Shel Israel
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| Born | August,1944 New Bedford, Massachusetts |
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| Occupation | Consultant And Author |
Shel Israel (born August, 1944) is a writer and speaker on social media issues. He co-authored with Robert Scoble the book Naked Conversations, How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers (John Wiley & Son 2006). He is currently working on a new book called Twitterville on business uses for Twitter, schedule for publication by Portfolio in September 2009. He has contributed editorially to BusinessWeek, Dow Jones Co, and FastCompany.TV.
He was the host of Global Neighbourhoods with Shel Israel, an online video blog series, which was produced by FastCompany.tv, covering enterprise and trends in social media. He is currently working on a retrospective book covering his rise to the upper echelon of Twitter. He lives in Silicon Valley, California and frequently speaks on social media related topics.[citation needed]
Comedian and videoblogger Loren Feldman has had a running gag feud with Israel. Feldman had mocked Israel's mannerisms in Israel's Global Neighborhoods show, and parodied him as a puppet.[1] In one episode, the puppet 'Shel Israel' interviews Loic Le Meur, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's advisor on Internet-related topics.[2] Israel became agitated by the parody, and because people mistook the puppets as his creation.[3]After it became a topic on the blogosphere, Israel addressed it at length on his blog.[4][1]
[edit] Media Appearances
- YouTube online business TV Channel yourBusinessChannel interviews Shel Israel on Why small businesses have a huge advantage
[edit] References
- ^ a b Puppet Parody Show Gets Sponsorship; Original FastCompany Show Doesn’t, Michael Arrington, TechCrunch, April 8, 2008
- ^ Loic Le Meur Advises Shel Israel, 1938Media.com
- ^ How a videoblogger from NYC outsmarted a so-called “Social Media Expert”, Matt Craven, The Blog Herald, April 5, 2008.
- ^ Blog Herald says Loren Feldman Outsmarted me, Shel Israel's blog, April 5, 2008.
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