Posted on August 20, 2012 4:09 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release | Social Media
Giovanni Rodriguez, one of the earliest communications practitioners to work in social media on behalf of clients, has launched a new social media consulting firm, SocialxDesign. The agency is an independent strategy firm that was developed as an incubator project at Eastwick, a technology communication agency where Rodriguez worked from 2002 to 2006.
SocialxDesign, according to an Eastwick press release,…
Posted on August 20, 2012 12:02 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Content summary: FIR Interview with Giovanni Rodriguez coming; Mitch Joel to guest co-host FIR on Oct 8; Mark Story has a new job; listen to the Online Marketing and Communications podcast from Jon Buscall in Sweden; is anybody having problems seeing the FIR logo in the iTunes podcast app?; Quick News: Cinch.fm closes down; podcast apps make their way back…
Posted on August 13, 2012 12:01 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Content summary: FIR Interview with Cisco’s John Earnhardt posted; Quick News Clips: your FIR co-hosts inspire a PRSA press release about ethics in public relations; try The Crisis Show, a G+ Hangout podcasty thing; HuffPostLive video launches; Connectify Dispatch on Kickstarter; Google Buys Frommers; Ragan promo; News That Fits: online influence scoring is about the context not a single metric says…
Posted on August 7, 2012 4:32 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Cisco Systems launched The Network about a year ago. At that time, we interviewed John Earnhardt, the communicator responsible for the site, about the goals and aspirations for the content portal that folded in the company’s former media center. A year later, FIR co-host Shel Holtz chats with John about the experience and results to date, including the use of The…
Posted on August 6, 2012 12:12 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Content summary: FIR Interview with IABC executive director Chris Sorek published; new interview with Cisco’s John Earnhardt coming; Canada’s super holiday; Be Positively Social on August 14, says Frank Eliason; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Is the PR world underestimating Reddit’s importance?; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on social media used for recruiting in China, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with…
Posted on July 31, 2012 8:05 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release | IABC
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) welcomed Chris Sorek as its new executive director effective July 1. (Read the press release.) Sorek’s appointment follows a lengthy search to replace Julie Freeman, ABC, APR, who left the post after 10 years at the helm.
Founded in 1970, IABC provides a professional network of about 15,000 business communication professionals in over 80 countries.…
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