Show #342 - May 5, 2008

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Content summary

Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on May 24; two new FIR Speakers & Speeches podcasts published; new FIR Interview podcast coming; FIR experiments with UserVoice; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; the online reputation management industry; Microsoft and Yahoo: the communication perspective; Best Buy employee social network a model for big firms; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on developments with social networks in China, and more; listeners' comments discussion; music from Nine Inch Nails; and more.

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Thanks, volunteers...

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Michael Netzley
Ricardo from Costa Rica
Sherrilynne Starkey
Christie Goodman

Links

http://www.podcastalley.com/
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fir
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/speakers_speeches_employees_are_the_brand_april_23_2008/
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/speakers_speeches_roi_of_online_press_releases_april_23_2008/
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629351
http://www.conversationalmediamarketing.com/2008/05/online-reputati.html
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-03letter.mspx
http://ycorpblog.com/2008/05/04/ok-so-now-what/
http://www.techmeme.com/080505/p4#a080505p4
http://www.techmeme.com/080503/p34#a080503p34
http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/04/microsoft-and-yahoo-the-end-of-a-chapter/
http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/summaryquote.asp?symbol=YHOO%60&selected=YHOO%60
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=YHO.F&m=GER&d=
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2008/05/05/story1.html%3Fb%3D1209960000%255E1629510&cid=1155625353&ei=nTscSN78FYna-wHThb2tBQ&usg=AFrqEzct9pZBYZn9JjGj4XAQK8IMXF9aYg
Today's music: Echoplex by Nine Inch Nails - http://www.nin.com/

FIR Cut

1-Minute News:
Nestle's marketing blunder in Azerbaijan
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7382415.stm
- http://blogsearch.google.co.uk/blogsearch?&q=Nestle+Azerbaijan
- http://www.google.com/cse?cx=017414781057140801207%3Achhg55spr84&q=Nestle&sa=Search

Contributors to show notes for this show (add your name here):

• Neville Hobson