For Immediate Release Podcast

Three speeches and an interview are up; no Asia report this week; Quick News: HootSuite introduces internal feature, Quartz magazine launches, Kellogg's swaps snacks for tweets, Twitter launches header image; Ragan promo; News That Fits: CEOs still fearful of social media, activists use Amazon reviews to undermine book, CustomScoop promo, listener comments, Dan York's report, TemboSocial promo, Kl...

Andrew Grill, CEO, Kred, keynote at The Dell B2B Social Media Huddle in London on Sept 24, 2012.

Antony Mayfield, Co-Founder, Brilliant Noise, keynote at The Dell B2B Social Media Huddle in London on Sept 24, 2012.

FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz speak with FeedBlitz founder and CEO Phil Hollows on the role of RSS, the future of FeedBurner, and why migration to another service may be your best option.

Dave Coplin, Director of Search UK at Microsoft, opening keynote at The Dell B2B Social Media Huddle in London on Sept 24, 2012.

Neville speaking at CIPR Wikipedia-and-PR panel; Quick News: Digital Ireland Forum coming up, Gnip offers full Twitter feed, Boeing outfitting planes for in-flight mobile calls, interactive quizzes coming to YouTube; Ragan promo; News That Fits: plagiarism is a big deal for content marketers, Dan York's report, Media Monitoring Minute, rethinking the rules of social media in contemporary society,...

Twitter handle now @FIRpodcast; FIR Book Review coming; Dr. Pepper vs creationists on Facebook; James Bond trades Martini for Heineken; FCC chairman blows tweetchat; 'kerfuffle' the best word ever; Ragan promo; social media and diplomacy; Michael Netzley's Asia report; Media Monitoring Minute; Deloitte's social technologies report; listener comments; welcome to the #SocialEra; TemboSocial promo; D...

New Speaker and Speeches available; CW Bulletin addresses Wikipedia; Quick News: Connectify gets Kickstarter funding, Kred rolls out Salesforce.com integration, WordPress live-blogging plugin released, content marketing budgets rise; Ragan promo; News That Fits: information overload was a myth, Dan York's report, Media Monitoring Minute, the PR war over fracking, listener comments, communications...

Panel with FIR co-host Neville Hobson, Salesforce.com Chief Scientist JP Rangaswami, Waggener Edstrom London Head of Digital Jon Silk, and audience in Q-and-A discussion.

Interview with Brian McNely on Instagram and image-power is up; Quick News items: local farm store at center of Facebook kerfuffle, Google introduces Google Plus elements to enterprise products, the potential of social influence, how top brands are using Instagram; Ragan promo; News That Fits: addressable TV ads take step forward in US, Michael Netzley's Asia Report, Media Monitoring Minute from C...

FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz speak with University of Kansas Assistant Professor Brian J. McNely about his study of organizational uses of Instagram.

Shel's in Brazil; Giovanni Rodriguez interview is up; Quick news: Facebook launches Edge Studio for agencies, will Google shutter FeedBurner?, new Instagram features could lure brands, add your social media marketing tip to GaggleAmp; Ragan promo; News That Fits: McKinsey study validates business need to adopt social technologies, Dan York's report, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, new ad...

Bob LeDrew reviews "The Like Economy: How Businesses Make Money with Facebook" by Brian Carter

Happy new year; FIR's seventh anniversary; new book reviews; Christopher Barger's new book is now on sale, will be first FIR book club discussion; Hangout with Eric Schwartzman coming; News That Fits: FDA's social media guidelines, Dan York's report, Ragan promo, listener comment on Slideshare discussion, three emerging technologies, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, study says business is...

Bob LeDrew reviews "ROI of Social Media" by Guy R. Powell, et al

Happy holidays from FIR; Queen Elizabeth's Christmas day messages available on Kindle; FIR Book Club launching; News That Fits: McKinsey updates its social technology adoption study, Michael Netzley's Asia report, Ragan promo, parting of ways between client and agency doesn't mean PR isn't needed, getting the most out of SlideShare, Media Monitoring Minute, Dan York's report, Facebook brand pages...

Book reviews and a Google Hangout panel discussion are up; announcing the FIR Book Club; welcome guest co-host Dan York; News That Fits: a look at SOPA, startups and entrenched social sites both offer opportunities to brands, Ragan promo, Facebook introduces private Pages messages, Google Plus adds new features, a report from Neville, Michael Netzley's Asia report, Media monitoring Minute from Cus...

Bob LeDrew reviews "Humanize" by Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter

Bob LeDrew reviews "Think Before You Engage," by Dave Peck

New video interview and Speakers and Speeches are up; Hubspot launches Marketing Grader; News that Fits: UK PR firm in a Wikipedia kerfuffle, Ragan promo, Michael Netzley's Asia report, talking to execs about social media ROI, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, policy and Twitter practices in government, Dan York's report, TemboSocial promo, listener comments, working the holiday party; mus...

FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz interview Ragy Thomas about the social media management platform, Sprinklr, designed for large businesses.

FIR co-host Shel Holtz delivers his presentation on why company leaders should love open employee access to social media.

Cut from FIR 628 - Dentist sued over contract limiting patient's right to post a bad online review