Posted on August 13, 2013 7:24 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Brands | Mobile | Social Media | Video
If marketers love Vine and Instagram, it should take about 15 seconds for them to jump on MixBit.
Launched last Thursday by YouTube co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, MixBit is the latest social visual communication tool to compete in an increasingly crowded field that also includes household names like Pinterest and Tumblr, along with services with high hopes like Streamzoo,…
Posted on August 12, 2013 4:31 pm by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Visual Communication | Content Curation | Social Media | Video
A few months back, Flipboard introduced magazines. As you flip through stories, you can tap the plus sign that now appears with each article and add it to any of the magazines you’ve created. These all become available for other Flipboard users to subscribe to.
These magazines—more than 2 million had been created as of July 23—are essentially curation efforts. Flipboard even uses the word,…
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 26, 2013 8:04 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Ethics | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Mobile | Twitter | Web
Image (c) CanStock PhotoYou have undoubtedly already heard about Facebook, which is suddenly a darling among investors again as its mobile advertising platform has taken off, stoking profits more in line with the market’s expectations when the company first went public. Data reveals that Facebook is beating out niche sites for local searches, and the number of mobile users in the U.S.…
Posted on July 19, 2013 8:34 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Advertising | Blogging | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | Social Media | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoEdelman sparked a lot of conversation this week with its report on PR’s role—and the need for ethical behavior—in the growing field of native advertising. I’ll talk about that, and some contrary points of view, on Monday’s episode of For Immediate Release. In the meantime, a lot of other news and research was shared during the past week, some of the most interesting…
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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