Posted on February 6, 2015 9:52 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Advertising | Attention | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Marketing | Mobile | PR | Research | Social Media | Twitter
Flickr photo courtesy of Juhan Sonin
Some Super Bowl follow-up was inevitable in this week’s Wrap, along with the usual mix of news, reports, posts, and studies. As always, I bookmark everything I might consider for the Wrap—and for my podcast—on my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
Coca-Cola suspends automated tweet campaign after being suckered—It was a cute idea: Mark negative tweets with the hashtag…
Posted on January 30, 2015 11:48 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Visual Communication | Advertising | Augmented Reality | Brands | Business | Facebook | Location-based Services | Marketing | Media | Mobile | Podcasting | Research | Social Media | Twitter
Flickr photo courtesy of MartialArtsNomad.comIt was another big week for news, reports, posts, and updates of interest to communicators. There’s even more in my link blog, where I collect everything I might consider using for the Wrap—as well as my podcast. You’re welcome to follow it.
FCC warns hotels never to try blocking guest WiFi—After Marriott withdrew its petition for permission to block guest WiFi, the…
Posted on January 28, 2015 1:34 pm by Shel Holtz | Marketing | Writing and Editing
A curious trend is proliferating around the web. You arrive on a site and, while reading whatever it is you came to read, a pop-up appears. You look for the prominent X to close it, and instead you see two options. One is the call to action, something like, “Yes, I want to know more!” The other insults and demeans you with a…
Posted on January 23, 2015 4:07 am by Shel Holtz | Sharing and Collaborating | Content | Visual Communication | Wearables | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Mobile | PR | Research | Social Media | Trust | Writing and Editing
Flickr photo of Venice wrapped up in 2011 courtesyt of Kristina D.C. HoeppnerGreetings from 39,000 feet. I have a jam-packed day Friday, so I’m taking advantage of in-flight WiFi to crank out this week’s Wrap. As always the Wrap is a summary of the last week’s news, posts, and other good stuff that has crossed my feeds that may not have gotten a lot of…
Posted on January 16, 2015 10:30 am by Shel Holtz | Sharing and Collaborating | Instagram | Wearables | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Mobile | PR | QR Codes | Social Media | Social networks | Trust | Twitter
Flickr photo courtesy of WetsunThe new year is heating up, as evidenced by a record number of items in today’s Wrap. There’s even more in my link blog, where I collect all the items from the past week I think would be useful or interesting for communication professionals; you’re welcome to follow it.
Marriott backs down—Marriott International has withdrawn its petition to the U.S. Federal…
Posted on January 9, 2015 8:47 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Advertising | Augmented Reality | Books | Brands | Business | Ethics | Facebook | Intranets | Legal | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | PR | Research | Social networks | Transparency
Flickr photo of Cristo art at the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995courtesy of Zug55The Friday Wrap is my weekly review of news items, blog posts, reports, and studies from the last week that could be useful to communicators but weren’t the stories that got the big headlines. I collect items from which I draw the Friday Wrap’s selections in my link blog,…
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