Holtz Communications + Technology

Content summary: Shel’s recording on his own this week from La Hulpe, Belgium; new FIR Interview posted with Michael Netzley interviewing David Ketchum, Asia Pacific president of Bite Communications; FIR Live is set for Saturday with Neil Chapman and Gerald Baron on communications during the BP oil spill; Shel visited Dell and saw the new social media listening center; Ragan content…

FIR Asia-Pacific correspondent Michael Netzley interviews David Ketchum, Asia Pacific president of Bite Communications, a global communications consultancy. Ketchum discusses the increasing role of digital in the company’s communication work as well as the challenges marketers are facing when implementing digital marketing based on round tables with which he has been involved through his work with the Asia Digital Marketing Association,…

Content summary: Neville solo host this week; new FIR Interview posted: Shel in conversation with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation Acting Director John G. Lowe and Fleishman-Hillard digital strategist Justin Goldsborough about the V-Wall campaign; FIR Interview coming: Michael Netzley with David Ketchum of Bite Communications Asia Pacific; FIR Live date change reminder: Dec 18 not 11; listener comment…

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation Acting Director John G. Lowe and Fleishman-Hillard digital strategist Justin Goldsborough join FIR co-host Shel Holtz to discuss the V-Wall campaign, described by Fleishman President and CEO Dave Senay as “an interactive page of videos, pictures, texts and tweets—all focused on expressing gratitude to our troops and veterans. What makes this solution unique is that the…

• Cut from episode 575: Information Week articleexplores the role smartphones will play in 2010 holiday shopping

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Content summary: Kristin Brandt from Manic Mommies is guest co-host; FIR Live on BP Gulf oil spill set for December 11; listener comments; Ragan promo on Corporate Editors and Writers Conference; Kristin and Shel discuss mommy blogging; News That Fits: major retailers offer holiday deals on social networks, Neville’s commentary on PR spam, Michael Netzley’s Asia report, Media Monitoring Minute from