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How Amazon Uses Brand Storytelling to Inspire Investment

Beyond PR

Instead, it is about storytelling, using a narrative to add value to existing perceptions that can either be backed up by your current product or supported by your prospective plans. That storytelling is one reason why Amazon has been able to survive market crashes and make risky bets. Benefits for storytellers.

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Six social media and digital communications trends for 2015

PR Conversations

As a result of the recent course, I’ve been reflecting on how in 2015, professional use of social media and digital communications will be essential for anyone working in PR, internal communications, public affairs, marketing and many other functions, in almost every type of organisation.

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Hyundai “Message To Space” TV Spot – Marketing Masterpiece or Brilliant Illusion?

MaccaPR

If you’re a consumer who is considering spending $26,750 (MSRP) for a 2015 Hyundai Genesis, is it reasonable to expect that Hyundai’s marketing will contain no simulations, dramatizations or other fakery? You wonder if her Dad saw it, and that’s what keeps you watching - it’s just great storytelling.”. Source: Forbes ).

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How to use virtual reality for public relations

Stuart Bruce

One of the potential uses of VR for PR is storytelling to put stakeholders inside a brand or corporate story. You can get an idea of what storytelling for PR might be like by looking at how VR is already being used for journalism such as the New York Times virtual reality app. Amnesty used VR to increase donations.

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Masters in Marketing Interview: Paul Furiga, WordWrite Communications

Mindful Marketing

Paul Furiga is chief storyteller, founder and CEO of WordWrite Communications. Before founding WordWrite, Paul was a vice president at Ketchum Public Relations in Pittsburgh, where he served clients including Bridgestone/Firestone, Delta Air Lines and Rutgers University. By Christine Perkett. As the CEO, you wear many hats.

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PR Rock Stars (of the future): 19 new college grads ready to take over the world

Communications Conversations

So, without more rambling from me, I give you our next generation of PR Rock Stars–the class of 2015. Natalie Anastasia is a junior at the University of South Florida with a bright future in the public relations industry. Freberg for the PR professors on Twitter list! ). Bigger the better, right? University.

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