Posted on September 13, 2013 8:08 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Business | Content Curation | Crisis Communication | Customer Service | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Technology | Twitter
The big stories this week centered on twitter’s IPO, announced (of course) in a tweet, and tasteless brand tributes on the solemn anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. (If you haven’t seen AT&T’s tweet or the sign in the Marriott lobby, did you just awaken from a coma?) In the Friday Wrap, I try to report on smaller stories of great interest to…
Posted on August 12, 2013 4:31 pm by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Visual Communication | Content Curation | Social Media | Video
A few months back, Flipboard introduced magazines. As you flip through stories, you can tap the plus sign that now appears with each article and add it to any of the magazines you’ve created. These all become available for other Flipboard users to subscribe to.
These magazines—more than 2 million had been created as of July 23—are essentially curation efforts. Flipboard even uses the word,…
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 19, 2013 8:34 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Advertising | Blogging | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | Social Media | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoEdelman sparked a lot of conversation this week with its report on PR’s role—and the need for ethical behavior—in the growing field of native advertising. I’ll talk about that, and some contrary points of view, on Monday’s episode of For Immediate Release. In the meantime, a lot of other news and research was shared during the past week, some of the most interesting…
Posted on July 5, 2013 1:39 pm by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Pinterest | Brands | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | Social Media
Image (c) CanStock PhotoI hope my fellow American readers had a fantastic Fourth of July. I’m sure some of you are still enjoying a long weekend. Despite the holiday break, there was still plenty of news and no shortage of studies and reports released. This week’s wrap is heavily dominated by studies and surveys, but there’s also a new Twitter feature one can only…
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