Posted on March 31, 2017 3:09 pm by Shel Holtz | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Sharing and Collaborating | Content | Instagram | Advertising | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Ethics | Facebook | Internal | Marketing | Measurement | Media | Podcasting | Politics | PR | Publishing | Social Media | Trust | Twitter
Lots to catch up on after skipping last week’s Wrap due to travel. I’ll try to keep everything brief so I can cover a lot without going overboard on length. I extract items for the Wrap from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow. To make sure you never miss an issue, subscribe to my weekly email briefing.
Twitter removes @replies from…
Posted on March 2, 2017 2:48 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Ethics | Politics | PR | Transparency

The Clean Power Plan is one of the Obama-era regulations President Donald Trump promised to repeal as part of his promise to accelerate the economy and create jobs. The Plan, proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency and finalized by the administration in 2015, was designed to bolster the move toward clean energy through the introduction of standards for power plants…
In every decade, a lot of businesses thrive because they can deliver what’s scarce. Scarcity is a fundamental economic concept that examines the gap between limited resources and limitless desires. Customers will beat a path to the doors of companies that can deliver whatever they want that’s in short supply.
For the next 10 years, according to business theorist Geoffrey Moore, authentic…
Posted on February 7, 2017 9:20 am by Shel Holtz | Internal | Politics

What was it like on the Budweiser brewery floor the day after the Super Bowl?
Did Audi workers eye one with suspicion, wondering where they stood on the equal pay issue?
Corporate activism is on the rise. Consider just a few examples:
- Business coalitions are rising up in Southern states to oppose legislation that…
Posted on January 27, 2017 1:27 pm by Shel Holtz | Chatbots | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Audio | Brands | Business | Customer Service | Ethics | Marketing | Measurement | Media | Mobile | Politics | PR | Publishing | Social Media | Video
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PRSA officially slams “alternative facts”—Good for PRSA (of which I am a member) for its official statement rebuking the White House for making false statements and labeling them “alternative facts.” The Public Relations Society of America issued a…
Posted on December 30, 2016 10:27 am by Shel Holtz | Chatbots | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Content | Visual Communication | Wearables | Audio | Brands | Business | Channels | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Measurement | Media | Mobile | Monitoring | Politics | PR | Research | Social Media | Trust | Twitter | Video
This is traditionally a slow news week, so it’s a shorter-than-usual Wrap this week (and likely next week, as well, unless CES delivers some surprises). I extract items for the Wrap from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow. To make sure you never miss an issue, subscribe to my weekly email briefing.
No, engagement isn’t dead—I have been surprised to see so many…
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