Posted on September 6, 2013 8:21 am by Shel Holtz | Channels | Crisis Communication | Facebook | Marketing | Research | Social Media | Technology
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe tale of a British Airways passenger buying a promoted tweet to complain about lost luggage was everywhere this week (including this very blog), along with a couple other high-profile stories. There were also some studies, reports and posts that could easily have escaped your attention, but no worries. I collect the ones I think communicators will…
Posted on August 30, 2013 10:18 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Pinterest | Brands | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Research | Social Media | Social Networking | Twitter | Video
This week, everyone buzzed about the Golf Channel’s epic fail as the cable station tried to spin the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as a golf story. Another big story that had everyone talking was Kevin Spacey’s delivery of the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival, where he schooled the television industry for…
Posted on August 24, 2013 2:18 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Visual Communication | Brands | Facebook | Google+ | Intranets | PR
(c) Can Stock PhotoSocial media was front and center in the news this week. Facebook announced it was leading an initiative to bring the Internet to the two-thirds of the world that doesn’t have access, while the Huffington Post made waves by announcing it would no longer permit the posting of anonymous comments. In the midst of these stories, other announcements and…
Posted on August 9, 2013 8:56 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Brands | Channels | Facebook | Marketing | Social Networking | Twitter | Video
(c) Can Stock PhotoA steady stream of reports, studies, surveys and announcements flooded my feeds this week. Today’s Wrap includes some big announcements as well as some other items that may have escaped your notice. I collect all the items from which I choose the Wrap contents at my link blog, LinksFromShel.tumblr.com, which also serves as the source for stories I…
Posted on August 2, 2013 9:47 am by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Content Curation | Facebook | Legal | Marketing | Measurement | Media
The Friday Wrap is a review of some of the posts and news items from the last week that I found particularly interesting—and that you may have missed amidst other stories that got bigger play. I select these stories from a pool of items I collect during the week at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com, which you’re welcome to peruse. It’s the same collection from which I draw…
Posted on July 26, 2013 8:04 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Ethics | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Mobile | Twitter | Web
Image (c) CanStock PhotoYou have undoubtedly already heard about Facebook, which is suddenly a darling among investors again as its mobile advertising platform has taken off, stoking profits more in line with the market’s expectations when the company first went public. Data reveals that Facebook is beating out niche sites for local searches, and the number of mobile users in the U.S.…
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