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

Solo PR Pro

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. Figuring he could brand himself as a media and broadcast expert with keen writing skills, he hoped someone would take a chance on him. Stu Opperman, APR hadn’t always planned on being a solopreneur.

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AP Style: How relevant is it in 2019?

Communications Conversations

It began as a way to standardize rules around editing based on mass media–specifically, mainstream print media. In the golden age of print, AP Style reigned supreme because editors and reporters used it–therefore, PR types like us were forced to learn it and use it. Think about the genesis of AP Style. Not by a long shot.

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Met the Media: Ryan Gehm, Editor-in-chief at Truck & Off-Highway Engineering

Bianchi Biz Blog

I also write the occasional story for our Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines. And if you’re pitching based off our editorial calendar, know that we’re working two to three months in advance on feature stories for the print magazine. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Meet the Media: John Hitch, Editor of Fleet Maintenance

Bianchi Biz Blog

As with anyone writing about the transportation industry, the transition to zero emission vehicles, and what it takes to service them, is top of mind. Bill to help pay for a journalism degree from Kent State, which I received at the beautiful intersection of 2009 economic collapse and decline of conventional journalism. I used the G.I.

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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

I am the Planning Section Chief for our agency so I write all the incident action plans for planned and unplanned events which I really enjoy. 1 (Printed in Wikipedia, “Lorne M. Retrieved 2009-11-07. I have done a ton of media work as I am the Public Information Officer as well for our agency. References.

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How To Get Your Blog Project Approved

Waxing UnLyrical

When I built a case for creating it, I focused on showing how the site would be a greater asset to our institution than the internal print publication I managed. By switching to a blog we saved printing and distribution costs. But that was the case even with the internal print publication… unearthly, jaw-dropping amounts of it.

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Landing Page, SEO and Blog Secrets: An Interview with Clint Danks of ThinkSEM

MaccaPR

Google is 67 percent of the marketplace – Bing and Yahoo, which merged in 2009, make up 28 percent of the SEO market, although they’ve been gaining a bit of ground. Another big mistake is writing content for search engines, rather than writing for your audience. How dominant is Google now in search?

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