For Immediate Release Podcast

NewComm Forum breakout session with Francesco Karpel, senior manager, Internal Communications, NetApp, on "How Social Media & Online Communities Strengthen Employee Engagement."

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . We've been nominated for a Podcast Award; one-minute news items (NewAssignment.net, PRWeek's client satisfaction ratings, ToolURL.com, SHIFT Communications' PR 2.0 guide, three items from Rob Safuto); Shel rants about his Mac; a look at social media for investor...

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . One-minute news items: the "get-it" deficiency, CoComments new release, Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, Podcast Network tries eBay for ad sales, a rise in air travel complaints; CIA contractor fired for blogging; a report from Lee Hopkins; three blogging studies; lis...

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . Listeners' comment on our variable speed edition; introducing the one-minute news: Podshow Pro launches, Steve Rubel's anonymous fan, an evening at BrainJams, Strumpette makes the Post; a report from Dan York; a French company fires a blogger; Wal-Mart's social n...

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . The "New Media Release Podcast;" Shooting for shorter shows; International Herald Tribune; Charmin's rude viral campaign; a survey on workplace email, IM, and blogging; an Internet host deals with unauthorized reposting of blogs; a report from David Phillips on S...

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . New MyChingo comment option; updates on Jupiter and Dell; PR Newswire's podcast offer; a report from Dan York; Capture the Conversation; a report from David Phillips; listener comments; the music; and more.

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . Our conversation partner is Max Kalehoff, vice president of Marketing for Nielsen BuzzMetrics. Max explores the issues and advances in measuring the impact of social media and word-of-mouth marketing.

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . Feedback to audio comments from Rob Safuto on Second Life, BluBrry, and Rocketboom; Neville's work on a Speedo podcast; MySpace launches a CGM effort with a focus on CSR; listener comments; the music; and more.

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . Content Summary: Eric Schwartzman is guest co-host; Amanda Congdon departs Rocketboom; Gawker Media lays off staff and closes two blogs; a report from Dank York; the impact of customer service complaints on blogs; a report from neville Hobson; listener comments;...

Note: Beginning in August 2006, we will no longer publish our feed at LibSyn. Please resubscribe at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz . Content summary: Vote at Podcast Alley and Podcast Awards 2006; Office 2007 delays and our impressions of the beta; BluBrry launches; Robert Scoble's exit interviews: Wired magazine and on his blog; PR community action on social press release; Pay Per Post: non-d...

Meeting FIR listeners in Second Life; Marketing Sherpa awards announced; panel discussion and Q&A from Amsterdam journalism panel to be available soon; follow-up on Cadbury and British Airways reputation crises; a report from Dank York; the oil industry tackles price increases; a PR agency snubs a blogger's request for follow-up info; listener comments; the music; and more.

Civility in the blogosphere (a report from BloggerCon); doing business and communicating in Second Life (and FIR's new presence there, along with some listener comments); the value and uses of group/team blogs; Cadbury and British Airways at the center of controversies that could affect their reputations; the music; and more.

Podcast and blog popularity contests; our technical glitch; send questions to earSHOT's Phil Gomes; WetPaint unveils do-it-yourself community websites; Microsoft and Creative Commons release a plugin to Office; PRWeek podcasts; Update on GM's end-around the New York times; how to promote RSS; FIFA protects sponsors by having fans remove their pants; a report from David Phillips; the music; and mor...

Martyn Davies rocks for posting time codes at The New PR; PRSA Counselor's Academy's new blog is called "For Immediate Release"; Bryan Person's new podcast is terrific; we discuss our week on the road; Lloyd Grosse's intro submission; tomorrow's IAOC/IABC presentation; National Semiconductor gives iPods to its employees; David Phillips suggests a super-race of PR people; General Motors mixes it up...

A week on the road; podcast interviews in New York; Robert Scoble to leave Microsoft; content at the edge and tagging; European politicians embrace social media; Lee Hopkins reports; a conversation with Joseph Jaffe on Web 2.0; listeners' comments discussion; the music; and more.

Live recording from the 2006 Innovative Marketing Conference in New York; about the IABC international conference in Vancouver and show #143; Dan York reports; about the New York conference; a conversation with Christopher Carfi of the Social Customer Manifesto; listeners' comments discussion; the music, and more.

Neville and Shel are live at the exhibit hall of the 2006 IABC international conference; interviews with passersby including IABC President Julie Freeman, Tamara Gillis, Ralph Gaillard, Gerard Braud, and several others; discussions about the opening keynote by Survivor Producer Mark Burnett and the EXCEL award winner; a look on our panel discussion on June 4; a post-mortem on the Skypecast podcast...

Our Skypecast experiment. Forrester says half of interactive marketers won't use social media; David Phillips reports on Net neutrality; three online case studies that affected reputation; Dan York on OPML; listeners' comments; the music; and more.

FIR Skypecast June 1; Vancouver FIR Dine-Around June 4; CIPR president Tom Bradley starts a blog; commenting on blogs; why Technorati is irrelevant to reputation; Apple loses in court; the art of relationship building; listeners' comments discussion (university lecturer podcasts, more on blog commenting, the interactive press release; visual FIR); get-together in New York on June 8; the music, and...

Dan York is guest co-host; new alternative domain for the show is www.pr-podcast.com; mark your calendars for June 1 live interactive version of the show using Skypecast; Corrante uses Skypecasts to set tone for marketing conference; are dedicated conference podcast RSS feeds worthwhile?; Neville reports on Podcastday; SHIFT Communications' Social Media Press Release; PR's role in security bulleti...

Shel and Neville in NYC in June; Lee Hopkins and Allan Jenkins podcast; FIR shwaggers photos; update on Josh Hallett's MP3s from the Syndicate conference; Hill & Knowlton's blogger relations campaign for LG; the Waxxi experience; the first FIR Skypecast on June 1; Lee Hopkins reports; Ed Keller's keynote at Beyond Blogging 2006; PR Week/MS&L marketing survey results; David Philips reports from Est...

Thankyouqwest.org; Josh Hallett, Syndicate conference and MP3 files; preventing employee access to external blogs; Business Week assesses Boeing's blogs; David Philips reports from Estonia; Dan York reports from Arizona; Beyond Blogging 2006 conference; graduating with FIR schwag; listeners' comments discussion (defining a podcast, clueless about MySpace, MESH, podcast approvals, ethics blog); FIR...

Recording on Sunday; CC Chapman and promo; vlogs as PR tools; Lee Hopkins reports (BBC and Second Life, podcasting defined); Word 2007 supports blogging; David Philips reports (Delivering The New PR in London, the CIPR and wishing on a star in cyberspace); listeners' comments discussion; listener comments via Skype; FIR Frappr community update; the music, and more.

Lee Hopkins is guest co-host; Neville reports on Allan Jenkins' thoughts for IABC Scandanavia and a UK politician's behind-the-scenes blog; atheists take a stab at marketing nothing; Dan York reports on Podcast University and an offline blog editor; RapLeaf.com is a site for reporting on individual reputations; Dan York interviews C.C. Chapman, David Phillips reports on celebrity and spin; listene...

In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Christopher Carfi, CEO of Cerado and author of the Social Customer Manifesto blog, about the link between communications and customer relations, new approaches to customer relationship management, and Cerado's business social networking too, Haystack. Chris says, "I've had the opportunity to wor...