Posted on October 18, 2021 4:00 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Gaming. Blockchain. NFTs. The Metaverse. They are all colliding, creating something bigger than any single one of these platforms. In the October episode of For Immediate Release, Neville and Shel talk about this phenomenon and some of the companies making it happen. Also in this month’s Hobson & Holtz Report, Neville and Shel discuss the rise of robo-voices, how some companies are…
Posted on September 27, 2021 4:00 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
The September installment of The Hobson & Holtz Report includes reports on these stories:
- Apple, Google, and Facebook are all in the news and none of it is good. In fact, some employees are up in arms.
- Gartner’s Emerging Technology Hype Cycle for 2021 is out.
- There are CEOs who won’t touch social media with a 10-foot pole. Then there are those who want…
Posted on July 19, 2021 4:00 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
The July installment of The Hobson & Holtz Report includes reports on these stories:
- Subway employs SEO and SEM to fight reports that there’s no tuna in its tuna sandwich
- Wikipedia in Arabic and bring books back to Mosul: A brief interview with Ideas Beyond Borders founder Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
- Communicating the return to the workplace is a change management…
Posted on June 14, 2021 4:00 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
The June installment of The Hobson & Holtz Report includes reports on these stories:
- Half of U.S. adults consider who publishes it as the key factor in assessing a story’s trustworthiness
- Colgate launches its sonic logo
- How “Zoom” became the “Kleenex” of video calling
- Business leaders turn to internal podcasts to stay connected with employees
- An e-waste sculpture targeted the G7 goes viral
- Hosts are a hot…
Posted on May 17, 2021 7:04 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
The May installment of The Hobson & Holtz Report includes reports on these stories:
- Research finds that fear is sometimes a great way to influence people’s behavior.
- A train company emailed employees they were getting a bonus. It turned out to be a cybersecurity test.
- Should brands and marketers pay attention to BitClout?
- What, exactly, is the hybrid model that is likely…
Posted on March 15, 2021 4:00 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
The March installment of The Hobson & Holtz Report includes reports on these stories:
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions, which Burger King learned after one well-meaning but poorly thought-out tweet
- Do you subscribe to a podcast or follow it? (Or listen to it?) These verbs may have consequence, especially in attracting new podcast listeners.
- Another company has…
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