Posted on April 26, 2013 9:39 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Visual Communication | Brands | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | PR | QR Codes | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoHere’s your weekly wrap-up of news and useful posts you may have missed during the past week. I select these stories from those I’ve collected during the week at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s CEO, made waves when the company issued an edict ending telework practices and requiring employees to do their jobs on-site—even those who took the job in…
Posted on April 23, 2013 10:53 am by Shel Holtz | Advertising | Brands | Facebook | Intranets | Marketing | Twitter
Epicurious’s Twitter transgression in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing has been well-documented. Most reports addressed the outrage over the tweets, the initial tepid apology and the subsequent unequivocal mea culpa. Most reports also chided the foodie site for failing to adhere to the best-practice of going silent during a highly sensitive time. Few, however, explored the motivation that led to…
Posted on April 19, 2013 5:39 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Business | Crisis Communication | Marketing | Research
Photo (c) CanStock PhotoWith our attention focused on Boston and the terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon and its aftermath, it’s easy to miss some other news and reports that appeared in news channels, blogs and other forums. In fact, some of the Wrap items this week deal directly with those events (although they may be dimensions of the story you…
Posted on April 17, 2013 9:19 am by Shel Holtz | Crisis Communication | Marketing | Social Media
On April 14, one day before the horrific terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line, nine militants in Mogadishu clad in suicide vests killed 35 people in a brazen attack on the Somalian Supreme Court. Scores of people were injured.
On that day, not a single U.S. company suspended its social media marketing efforts. Facebook updates and tweets danced…
Posted on April 12, 2013 7:50 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Advertising | Content Curation | Google+ | Marketing | Publishing | Social Media | Trust | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoIt has been a busy week in the digital/social world. With everything that has occupied our attention over the last week (Facebook Home, for example, and word that investment companies are pouring money into Google Glass app development), you may have missed some other interesting stories. These are some that I found particularly interesting. I save the…
Posted on April 5, 2013 8:12 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Mobile | Social Media | Social networks | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe big news this week was the Securities and Exchange Commission’s release of guidelinies for using social media to distribute company news. A hot topic since the days when Jonathan Schwartz ran Sun Microsystems and engaged with the head of the SEC in a conversation about the potential for blogs and RSS to meet Reg FD requirements, we’re getting…
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