Holtz Communications + Technology

• Mashable: Starbucks Twitter Hashtag Campaign Becomes Forum for Brand-Bashing
• Telegraph: Starbucks Twitter campaign hijacked by tax protests
• Twitter: #SpreadTheCheer

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Intro: FIR Interview with Dell’s Cy Jervis is up, Ekaterina Walter interview is coming in the New Year; FIR Android app is now in the Amazon app store, not the Google Play store;

Quick News: New York Times points a way to enhanced digital storytelling, 18 British government departments publish their digital strategies, study shows quality content leads to word-of-mouth marketing, anonymous…

Dell was one of the first companies to make a serious commitment to social media and today is one of the most frequently cited companies when conversation turns to businesses that do social media well. Starting with its first blog, Dell has demonstrated how to listen to customers and engage with them.

One of the more compelling social media activities Dell…

Intro: A word on the Newtown tragedy, communication and contemporary society; FIR Interviews coming with Ekaterina Walter of Intel and Cy Jervis of Dell’s IdeaStorm; some thoughts about show length;

Quick News: Report offers best practices for social media in the workplace, Rebecca Caroe’s “The Creative Agency of the Future” book project, NPR’s “On the Media” leverages podcast for late-breaking news, soon you can retrieve all your tweets, Ragan…

Intro: FIR Interview with Craig Silverman posted, Ekaterina Walter interview is coming, FIR opens Google+ Community;

Quick News: Microsoft opens Socl to everyone, PeopleBrowsr’s battle with Twitter, TinyPulse helps you find out if your workforce is happy or burned out, GE values “The Internet of Things” at trillions of dollars; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: IABC misfires on communication of staff layoffs; Michael Netzley reports…

“Content curation” is a phrase we’ll hear more of as we all struggle to manage the flood of information that confronts us every day, and as demand for content increases.

Making sense of information abundance and message overload are the watchwords today. Finding, selecting and filtering content that is relevant, using simple but powerful tools to make the process efficient and effective, is a key…