Show #646 - April 9, 2012

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Content summary

FIR Interview with Sprint's Sara Folkerts is up; Shel and Neville will be in Amsterdam this week at the 2012 International Social Media and PR Summit; FIR Tweetup in Amsterdam on Tuesday evening #firtweetup; News That Fits: Pinmania - ten ideas for businesses using Pinterest, Pinterest is the third most popular social networking site in the US, Kotex earns praise for first full-blown Pinterest campaign, Homes.com white paper on what works best on Pinterest, Pinterest is driving sales, magazines racing to capitalize on Pinterest, VentureBeat list of Pinterest clones; Ragan promo; Dan York reports on a Wall Street Journal report on privacy and Facebook apps, and more; the rise of e-reading; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the going rates for buying positive news coverage in China, and more; listener comments; TemboSocial promo; Canadian managers still skeptical of remote work; music from 3Kisses; and more.

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Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Michael Netzley
Dan York
Mike Comerford
Andrea Vascellari
Alice Marhsall

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Today's music: Never Satisfied by 3Kisses. http://www.ratpakrecordsamerica.com/3kisses.cfm

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

• Neville Hobson