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The Complete Guide to PR Stunts

5W PR

In 2005, Snapple tried to make the world’s largest Popsicle. Newspapers, commercials and billboards aren’t ineffective, but these days the Internet spreads ideas the quickest. That means participating in it themselves, sharing it on their personal Facebook pages and blogs, and encouraging others to join in.

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Fast Five Q&A With BusinessWeek Senior Writer Stephen Baker

Bad Pitch Blog

Previously - yes there was a previously - he worked at newspapers in El Paso, Texas; Ludlow, Vermont, and Caracas, Venezuela. Baker was one of the first reporters to blog (see him on Blogspotting.net ). The blog ("but of course") on all things "Numerati" is theNumerati.net. I like blogging when I want to put thoughts together.

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Anaheim Mayor Pitches American Idol?

Bad Pitch Blog

The 16-year-old Kennedy High School student has performed at numerous City events, including the 2005 Mayor''s Prayer Breakfast and Flag Day celebrations. tags | public relations | PR | media relations | media | good pitch | bad pitch | bad pitch blog | American Idol' Something tells me they''re already doing this. Seacrest-style.

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Cider sip or cider slip? Would you let a politician endorse your brand?

Stephen Waddington

Yesterday, the image plastered across newspapers and news websites was Boris enjoying a pint of Rattler Cornish Cyder. Prior to the 2005 election, Cornwall was Lib Dem yellow across the county, with one Labour constituency in Falmouth and Camborne. About Rachel Picken This is a guest blog by Agile PR’s Rachel Picken.

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7 Superior Podcasts for Super Listeners Eyeing the Big Picture

Sword and the Script

Started in 2005 as “The Wall Street Journal this Morning,” and nearly shuttered amid a reorganization in 2014, the show got a second life with an acquisition by Compass Media Networks. True to its conservative newspaper roots, the program tends to lean right in its coverage in my opinion. This Morning with Gordon Deal. (~30

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Sex in the City Pitch

Bad Pitch Blog

It reminds the Bad Pitch blog of Clueless. From: NAME Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:09 PM To: FRIEND of BPB Subject: Long time no see Hi, I''m just getting around to organizing all of the business cards and contacts that I''ve collected since Thanksgiving 2005. This pitch might remind you of Sex in the City. That said, lets do this.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Way before newspapers, the Romans and Greeks used scrolls, Egyptians used papyrus, and ancient China used a form of paper to distribute information, even if that information was limited to an inner circle of elites or an educated few in those cases. China is credited with starting the world's first newspaper.

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