Posted on April 25, 2014 6:49 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Channels | Content Curation | Facebook | Internal | Location-based Services | Marketing | Mobile | Research | Social Media | Twitter
Big news has flown fast and furious this week, led by the FCC’s decision to turn its back on Net neutrality and support a “fast lane” for companies willing to pay for it. With all that, it’s even easier to miss some posts, stories and studies that could be useful. That’s why I produce the Friday Wrap, a summary of items of interest to communicators…
Posted on April 18, 2014 9:12 am by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | Publishing | Research | Social Media | Social Networking
The Friday Wrap is a summary of posts and articles from the past week that didn’t get the big headlines (like the tale of US Airways’ pornographic tweet and the employee who sent it who wasn’t fired). These are reports and studies that may have skipped by under your radar, yet still could be useful or interesting to communicators and marketers. I collect the…
Posted on April 15, 2014 11:20 am by Shel Holtz | Brands | For Immediate Release | Technology | Web
The websites of most musicians adhere a highly predictable template. There’s a bio, a page hosting some music, another with photos and video, a tour schedule, and a merchandise store. In developing the recently launched Jerry Garcia website, the team at global digital agency Critical Mass were anxious not only to explode the traditional artist’s site, but to take the website experience…
Posted on April 11, 2014 9:17 am by Shel Holtz | Sharing and Collaborating | Content | Instagram | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | Research | Social Media | Twitter | Video
The Friday Wrap is your weekly source of curated news, research, reports and posts that may have slipped by unnoticed, but that could prove useful to communicators and marketers. I collect items that I consider including in the Wrap (as well as my podcast) at my link blog, Links From Shel, which you’re welcome to follow.
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Posted on April 9, 2014 8:33 am by Shel Holtz | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Facebook | Social Media
Lessons abound in the recent controversy surrounding restaurant chain Chili’s decision to cancel its autism-focused fundraiser. The controversy has emerged as one big cautionary tale with three key themes:
- Companies need to perform due diligence before aligning with other organizations
- Websites need to be reviewed regularly and revised based on the organization’s current reality
- Since social media is emboldening (some might say forcing) organizations to take…
Posted on April 8, 2014 11:29 am by Shel Holtz | Brands | Customer Service | Facebook
I’m an Eat24 customer. The restaurant delivery service offers a lot of local businesses here in Concord, so whenever we don’t feel like cooking or going out, I just fire up the Eat24 app on either my phone or tablet. We decide what kind of food we want (we’re partial to a local Chinese joint), check off the items for delivery, pay with the…
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