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 July 5, 2013 1:39 pm by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Pinterest | Brands | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | Social Media
Image (c) CanStock PhotoI hope my fellow American readers had a fantastic Fourth of July. I’m sure some of you are still enjoying a long weekend. Despite the holiday break, there was still plenty of news and no shortage of studies and reports released. This week’s wrap is heavily dominated by studies and surveys, but there’s also a new Twitter feature one can only…
Posted on June 7, 2013 9:29 am by Shel Holtz | Brands | Business | Channels | Facebook | Internal | Intranets | PR | Search | Twitter | Video
(c) Can Stock PhotoHardly a week goes by without some big news dominating our attention, making it harder to catch some of the lesser-reported stories that still could be of value for communication professionals. This week, the sacking of the entire Chicago Sun-Times photo desk was at the top of the heap, and the implications of that decision will reverberate…
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 May 10, 2013 8:01 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Brands | Marketing | Research | Social Media | Video
(c) Can Stock PhotoAmidst the bigger stories of the week, some great items tend to get lost. The Friday Wrap is a collection of items from the last seven days worthy of note by communicators and marketers that you may have missed. I collect stories to consider for the Wrap—as well as my podcast—at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
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