Posted on July 5, 2013 1:39 pm by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Pinterest | Brands | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | Social Media
Image (c) CanStock PhotoI hope my fellow American readers had a fantastic Fourth of July. I’m sure some of you are still enjoying a long weekend. Despite the holiday break, there was still plenty of news and no shortage of studies and reports released. This week’s wrap is heavily dominated by studies and surveys, but there’s also a new Twitter feature one can only…
Posted on June 28, 2013 1:16 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release | Internal | Social Media
While between 30 and 42 percent of companies (depending on which research you cite) still block employee access to social media, research increasingly suggests that training employees is more effective than trying to keep them from engaging. The Filene Research Institute—which conducts research for credit unions—wanted to offer training to credit union employees, and asked QUEsocial to modify their off-the-shelf product (one…
Posted on June 25, 2013 6:38 am by Shel Holtz | Crisis Communication | Social Media | Social networks
It was designed to serve as a model for understanding how to respond to an online attack. It turned out to be an object lesson in why organizations continue to need the guidance of a senior social media adviser.
At the Monday morning “general session at IABC‘s 2013 world conference, Digital Assassination co-author Richard Torrenzano, CEO of The Torrenzano Group, introduced a Socratic…
Posted on June 22, 2013 7:41 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Social Media
Social media has passed the point of novelty. The days of optional engagement in the social space are far behind us. Between the online behaviors of our audiences, the expectations of our customers and the implications for the enterprise, engagement in social media has become a requirement. This is no surprise to most organizations, which has to some degree embraced…
Posted on June 14, 2013 7:12 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Facebook | Mobile | Social Media
(c) Can Stock PhotoIt’s easy, with the flood of content that passes by every day, to miss some significant or interesting news and announcements. The Friday Wrap is my weekly survey of some of the stories that weren’t necessarily big but that may nevertheless be worth a few seconds. As I find stories and posts worth saving, I use the Tumblr…
Posted on May 31, 2013 8:22 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Instant Messaging | Intranets | PR | Social Media
(c) Can Stock PhotoSeveral reports, studies and news items may have slipped by unnoticed this week in the wake of bigger stories, like Facebook’s response to criticism for allowing offensive material to sneak through its filters. Not to worry! Every time I see an item of value to communicators, I cave it to my link blog at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com. I choose items from…
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