Posted on February 22, 2013 7:42 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Business | Channels | Content Curation | Customer Service | Gamification | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | Social Media | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoFriday seems to have arrived faster than usual this week. The laws of physics say that’s not possible. I say, Where did the week go? Not that there was any shortage of news you may have missed. Here’s this week’s rundown, drawn from items I have saved to my link blog, LinksFromShel.Tumblr.com
If…
Posted on February 19, 2013 11:18 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Research | Social Media
The Inc. 500 is not an alternative to the venerated Fortune 500. While the Fortune listing is home to the biggest companies, the Inc. 500 focuses on the businesses that are growing the fastest. It’s no surprise to see these companies behaving more progressively and taking some risks more typically shunned by larger organizations.
Ninety-two percent of the Inc. 500 employ at…
Posted on February 15, 2013 7:37 am by Shel Holtz | Brands | Channels | Internal | Media | Social Media | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoAnother week come and gone. This week’s Friday Wrap covers studies, reports and news that didn’t get widespread coverage, along with the occasional post that was just plain interesting. Throughout the week, I collect the items I’ll consider for the Wrap (and my podcast) at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
CEOs engage differently depending on the social channel they…
Posted on February 6, 2013 8:45 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Social Media
(c) Can Stock PhotoHere we go again.
No matter how much evidence piles up in support of employees engaging in social media at work, it seems the fearmongers and opportunists will continue to produce questionable data and faulty conclusions. As a result, leaders will continue to eschew the benefits of employees online and implement measures designed to stop employees from networking…
Posted on January 25, 2013 9:16 am by Shel Holtz | Augmented Reality | Brands | Business | Legal | Marketing | Social Media | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoHere’s the weekly rundown of reports, articles and posts from the last week that caught my attention that didn’t get widespread coverage. I select these items from a larger collection of pieces I save to my link blog: LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
The holiday shopping season saw retail sales rise, and much of what consumers spent was…
Posted on January 17, 2013 9:44 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Facebook | Marketing | Social Media
In a discussion I had a month or so ago after shrugging off Facebook’s changes to how Pages updates get into news feeds, I was told that the move frustrated marketers who had invested so much time, energy and money into their Facebook strategies. The unintended consequence of Facebook’s introduction of Graph Search may be more marketers and communicators embracing the idea that…
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