Show #475 - August 17, 2009

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Content summary

FIR Live on August 22: email marketing; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with an update on the Rio Tinto 'commercial bribery' case and Western media depictions of China; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: social news with the Huffington Post and Facebook, Twitter study reveals usage habits and trends in the US, is your business ready for the expected increase in swine flu cases?, how Best Buy and Crowne Plaza Hotels addressed a pricing error; Angelo Fernando's question about preparing for FIR; music from The Weaklings; and more.

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Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Michael Netzley
Angelo Fernando

Links

http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/the_focus_is_on_email_marketing_on_next_fir_live/
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fir
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/business/global/13riotinto.html
http://www.danwei.org/media/chinese_media_on_the_rio_tinto.php
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/index.php/world/34824-china-opens-up-with-new-media-strategy-
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0710/p06s05-woap.html
http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/08/17/huffington-post-huffpost-launches-social-news/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/your-huffpost-experience_b_260666.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social
http://bitbriefs.com/2009/08/15/twitter-study-reveals-interesting-usage-habits-and-trends/
http://www.pearanalytics.com/2009/twitter-study-reveals-interesting-results-about-usage/
http://www.pearanalytics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Twitter-Study-August-2009.pdf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8204842.stm
http://www.brianmcdaniel.org/2009/08/16/is-your-business-continuity-plan-ready-for-h1n1-flu/
http://blogs.iabc.com/cafe2go/2009/05/20/cafe2go-podcast-32-may-2009/
http://adage.com/article?article_id=138469
http://www.churchofcustomer.com/2009/08/making-word-of-mouth-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8202842.stm
Today's music: Far Too Long by The Weaklings. http://www.myspace.com/theweaklings

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

• Neville Hobson