Inside PR
Inside PR #15 - Tuesday, July 11, 2006
This week on Inside PR, David welcomes Mitch Joel from Twist Image and the Six Pixels of Separation podcast as co-host in Terry's absence. Mitch and David talk about a variety of social media matters, with podcasting being central to their topics for discussion. Let us know what you think of Mitch as a guest co-host. Send us a comment through the comment line (206-600-4741), send us an audio comment to insideprcomments@gmail.com or leave a comment here on the show blog.
Show Notes
00:40 David introduces this week's co-host, Mitch Joel
01:07 David introduces Terry's segment
01:45 Terry steps into the confessional and talks about his struggle with the task of delegation
05:20 Terry re-introduces his favorite segment, "PR Words to Banish". This week's word: "comprise"
06:18 Terry bids everyone adieu and vows to return for next week's show
06:42 David invites listener comments to the comment line (206-600-4741), the show blog, or to insideprcomments@gmail.com
07:18 David asks Mitch Joel for an explanation of how he came to be a star in the social media scene
07:46 Mitch confesses that his first gig came in 1989 when he interviewed Tommy Lee of Motley Crue, talks about how he gt involved in the dotcom boom and bust, and how Twist Image was founded
10:31 David asks Mitch to characterize Twist Image
12:06 Mitch confesses that Twist Image is not just seeking out clients, but clients are seeking out Twist Image. Mitch has been working on the Internet since the earliest days of the 90s
13:17 David confesses to being a traditional PR guy, and that his means of finding information is Google
14:55 David talks about transparency in the PR world and how social media is helping bring everyone together
16:12 Mitch says that it's just as important to be a podcaster as it is to understand podcasting from a technical standpoint
18:00 David suggests that the people interested in the space of podcasting should go out and get their hands dirty and do it themselves
18:45 Mitch brings up his very first episode of Six Pixels of Separation, which is an example of someone trying out podcasting for the first time. He mentions that his latest guest was CC Chapman
20:03 David says that podcasters are their own harshest critics, and talks about the artificiality of producing a podcast of the same length on the same day every week
22:12 David brings up the mesh conference in Toronto from this past May
24:00 Mitch talks about the presentation he put together in 7 hours for the Canadian Marketing Association called "Blogs: A Marketers' Secret Weapon", and brings up that he recently started listening to Adam Curry's Daily Source Code
25:00 Mitch says he found the new talk radio, and it's podcasting. He says he wouldn't call himself a podcaster just yet, but that he appreciates the immediacy of the medium of podcasting
27:40 Mitch likes the fact that there is not much gear needed to be a podcaster. When everyone is on a similar playing field, it becomes about quality content rather than production.
30:10 David brings up Chris Clarke. He and Mitch talk about his blog, and Mitch says about Clarke, "He did it, and he got it."
31:30 Chris Clarke's weekly segment
34:20 David introduces and reads Chris Clarke's former classmate Megan Zinn's comment to the show blog
36:15 David closes the show and invites listener comments to the comment line (206-600-4741), the show blog, or to insideprcomments@gmail.com
36:34 David thanks Mitch for co-hosting and invites listeners to check out his podcast.
Intro music: Our theme music is Streetwalker by CJacks and is from the Podsafe Music Network; Roger Dey is our announcer.