Show #622 - October 24, 2011

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Content summary

Lunch with Jeremiah Owyang last week; thanks to Debi Davis for adding to the show notes; GaggleAmp update; News That Fits: Content marketing drives B2B?; Dan York reports on RIM's BlackBerry woes, and more; Ragan promo; how recruiters use social networks; listener comments discussion; should you rush to Chime.in?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the Twittermentary study on crowd sourcing, and more; Dell asks how well do you listen and engage with your customers?; Pollstream promo; music from The Blue Squares; and more.

Time Codes Here!

Thanks, volunteers...

• 0:00 - Intro and opening comments
  • 0:45 - Lunch with Jeremiah Owyang last week (link)
  • 3:00 - Thanks to Debi Davis for adding to the show notes
  • 3:15 - GaggleAmp? update
• 5:15 - News That Fits (intro)
  • 5:50 - Content marketing drives B2B?? (2 links)
• 12:15 - Dan York reports on RIM's BlackBerry? woes; a platform rant (2 links); Dan is celebrating his 5-year anniversary as a Twitter user
• 22:47 - Ragan promo - Nov. 3 & 4 Internal Communications Master Class at the Gap Headquarters
• 23:54 - How recruiters use social networks (link)
• Listener comments discussion
  • 32:13 - Joe Hewitt - the removal of YouTube? videos of John Terry after racial slur (3 links)
  • 35:55 - Dan York (via FriendFeed? Room) - The hardest part of podcasting is . . . keeping it going (link)
• 37:35 - Should you rush to Chime.in? A new subject-focused social network (4 links)
• 45:49 - Message from the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop?
• 46:55 - Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the Twittermentary study on crowd sourcing; report from KPCB and Mary Meeker (link); report from Synovate and using regional, mainstream media to reach affluent purchasers (link)
• 51:38 - Dell asks how well do you listen and engage with your customers? (3 links)
• 56:20 - Pollstream promo
• 57:30 - Closing comments
• 57:58 - Closing messages
• 59:04 - Music from The Blue Squares: You're So Cruel (link)

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Joe Hewitt
Dan York
Michael Netzley

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Today's music: You're So Curle by The Blue Squares. http://www.thebluesquares.com/

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

• Neville Hobson
• Debi Davis