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How long before brands completely abandon Twitter?

Communications Conversations

Brands have long (well, as least for the last 7-8 years) relied on Twitter as a customer service tool and a brand management tool. When looking over competing brands’ Twitter accounts I noticed a trend: Very few of them were responding to any tweets. It’s not the same Twitter we know from 2009.

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Recap Part I: #PRStudChat Discusses PR Education & Learning

Deirdre Breakenridge

She graduated in 2009 and then started teaching at Stockton University in New Jersey. When it comes to electives, the not-so-good news is, that the breadth and depth of PR programs are not so standardized across the board and the overall quality does vary a lot. Ai Zhang received her M.A.

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How Storytelling Connects Paid, Earned, and Owned Media

Onclusive

In December 2009, Forrester defined what it called the three new media options for interactive marketers: “paid, earned and owned.” Today, advertising, corporate content, and social content is often separated,” Owyang wrote, “but tomorrow, we expect these circles to converge and overlap, with little or no separation.”.

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Muck Rack Aims to be an All-in-One PR Tech Platform for Media Contacts, Outreach and Monitoring [PR Tech Briefing]

Sword and the Script

Muck Rack background and overview Muck Rack got started largely as an experiment in 2009. The screenshot nearby is of the Muck Rack site in 2009 (via Wayback Machine ) and shows Kara Swisher tweeting a WSJ story about the new MySpace CEO. Click any image for higher resolution. This origin story is important to the company’s evolution.

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10 Crisis Communication Tips Every Business Needs

Prohibition

A crisis can negatively impact your brand and reputation on multiple levels if it’s left unaddressed. This is done to ensure that the brand and company are protected and that the issue is resolved quickly and in a positive manner. Unfortunately, it happens all too often – sometimes even to brands that you’d never expect.

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PRoust Questionnaire: Tina McCorkindale

PR Conversations

Sometimes I think it would be great to work again in a corporate environment, where everyone is striving toward a goal for a common organization. As a member, I know it is as one of the best companies to interact with on a personal level; the customer service is superb. Where would you most like to practise PR?

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Weekend Rant: Bye, PR Weak

Bad Pitch Blog

Besides, most of the big guys are too in love with their own business models—and often treat customer service like an oxymoron. And then, last night I was watching a segment on CNBC Reports about advertising in tumultuous 2009. bad communication cnbc corporate media ny times old media pr week weakness'