Show #623 - October 31, 2011

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Content summary

FIR Interviews coming: Chris Boyer, Adobe's Chad Warren, more in the pipeline; Dell B2B Social Media Huddle in London on November 3, sessions will be recorded as FIR Speakers & Speeches podcasts; Shel's Zeppelin trip; News That Fits: Bribery scandal in the blogosphere by 43a?; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Burson-Marsteller Asia-Pacific's Corporate Social Media Study 2011, and more; Ragan promo; the Klout kerfuffle and a question of trust; listener comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; Heidi Miller reports on the Chapstick ad kerfuffle; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; customer service via social media; Dan York reports on the New England snowstorm and the value again of social networks in crisis situations, and more; Pollstream promo; time to cut the Facebook and Twitter clutter, says AOL's 'digital prophet'; music by Parakeets; and more.

Time Codes Here!

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 0:25 - Opening messages & comments
  • 2:55 - FIR Interviews coming: Chris Boyer, Adobe's Chad Warren, more in the pipeline
  • 4:30 - Dell B2B? Social Media Huddle in London on November 3 (link), sessions will be recorded as FIR Speakers & Speeches podcasts
  • 5:40 - Shel's Zeppelin trip
• 7:02 - News That Fits (Intro)
  • 7:37 - Bribery scandal in the blogosphere by 43a (links)
• 16:10 - Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on crackdown on mainstream and online media in China; highlights of Burson-Marsteller Asia-Pacific's Corporate Social Media Study 2011 (link)
• 22:30 - Ragan promo;
• 22:32 - The Klout kerfuffle and a question of trust (links)
• 37:30 Listener comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up (links)
  • 41:20 - Bernie Goldbach audio message
  • 49:25 - Heidi Miller reports (via audio) on the Chapstick ad kerfuffle (link)
• 57:51 - The Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop? comments on Klout
• 59:22 - Customer service via social media (links)
• 1:05:25 - Dan York reports on the New England snowstorm and the value again of social networks in crisis situations; Klout's revisions and the elimination of history; Google Plus: Ripples, and content authorship (links)
• 1:11:42 - Pollstream promo
• 1:12:56 - Time to cut the Facebook and Twitter clutter, says AOL's 'digital prophet' (link)
• 1:15:07 - Closing messages
• 1:16:12 - Music by Parakeets: iii

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Adena Schutzberg
Shelley Pringle
Kris Gallagher
Luke Armour
Bernie Goldbach
Michael Netzley
Dan York

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Today's music: iii by Parakeets. http://www.facebook.com/parakeets

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

• Neville Hobson
• Debi Davis