Posted on February 6, 2014 5:23 pm by Shel Holtz | Content | Audio | Brands | Facebook | Measurement | Podcasting | PR | Research | Social Media
The Friday Wrap is my weekly review of items I caught in my feeds and subscriptions that I found interesting enough to share, but don’t include the big news items you weren’t likely to miss. I select items for the Wrap from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow. It’s at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
73% of U.S. teens are on…
Posted on January 31, 2014 10:28 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | PR | Social Media
The Friday Wrap is my weekly culling of articles and posts I’ve collected that could be of interest to communicators, but that you may have missed in your own scans. I collect all the items I’ll consider for the Wrap at my link blog, LinksFromShel.tumblr.com, which you’re welcome to follow.
That’s the conclusion of SHIFT Communications’ Christopher S. Penn after reviewing…
Posted on January 24, 2014 8:20 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Pinterest | Blogging | Business | Facebook | Research | Twitter
The Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of stories from the past week that you may have missed but that could influence the way you communicate. I collect stories to consider for the Wrap (as well as for the For Immediate Release podcast I co-host) at my link blog, which you’re welcome to peruse at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
Posted on January 17, 2014 8:14 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Pinterest | Advertising | Business | Facebook | Gamification | Marketing | Media | Publishing
It was 20 years ago today…that the earth shook and my life changed. The Northridge Earthquake struck just after 4 a.m., while it was still dark. I lived in Granada Hills at the time, just a few miles from the epicenter. I was born in Hollywood and raised in the San Fernando Valley. I was no stranger to earthquakes, which for…
Posted on January 10, 2014 7:37 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Brands | Customer Service | Facebook | QR Codes | Social Media | Social networks | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe holiday break is over and we’re all getting back into the swing of work. The first few days of 2014 have seen no shortage of news and reports of interest to communicators, and the first Wrap of the new year features some gems. As always, you can keep up with all the stories I collect on my link…
Posted on December 29, 2013 5:38 pm by Shel Holtz | Facebook | Internal | Social Media
There’s a bright spot in UPS’s recent delivery nightmare: its own employees using social media.
As a result of a combination of factors, UPS didn’t get packages to thousands of customers by Christmas. Bad weather, an improving economy and a surge in online spending nobody predicted—which also kept people out of malls—led to more packages than UPS’s system could handle. FedEx had the same problem but UPS bore the…
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