Posted on March 7, 2014 9:25 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Intranets | Marketing | Research
You didn’t offer a whisper of protest to the new format for the summary of stories and posts from around the Web, so I’m sticking with it. By the way, I’m writing from a hotel room in Los Angeles—my hometown—where I’m speaking at the Global Intranet Forum. You’re welcome to follow my link blog, where I collect the items from which I draw material for the Wrap, as well as…
Posted on February 21, 2014 7:04 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Blogging | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Measurement | Research | Twitter
The Friday Wrap is a collection of items from the last week that could be useful for communications professionals but that may have slipped by unnoticed (particularly in the wake of big news stories like Facebook’s blockbuster acquisition of mobile messaging app WhatsApp). I collect all the items I might possibly use in the Wrap on my link blog at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com,…
Posted on February 18, 2014 7:03 pm by Shel Holtz | Content | Audio | Marketing | Social Media
Audio never really took off on the Web. Not the way images and video have.
It hasn’t been as bad as some people would have you believe. Podcasting is alive and well, for example, but its uptake has never come anywhere near the success of video. And have you noticed that the default for Vine videos is audio off?
Audio’s online stagnation is…
Posted on February 14, 2014 8:53 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Advertising | Brands | Business | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Media | Publishing | Social Media
Happy Valentine’s Day!
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe Friday Wrap is a weekly compendium of articles of interest to communicators that may h ave flown by under your radar. I collect stories from which I cull the items that will appear in the Wrap on my link blog, LinksFromShel.tumblr.com; I also draw on this curated collection for items I report on my…
Posted on January 31, 2014 10:28 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | PR | Social Media
The Friday Wrap is my weekly culling of articles and posts I’ve collected that could be of interest to communicators, but that you may have missed in your own scans. I collect all the items I’ll consider for the Wrap at my link blog, LinksFromShel.tumblr.com, which you’re welcome to follow.
That’s the conclusion of SHIFT Communications’ Christopher S. Penn after reviewing…
Posted on January 17, 2014 8:14 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Pinterest | Advertising | Business | Facebook | Gamification | Marketing | Media | Publishing
It was 20 years ago today…that the earth shook and my life changed. The Northridge Earthquake struck just after 4 a.m., while it was still dark. I lived in Granada Hills at the time, just a few miles from the epicenter. I was born in Hollywood and raised in the San Fernando Valley. I was no stranger to earthquakes, which for…
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