Posted on September 13, 2013 8:08 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Business | Content Curation | Crisis Communication | Customer Service | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Technology | Twitter
The big stories this week centered on twitter’s IPO, announced (of course) in a tweet, and tasteless brand tributes on the solemn anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. (If you haven’t seen AT&T’s tweet or the sign in the Marriott lobby, did you just awaken from a coma?) In the Friday Wrap, I try to report on smaller stories of great interest to…
Posted on August 12, 2013 4:31 pm by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Visual Communication | Content Curation | Social Media | Video
A few months back, Flipboard introduced magazines. As you flip through stories, you can tap the plus sign that now appears with each article and add it to any of the magazines you’ve created. These all become available for other Flipboard users to subscribe to.
These magazines—more than 2 million had been created as of July 23—are essentially curation efforts. Flipboard even uses the word,…
Posted on August 2, 2013 9:47 am by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Content Curation | Facebook | Legal | Marketing | Measurement | Media
The Friday Wrap is a review of some of the posts and news items from the last week that I found particularly interesting—and that you may have missed amidst other stories that got bigger play. I select these stories from a pool of items I collect during the week at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com, which you’re welcome to peruse. It’s the same collection from which I draw…
Posted on July 26, 2013 8:04 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Ethics | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Mobile | Twitter | Web
Image (c) CanStock PhotoYou have undoubtedly already heard about Facebook, which is suddenly a darling among investors again as its mobile advertising platform has taken off, stoking profits more in line with the market’s expectations when the company first went public. Data reveals that Facebook is beating out niche sites for local searches, and the number of mobile users in the U.S.…
Posted on April 12, 2013 7:50 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Advertising | Content Curation | Google+ | Marketing | Publishing | Social Media | Trust | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoIt has been a busy week in the digital/social world. With everything that has occupied our attention over the last week (Facebook Home, for example, and word that investment companies are pouring money into Google Glass app development), you may have missed some other interesting stories. These are some that I found particularly interesting. I save the…
Posted on March 29, 2013 8:13 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Social Media
The advertising scandal involving Ford Motor Company and a few other stories dominated conversation in the communications this world, but it was a big week for news you may have missed. Every Friday I share some of the posts and articles that may not have bubbled to the top but still are useful for communicators to know. I select the…
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