Posted on September 8, 2014 6:03 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
‘Young PR Pros’ podcast joins the FIR Podcast Network with hosts Kristine D’Arbelles and Julia Kent;
Quick News: NYPD is sending precinct commanders to Twitter school, Sprinklr acquires Branderati, mobile is driving changes in coupon-related behaviour, prosperity is why languages die say researchers; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: Five trends shaping the future of work; how to speed up legal approvals; the Media Monitoring…
Posted on September 1, 2014 12:28 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Shel’s recording solo this week;
Quick News: Google ends Authorship for search results, would you use your LinkedIn company page to replace your company website?, Facebook partners with Ditto to scan for brands in photos on Facebook and Instagram, organic search drives 51 percent of traffic to sites with social media driving only 5 percent, Facebook test lets users search old posts, ALS…
Posted on August 25, 2014 12:25 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Quick News: Go through US Customs Control with just an app on your iPhone, browser extension exposes native ads, the 25 most popular mobile apps in the US, Adam Carolla settles patent troll’s suit over podcasting; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: Should a PR firm reflect the client’s demographics when that client is the City of Ferguson?; Dan York’s Tech Report: the Twitter…
Posted on August 21, 2014 6:32 am by Shel Holtz | Crisis Communication | For Immediate Release
Social media has become a standard component of crisis communication efforts. In an August 6 blog post, crisis communications and media training consultant Gerard Braud of Braud Communications argued that there could be crisis situations in which institutions would be best served by taking down their Facebook page or other social media outposts. Looking at the flood of negative, critical, and…
Posted on August 18, 2014 6:44 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
New FIR interview coming this week with Gerard Braud and Melissa Agnes, authors of posts with conflicting views of using social media in a crisis; FIR Podcast Network host Chuck Hester appeared on TWiT’s The Social Hour as a LinkedIn expert; alert to IABC members: servers suffered a cyber-attack, no passwords or credit cards compromised, make sure your virus protection is…
Posted on August 14, 2014 11:15 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release | Writing and Editing
Photo: (c) CanStockLanguage translation has bedeviled communications and PR practitioners forever, but the rise of digital media has complicated the situation in a number of ways. The requirements for producing content right now have led to a need for almost instantaneous translation while access to the Internet has introduced languages spoken in regions that weren’t previously participants in the economy.
Joining FIR…
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