Inside PR 2.12 – Wednesday, July 14, 2010

• • Bob Ledrew, canadian podcasting, Comments, Inside PR, PR, Shownotes, social media

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe and Gini discuss weddings, comedy and why people don’t like Twitter.

0:28 Martin opens the show.

1:50 Martin tells us where he was last week

5:20 Martin, Gini and Joe share an audio comment from Bob LeDrew.

10:50 Gini talks about the resistance to change and to new technology in our industry.

11:59 Gini brings up Ivor Tossell’s recent Globe and Mail article, Why so many love to hate Twitter. Martin, Gini and Joe discuss.

19:28 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.11 – Wednesday, July 7, 2010

• • canadian podcasting, Inside PR, PR, Show Notes, social media

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This week on Inside PR,  Joe and Gini discuss the rising popularity of social media monitoring tools and whether the internet really is over.

0:28 Joe opens the show.

1:50 Joe talks about the summer slowdown.

6:12 Joe asks Inside PR listeners if summers are slower at their workplace and what they do to manage the lighter workload while keeping morale high.

7:10 Joe talks about the show’s first topic: Sysomos’ recent acquisition by Marketwire. He mentions a recent post by Dave Fleet about other social media monitoring tool acquisitions over the past year.

8:30 Gini talks about the various social media monitoring tools her business uses.

10:10 Joe shares his favourite social media monitoring tools.

17:12 Gini talks about Prince’s outrageous comment “The internet is over”.

21:45 Joe wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.09 – Wednesday, June 23, 2010

• • 30, canadian podcasting, Inside PR, PR, Shownotes, social media

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This week on Inside PR, Martin, Joe and Gini discuss recent developments in social media and Terry Fallis returns to the show to discuss how he used social media to promote his book.

0:23 Martin opens the show.

2:50 Joe mentions that Terry Fallis’ book podcast has made it to number one on the iTunes literature podcast charts.

4:03 Joe interviews Terry about how he used social media to promote his two books.

13:00 Martin, Joe and Gini comment on how innovative Terry was with his approach to social media to promote his book and himself.

19:00 Joe presents this week’s topic, recent developments in social media. He starts with the YouTube news feed and how citizen journalism has changed how news is defined.

24:21 Joe adds that the move toward government 2.0 has been gaining momentum and cites the Australian government’s Gov 2.0 as an example.

25:53 Martin introduces a new closing segment, the round up.

26:12 Gini kicks off the last -30- segment on Inside PR.

28:14 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.07 – Wednesday, June 9, 2010

• • Agency Life, canadian podcasting, Inside PR, PR, Show Notes

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe, and Gini discuss the G20 Summit in Toronto, how to deal with negative comments on blogs and how Energi PR came to be.

0:28 Martin opens the show.

0:42 Joe brings up the G20 Summit and Martin and Joe discuss how it’ll effect Toronto and Public Relations agencies in the Toronto financial district.

3:03 Joe explains that the G20 Summit will have a negative impact on the business community.

3:43 Joe asks Gini about her bicycle accident she had last week.

5:45 Martin tells us about Energi PR.

15:32 Martin tells us how Darryl Salnero helped with shaping Energi PR.

18:19 Joe asks Gini about a recent blog post that got a lot of feedback – both positive and negative.

28:14 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.06 – Wednesday, June 2, 2010

• • Agency Life, canadian podcasting, Inside PR, PR

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This week on Inside PR, Joe interviews Carol Levine and Esther Bachsbaum of Communications Meca and they discuss Meca’s recent merger with Palette PR.

0:26 Joe opens the show.

0:37  Joe announces that he will be hosting the show by himself today and explains why Gini and Martin aren’t recording.

1:37 Joe tells us that Martin’s agency, Palette PR has merged with Communications Meca to form Energi PR.

2:52 Joe interviews Carol Levine and Esther Bachsbaum about the new merger.

8:10 Joe offers up some commentary about the interview and the merger.

9:27 Joe wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.05 – Wednesday, May 26, 2010

• • canadian podcasting, Comments, Inside PR, PR, Shownotes

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This week on Inside PR, Martin, Gini and special guest Abbie Fink discuss what they’ve taken away from the Counselors Academy in Asheville, NC.

0:21 Martin opens the show.

1:04 Martin thanks Kevin Hunt and Matt Resetta for their comments

1:50 Gini tells us that Martin, Abbie and herself are recording together in the lobby of their hotel.

2:52 Abbie tells us about the Counselors Academy and how it benefits agencies and attendees.

5:12 Martin asks Abbie and Gini what the highlights of the conference were so far for both of them

7:50 Martin mentions a session by Elise Mitchell that he found particularly inspiring.

9:45 Gini talks about her first visit to the Counselors Academy 5 years ago and how different perspectives from competitors makes the profession better.

10:50 Martin agrees with Gini and shares his perspective.

16:00 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.04 – Wednesday, May 19, 2010

• • 30, Bob Ledrew, canadian podcasting, Inside PR, PR, Show Notes, social media

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe, and Gini discuss the pros and cons of attending conferences.

0:19 Martin opens the show.

1:11 Martin brings up the first listener comment, from Bob Ledrew, about the upcoming Podcasters Across Borders taking place in Ottawa this June.

1:41 Joe explains what Podcasters Across Borders is.

4:09 Joe introduces this week’s topic, conferences, and mentions Martin and Gini’s upcoming trip to the Counselors Academy in Asheville, NC.

5:15 Gini mentions she doesn’t get a lot from speakers and workshops at Counselors, but she benefits from being able to talk and brainstorm with others.

11:30 Joe wishes that conference sponsors would pitch less and educate more.

13:50 Joe kicks off the -30- segment

19:29 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.03 – Wednesday, May 12, 2010

• • 30, Inside PR, PR, Show Notes, social media

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe, and Gini discuss how different organizations and people are approaching privacy on the internet.

0:21 Martin opens the show.

0:35 Joe mentions he’s heading to Stratford, Ontario for the University of Waterloo’s Canada 3.0 festival.

3:13 Martin brings up listener comments from last week’s show.

3:47 Al Croft commented on an article he wrote about a British agency that did away with billable hours all together and was still quite successful.

4:29 Daniel Davidson, asks whether there is a conflict in how the media might perceive a PR person pitching from two unrelated areas of public relations.

8:32 Joe introduces this week’s topic: how we’re approaching privacy on the internet.

18:45 Gini recommends that everyone Google themselves at least once a week to see what’s out there.

18:59 Joe kicks off the -30- segment.

23:40 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.02 – Wednesday, May 5, 2010

• • 30, Agency Life, canadian podcasting, Inside PR, PR, Show Notes

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This week on Inside PR, Martin and Gini discuss the role of billable hours in public relations agencies.

0:21 Martin opens the show.

1:20 Martin thanks the listeners of the show for all their comments and answers reader questions.

1:40 Joe Carleo asks why the ID tags for the have yet to be changed.

2:40 Petya Georgieva from Bulgaria asks what advice they have for someone who wants to better their understanding of the English media market.

7:18 Gini introduces this week’s topic: billable hours. The topic was suggested by Joe and inspired by Daniel Pink’s book, Drive.

15:58 Martin asks listeners to share what their agencies are doing with billable hours.

16:42 Martin kicks off the -30- segment.

21:08 Martin wraps up the show

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.01 – Wednesday, April 28, 2010

• • 30, Inside PR, PR, Shownotes, social media

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This week on Inside PR, Martin introduces Inside PR’s new hosts, Joe Thornley and Gini Dietrich and they discuss how small businesses should approach social media.

0:20 Martin opens the show.

1:09 Gini introduces herself and talks about getting involved with Inside PR.

2:11 Joe introduces himself.

3:01 Martin suggests they discuss how they hope to shape the show.

5:18 Martin brings up a recent blog post by Jason Falls about how small businesses are approaching social media.

6:57 Gini explains how small business owners can use social media.

7:42 Joe mentions that instead of using traditional advertising, he focuses on social media and community as a means of promoting his agency.

10:42 Martin recalls a panel where he spoke to students about using social media to get noticed by agencies.

12:25 Gini notes the importance of communicating online with agency heads and leaders to build relationships that can help you get a job.

13:24 Gini gives three pieces of advice to small business owners about using social media.

16:00 Joe kicks off the -30- segment.

19:51 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.