For Immediate Release

Hosted ByNeville Hobson and Shel Holtz

Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz analyze the news in digital and social media for communications professionals.


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FIR #486: Measuring Sentiment Won’t Help You Maintain Trust

Sentiment analysis has become a default metric for communicators. If sentiment...

FIR #485: Is It Time to Stop Trying to “Go Viral”?

Things change fast in the digital world. On the other hand,...

FIR #483: How Tylenol Handled a High Profile Falsehood

Kenvue’s stock tumbled when U.S. President Donald Trump, with Health &...

FIR #482: What Will It Take to Stop the Workslop?

We’ve all heard of AI slop by now. “Workslop” is the...

FIR #481: The Em-Dash Panic — AI, Writing, and Misguided Assumptions

In this short midweek episode, Neville and Shel dive into one...

FIR #479: Hacking AI Optimization vs. Doing the Hard Work

Posts and videos featuring Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) hacks and formulas...

FIR #478: When Silence Isn’t Golden

For a while, businesses were flexing their social responsibility muscles, weighing...

FIR #477: Deslopifying Wikipedia

User-generated content is at a turning point. With generative AI models...

FIR #476: Rewiring the Consulting Business for AI

Swarms of consultants descend on companies that have engaged their firms,...