Show #445 - May 4, 2009

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Content summary

Shel's NewComm Forum presentation on crisis communication posted as an FIR Speakers & Speeches episode; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; win a free ticket to Somesso London 09 in the FIR Listener Contest; highlights from the results of the 2009 FIR Listener Survey, to be published this week; Michael Netzley interviews Jeremy Woolf, head of social media at Text 100 about the agency's global blogger survey; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: New Zealand plans to rewrite its copyright law from scratch, PR and SEO, Cision ranks the top 50 UK blogs, company blogging update including the new BlackBerry Blog from RIM; listeners' comments discussion; news about Thursday's show; music from Astronauts of Antiquity; and more.

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Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Michael Netzley
Adena Schutzberg

Links

http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/shel_holtzs_crisis_communications_presentation_at_new_communications_forum_/
http://www.podcastalley.com/
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://text100.com/hypertext/2009/04/text-100-blogger-survey-goes-global/
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web-forces-new-zealand-to-rewrite-copyright-laws-596075
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/entire-copyright-act-be-scrapped-101820
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/nz-to-toss-copyright-law-start-from-scratch.ars
http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/04/top10-seo-tactics-pr/
http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/04/seo-tactics-for-pr-if-i-could-only-do-one-thing/
http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/05/public-relations-affects-seo/
http://uk.cision.com/News-Room/press-releases/Mashable-tops-Cisions-Top-50-UK-blog-rankings/
http://uk.cision.com/News-Room/UK-Top-50-Blogs/
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/how-many-big-companies-are-blogging/?cs=32283
http://www.umassd.edu/cmr/studiesresearch/fortune500.cfm
http://web2.sys-con.com/node/945387
http://www.mysmartrend.com/briefs.asp?nwdate=20090502&story=6
http://blogs.blackberry.com/
Today's music: Breakthrough by Astronauts of Antiquity. http://www.astronautsofantiquity.com/

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

• Neville Hobson