GM FYI Blog

By Adam Denison
Coordinator, GM Social Media Communications

Hi everyone! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I enjoyed the time I got to spend with my new daughter (2 weeks old today!) and my family. I also enjoyed picking up a few good deals during Black Friday!

Anyway, we’re working hard on more episodes in the OnStar On Your Side series, but we need some input from our listeners. The topic of an upcoming show deals with auto maintenance. Being new to the car industry, there’s still quite a bit I need to learn about how cars work, so when I go in for an oil change or other minor repairs, it seems the mechanics always try to sell me on something that I “must” have to make my car run better. How much of this is legit and how much of it can be dismissed? Do I really need to have my radiator flushed? What about my engine? How often? Do I really need to change my canooter valve every 3,000 miles?

We’re going to have some experts on the show to talk about what maintenance is necessary and how often you need to do it. They’ll also address what maintenance is completely unnecessary. We’d love for everyone to submit some questions that they’d like us to ask the experts in an upcoming podcast episode. We’ll do our best to have these questions answered during the show. Just submit your questions via the comments on this post.

I’m looking forward to hearing your questions!

Winter road conditions often propose hazardous situations. Chief Jim Harmes of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and Cathy McCormick, director of emergency services for OnStar, discuss several tips for safe driving in winter weather. Make sure to let us know what you think of this week’s episode, too.-Alicia Dorset, blog editor

Listen to the podcast or download the OnStar podcast feed.

By Adam Denison
Coordinator, GM Social Media Communications

During today’s podcast we talk to Nancy McBride, National Safety Director at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Nancy tells us about some steps we can all take to help keep children safe from abduction and sexual exploitation. She also talks about Team Adam as well as OnStar’s partnership with the AMBER Alert System.

Additional Information:

• National Sex Offender Public Registry

• 1-800-THE-LOST

Listen to the podcast here or download the feed. We welcome your feedback on this and other shows. Stay tuned for next week’s show on winter driving tips.

By Adam Denison
Coordinator, GM Social Media Communications

Blogging – check
Involvement on social networking sites – check
RSS feeds – check
Online video – check
Podcasts – not so much

GM is heavily involved in nearly everything to do with social media, but not so much when it comes to podcasts. The last time we did a podcast with the blogs was over on FastLane in October of last year, so we’re long overdue. I’m pleased to announce the launch of a brand new podcast series: OnStar On Your Side.

So, why podcasting?

In the book How to Do Everything with Podcasting, Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson, hosts of the popular podcast “For Immediate Release,” write that podcasting has grown from just “one podcast in August 2004 to more than 20,000 podcasts in early 2006.” What’s more, Holtz and Hobson remark that estimates show there are approximately 10 million people listening to podcasts.

Since we’re always looking for ways to tell the GM story and to get your feedback, we thought it was time to post another podcast episode, even if it is a year overdue. And, after all, podcasts are convenient, too – You can listen to them at work, at the gym, in the car, etc.

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