Posted on January 16, 2015 10:30 am by Shel Holtz | Sharing and Collaborating | Instagram | Wearables | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Mobile | PR | QR Codes | Social Media | Social networks | Trust | Twitter
Flickr photo courtesy of WetsunThe new year is heating up, as evidenced by a record number of items in today’s Wrap. There’s even more in my link blog, where I collect all the items from the past week I think would be useful or interesting for communication professionals; you’re welcome to follow it.
Marriott backs down—Marriott International has withdrawn its petition to the U.S. Federal…
Posted on January 9, 2015 8:47 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Advertising | Augmented Reality | Books | Brands | Business | Ethics | Facebook | Intranets | Legal | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | PR | Research | Social networks | Transparency
Flickr photo of Cristo art at the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995courtesy of Zug55The Friday Wrap is my weekly review of news items, blog posts, reports, and studies from the last week that could be useful to communicators but weren’t the stories that got the big headlines. I collect items from which I draw the Friday Wrap’s selections in my link blog,…
Posted on January 2, 2015 10:20 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Marketing | Mobile | Monitoring | Twitter
Flickr photo courtesy of Jeff GoldenI hope your New Year’s celebrations were fun and safe. Now it’s time to get on with the promise of the new year by keeping up with the latest developments, news, research, and ideas culled from around the web, notably those items that didn’t get a lot of attention. I select the items from my link blog, where I…
Posted on December 29, 2014 6:25 pm by Shel Holtz | Content | Attention | Gamification | Mobile | Social Media
Whether Plague takes off or is relegated to the scrap heap of failed apps remains to be seen, but the idea is intriguing (if not downright revolutionary). At its core, Plague democratizes the process of determining what spreads through social media, and even what goes viral. The app bills itself as “an essentially different way to spread information.”
The idea is simple. You share…
Posted on December 26, 2014 12:51 pm by Shel Holtz | Legal | Mobile | Technology | Wireless
UPDATE: According to reports on January 15, Marriott has abandoned its effort to get the FCC to revise its rules to allow them to block guest WiFi, mainly due to public pressure.
Dear Marriott:
Your focus on the business traveler experience has made your hotels my first choice when I have to hit the road for work. However, your anti-consumer stance on…
Posted on December 26, 2014 9:29 am by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Facebook | Legal | Mobile | Research | Social Media | Twitter
Flickr photo courtesy of Matt ReinboldHere’s your post-Christmas Friday Wrap, my weekly collection of news, reports, and posts that are useful for communicators even though they may not have been at the top of the week’s headlines. I collect items I find interesting on my link blog and select stories for the Wrap and my podcast from there. You’re welcome to subscribe. I…
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