Posted on July 19, 2013 8:34 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Advertising | Blogging | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | Social Media | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoEdelman sparked a lot of conversation this week with its report on PR’s role—and the need for ethical behavior—in the growing field of native advertising. I’ll talk about that, and some contrary points of view, on Monday’s episode of For Immediate Release. In the meantime, a lot of other news and research was shared during the past week, some of the most interesting…
Posted on May 24, 2013 9:54 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Crisis Communication | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | Research
(c) Can Stock PhotoWelcome to the 52nd Wrap—a full year of social/digital media news curation! This past week has seen the introduction of upgrades and new features across a number of popular social sites, along the release of studies that correct some popular misimpressions. I collect these stories throughout the week on my link blog, LinksFromShel.tumblr.com, and choose those for the Wrap…
Posted on May 16, 2013 11:16 pm by Shel Holtz | Content | Advertising | Books | Brands | Facebook | Google+ | Legal | Research | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoThis week’s Wrap comes to you from Amsterdam, where I presented a session on crisis communications in the social media era at Ragan Communications’ PR/Social Media Summit. Fortunately, both the hotel room and the conference venue—ING House—have great WiFi. That matters, as you’ll see in one of today’s items, which I culled from my link blog at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
Posted on April 23, 2013 10:53 am by Shel Holtz | Advertising | Brands | Facebook | Intranets | Marketing | Twitter
Epicurious’s Twitter transgression in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing has been well-documented. Most reports addressed the outrage over the tweets, the initial tepid apology and the subsequent unequivocal mea culpa. Most reports also chided the foodie site for failing to adhere to the best-practice of going silent during a highly sensitive time. Few, however, explored the motivation that led to…
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 April 5, 2013 8:12 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Mobile | Social Media | Social networks | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe big news this week was the Securities and Exchange Commission’s release of guidelinies for using social media to distribute company news. A hot topic since the days when Jonathan Schwartz ran Sun Microsystems and engaged with the head of the SEC in a conversation about the potential for blogs and RSS to meet Reg FD requirements, we’re getting…
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