here (MP3, 11.5 MB), or sign up for the Interviews RSS feed to get it and our future interviews automatically. For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #126: April 6, 2006
Content summary: Survey update; a deal for listeners; a new FIR interview; Neville rants about travel; IABC’s ConferenceCast; Forrester’s podcast report; David Phillips on blogs and relationships; the death of email mailing lists; Neville on Rellatio and other blog-related issues; reports from Dan York, David Phillips and Eric Schwartzman; listener comments (including podsafe music for podcasters); the music; and more. Show notes for April 6, 2006 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 74-minute podcast recorded…
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Full story: News on the go
Travelling to the UK today, ahead of co-presenting the second one-day workshop for Melcrum in London tomorrow on Enhancing your Intranet with New Technology: How to Make the Most of Social Media. The first one in this series was in Manchester last week. That workshop was very interesting indeed. I’m expecting the one on Thursday to be equally so. A post likely on both next week. Speaking of events, Blogging 4 Business took place in London yesterday. I was due…
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Full story: Good links are like good headlines
Writing a blog post is not really that different to writing any other type of copy, especially when it comes to the headline of a post. As with any text, the headline is the grabber, the text that usually first attracts someone to the content itself. To me, this is especially relevant with RSS feeds. I have a lot of feeds in my RSS reader and I tend to quickly scan the headlines in each feed channel. The ones that…











