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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Stu Opperman, APR

Solo PR Pro

When he arrived on campus, however, he was amazed by the student-run broadcast stations, including radio and TV stations that would actually compete in the local market for ratings. “I Figuring he could brand himself as a media and broadcast expert with keen writing skills, he hoped someone would take a chance on him.

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TwitSquare? What to Know About Twitter & Foursquare’s Partnership

Cision

The check-in may be dead on Foursquare, but the app is alive and well – and increasing Twitter’s “social media on steroids” effect for brands. Foursquare has already experienced tremendous use after its introduction in 2009, and since then, the app has evolved–now focusing on local search capabilities, ratings and tips.

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Straight Talk for Laywers and Legal Marketers on Content Marketing

Sword and the Script

Paid media is advertising. In 2009, your firm’s Facebook page might have gotten a lot of likes. Is Content Marketing Better than Advertising? 2) Native advertising is NOT content marketing. Native ads are advertising. To be clear, native advertising done well can be very effective. A website is owned media.

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Hold the front page: the news business remains a work in progress

Stephen Waddington

In time it also turned its attention to shared and paid, as search and social media advertising and promotion matured. It’s why much of the local and regional media is on its knees. Advertising, at least in Europe and the US, has shifted from local and national media to Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and to a lesser extent Twitter.

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PR Rock Stars: Medtronic’s Greg Zimprich

Communications Conversations

Probably partly because, at the time, he had a killer job managing brand PR for General Mills. During that time, Wheaties rarely had marketing budgets that would support advertising, so PR was the main brand driver. Coming up in the PR and comms world in the Twin Cities, Greg Zimprich was always one of those names I saw often.

Sports 74
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A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing

PR Conversations

The “green” consumers and investors are so mindful and supportive of environmental related issues, that they will switch brands, even at a higher cost. The repercussions of exposed greenwashing can cause: irreparable brand and reputational damage. negative publicity; and. loss of stakeholder trust and investor confidence.

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A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing

PR Conversations

The “green” consumers and investors are so mindful and supportive of environmental related issues, that they will switch brands, even at a higher cost. The repercussions of exposed greenwashing can cause: irreparable brand and reputational damage. negative publicity; and. loss of stakeholder trust and investor confidence.

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