Posted on September 17, 2014 3:56 pm by Shel Holtz | Internal | Intranets | Publishing | Social Networking
Social media has a place in the enterprise. Study after study confirms that employees who are able to engage with each other over social channels are more productive, more engaged, and even lead to improved market share and revenue.
But it has been a struggle to adapt social media to the enterprise. Most efforts involve a bolt-on, such as Yammer or…
Posted on August 29, 2014 1:57 am by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Brands | Business | Channels | Content Curation | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | QR Codes | Social Media | Social Networking | Tagging and Microformats | Twitter | Video
Flickr image courtesy of jodimichelleGreetings from Sao Paulo, Brazil. I’m here teaching a three-day course on social and digital media to a group of senior communications executives. It’s part of a year-long program from Aberje, the national communications association, and Syracuse University. But I couldn’t let a week go by without regaling you with this week’s highlights. As always, I’ve drawn on the items I’ve saved to
Posted on April 18, 2014 9:12 am by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | Publishing | Research | Social Media | Social Networking
The Friday Wrap is a summary of posts and articles from the past week that didn’t get the big headlines (like the tale of US Airways’ pornographic tweet and the employee who sent it who wasn’t fired). These are reports and studies that may have skipped by under your radar, yet still could be useful or interesting to communicators and marketers. I collect the…
Posted on August 30, 2013 10:18 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Pinterest | Brands | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Research | Social Media | Social Networking | Twitter | Video
This week, everyone buzzed about the Golf Channel’s epic fail as the cable station tried to spin the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as a golf story. Another big story that had everyone talking was Kevin Spacey’s delivery of the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival, where he schooled the television industry for…
Posted on August 9, 2013 8:56 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Brands | Channels | Facebook | Marketing | Social Networking | Twitter | Video
(c) Can Stock PhotoA steady stream of reports, studies, surveys and announcements flooded my feeds this week. Today’s Wrap includes some big announcements as well as some other items that may have escaped your notice. I collect all the items from which I choose the Wrap contents at my link blog, LinksFromShel.tumblr.com, which also serves as the source for stories I…
Posted on July 12, 2013 7:36 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business | Crisis Communication | Marketing | Research | Social Media | Social Networking | Transparency | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoAs I was preparing this week’s Wrap, I had to force myself to stop. The week’s collection of stories that may have escaped your attention featured a lot of releases of reports and studies, several PR kerfuffles, a load of stories about great use of social and digital media, and several salient analyses. You can see all the stories I…
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