Posted on October 3, 2014 8:23 am by Shel Holtz | Sharing and Collaborating | Content | Instagram | Advertising | Brands | Business | Ethics | Facebook | Instant Messaging | Marketing | Mobile | Research | Social Media | Twitter
Flickr photo by Michael CoghlanWelcome to the Friday Wrap, my weekly summary of stuff I have found in the last seven days that didn’t grab the big headlines but is still important, interesting, and/or worthwhile for communicators and marketers. I collect these on my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
Social media front and center in Hong Kong protests—China’s leaders weren’t worried about much of…
Posted on September 29, 2014 8:09 am by Shel Holtz | Advertising | Business | Facebook | Social Media
Ello, the new social network attracting a lot of users, proclaims that on Facebook and other social networks, “You’re the product that’s being bought and sold.” In fact, co-founder Paul Budnitz told Mashable he doesn’t even think Facebook is a social network, since on Facebook, “The advertisers are the customer and the user is the product that’s being bought and sold.”
This is a familiar mantra. Google reports more than…
Posted on September 26, 2014 10:21 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Attention | Audio | Brands | Business | Facebook | Gamification | Google+ | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | Research | Social Media | Trust | Twitter
Flickr photo courtesy of Peter GordonWelcome to the Friday Wrap, my weekly summary of stuff I’ve found in the last seven days that didn’t grab the big headlines but is still important, interesting, and/or worthwhile for communicators and marketers. I collect these on my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
Sobo is Vine for audio—Audio has been proliferating across the web in all kinds of…
Posted on September 24, 2014 3:20 pm by Shel Holtz | Economics | Business | Ethics | PR | Transparency | Trust
Flickr photo courtesy of mSeattleThe importance of a genuine commitment to corporate social responsibility is growing more and more clear. Study after study finds consumers are making conscious decisions to avoid doing business with bad actors and greenwashers, and to spend their money (and make their investments) in companies that are sincere about trying to do well by doing good.
Several…
Posted on September 19, 2014 8:36 am by Shel Holtz | Sharing and Collaborating | Content | Augmented Reality | Brands | Business | Channels | Facebook | Gamification | Legal | Marketing | Measurement | Media | Mobile | PR | QR Codes | Research | Social Media | Social Networking
Flickr image—“Wrapped Up Dinosaurs”—courtesy of Matt BrownWelcome to the Friday Wrap, my weekly summary of stuff I’ve found in the last seven days that didn’t grab the big headlines but is still important, interesting, and/or worthwhile for communicators and marketers…and this week ranks up there among the most interesting collections of stories since I started the wrap. I collect these on my link blog, which you’re welcome to…
Posted on September 12, 2014 9:52 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Blogging | Brands | Business | Facebook | Legal | Monitoring | Social Media | Trust | Twitter
Flickr image courtesy of Sean MacEnteeWelcome to the Friday Wrap, my weekly summary of stuff I’ve found in the last seven days that didn’t grab the big headlines but is still important, interesting, and/or worthwhile for communicators and marketers. I collect these on my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
It was 9/11, and marketers were idiots again—When will marketers finally figure out that brands…
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