Show #444 - April 30, 2009

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Content summary

Win a free ticket to Somesso London 09 in the FIR Listener Contest; FIR Interview with Jeremiah Owyang of Forrester Research coming; FIR Listener Survey closes tomorrow May 1; welcome to the world, Cassie Sophia York!; Eric Schwartzman interviews CC Chapman on how brands can leverage Facebook; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: communication with social media and swine flu (or is that H1N1?), the Twitter abandon rate, the world's best headlines are on BBC News says Jakob Nielsen; listeners' comments discussion; music from New Leaf; and more.

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Thanks, volunteers...

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Eric Schwartzman
Bernie Goldbach
Kris Gallagher
Sebastien Keil

Links

http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/win_a_free_ticket_to_somesso_london_09/
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/survey_what_do_you_think_of_fir/
http://www.ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/social-media-marketing--social-media-optimization-and-social-media-pr-using-facebook-company-page-with-cc-chapman-online--.aspx
http://publishing2.com/2009/04/29/collaboration-cant-cure-swineflu-but-it-can-fight-filter-failure/
http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/04/swine-flu-dashboard-is-very-useful/
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/twitter-catches-swine-fever-dont-shoot-messenger
http://www.stevensilvers.com/2009/04/internet-scammers-run-like-pigs-to-the-swine-flu-trough.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2009/swine_flu/default.stm
http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/25/swine_flu_twitters_power_to_misinform
http://problogservice.com/swine-flu-teach-social-media/
http://www.ttglive.com/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=61139&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=2404747&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=2404747&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=2404747&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=2404747&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=2404747
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5226442/Swine-flu-United-States-declares-public-health-emergency.html
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE53R1CG20090429
http://online.krm.com/iebms/coe/coe_p2_details.aspx?oc=10&cc=0018077&eventid=15751
http://www.nevillehobson.com/2009/04/30/swine-flu-not-to-be-sneezed-at/
http://www.swinefighter.com/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10229342-62.html
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2009/04/twitter_quitters_nielsen.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/headlines-bbc.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/editorialguidelines/
Today's music: Magic Carpet by New Leaf. http://www.myspace.com/leafsweden

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

• Neville Hobson