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 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…
Posted on December 13, 2013 9:16 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Ethics | Google+ | Marketing | Media | Mobile | PR | Search | Social Media | Technology
(c) Can Stock PhotoI don’t usually start the Wrap with a commercial, but I want to let you know about an eight-week, interactive, online workshop I’m presenting with my friend and colleague, Thornley Fallis CEO Joseph Thornley. For the third year, we’re offering the course on strategic social media through IABC. Each week, you’ll work through a multimedia learning module created using a…
Posted on October 16, 2013 8:44 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Media
Journalism is a dicey career these days. To read some of the journalism-focused blogs, options are limited as traditional news outlets continue to shed staff while seaching for revenue. You can try to make it as a blogger (a path down which Garry Trudeau has been led his Doonesbury reporter, Rick Redfern). You can freelance. You can join the PR…
Posted on September 20, 2013 9:19 am by Shel Holtz | Pinterest | Advertising | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Research | Twitter
Companies released more study and survey results than usual this week, providing plenty of fodder for the Friday Wrap. There were also announcements, court verdicts, and other news to fuel the weekly rundown of interesting and important items from the past week. If you’re interested in seeing all the items from which I chose the Wrap’s contents, head on over to my link…
Posted on August 16, 2013 8:26 am by Shel Holtz | Brands | Channels | Crisis Communication | Google+ | Measurement | Media | Mobile | Research | Social Media
(c) Can Stock PhotoDuring the week The New York Times went down and The Washington Post was hacked, one is left to wonder whether these online news services might have been well served with an unhackable analog backup. Maybe a print version? All kidding aside, the Times simply shifted its news publication to Facebook, using the Facebook Notes tool to…
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