Doug Haslam

To elaborate on something I talked about in the latest PRobecast podcast; heavy social media users are starting to realize that there is so far a finite audience for blogs, podcasts, and other social media, and that the next step is to expand the audience so that it is a mass audience. I guess that [...]

Just posted a new episode of PRobecast, the public relations podcast I produce with my colleagues at Topaz partners. This week’s panel, Adam Zand, Tim Allik, Paul Hughes, Todd Van Hoosear and myself, discuss: Military PR issues. Topazer and former military public affairs officer Paul Hughes joins us for a perspective on the Pat Tillman [...]

Listening to the latest episode– #177– of Joseph Jaffe’s Across the Sound podcast, I was struck by something he said. He declared– and I paraphrase– that podcasts will take over radio and kill it. Sound provocative? Yes. Sound absurd? Maybe not. Podcasts have not hit the mainstream yet–only 13% have listened to a podcast according [...]

Another glimpse of where I work– the latest episode of the weekly PR-related podcast from Topaz Partners, PRobecast Episode 12 I’m not in this one! But hey, I’m not proud… as usual, cross-posted from Tech PR Gems: This week’s panel, Tim Allik and Rob Capra, discuss: Tim Allik’s recent journey to the SAE World Congress [...]

Having been involved in radio for years before going into public relations, and now being very involved with podcasting- included producing a podcast with my colleagues at Topaz Partners, it is tempting to accept only well-recorded content. By that I mean using a decent microphone and editing for best sound quality, even when simply leaving [...]