Show #352 - June 9, 2008

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Content summary

Next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio: June 11 and June 14; congratulations to John Cass on move to Forrester Research; upcoming FIR Interview podcasts; follow up: CBS News' Andrew Cohen with more on PR; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Microsoft's Paolo Tosolini explains the latest development for Academy Mobile; five questions companies ask about social media; instant messaging study; defending a brand: GM and Hummer; US federal agencies and social media; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on blogging in Egypt, Plurk in Singapore, and social networking competition in China; listeners' comments discussion; music from Rising Conviction; and more.

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Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Michael Netzley
Sallie Goetsch
Sherrilynne Starkie
Richard Gatarski
listeners in the FIR FriendFeed? Room

Links

http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/addressing_the_pr_spam_question_on_fir_live/
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fir
http://pr.typepad.com/pr_communications/2008/06/joining-forrest.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/02/sunday/main4146383.shtml
http://www.codeplex.com/pks
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebStrategyByJeremiah/~3/306275228/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080603120251.htm
http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2008/06/a_note_from_hum_1.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/04/cngm104.xml
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Tata_MM_in_race_for_GMs_Hummer/rssarticleshow/3104546.cms
http://drivingconversations.gmblogs.com/2008/06/how_high_will_it_go.html
http://www.pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109755&Itemid=31
http://communicate.os3.sg/
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/06/04/egypt-great-firewall-of-china-coming-soon/
http://www.nextgreatthing.com/wordpress/2008/06/04/plurk-the-new-twitter/
http://uniquefrequency.com/2008/06/03/bye-bye-twitter-hello-plurk/
http://www.cwrblog.net/1063/qq-to-compete-with-xiaoneicom.html
http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/06/04/windows-live-writer-tech-preview/
http://groups.msn.com/WindowsLiveWriter/generaltopics.msnw?action=get_message&mview=&ID_Message=7319
Today's music: Middle of The Road by Rising Conviction. http://www.risingconviction.com

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

• Neville Hobson
• Richard Gatarski (2 links regarding Windows Live Writer)