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Advertising vs Publicity

PR for Anyone

It’s the age-old question… what is more impactful to a business – advertising or publicity? 1 – publicity is free – advertising you pay for. #2 2 – publicity is someone else telling the world how great you are – advertising is you telling the world how great you are. #3

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Walmart’s suspension of advertising on X became last month’s biggest brand story

NewsWhip

That was Elon Musk’s somewhat predictable response to the announcement that Walmart was the latest brand to suspend advertising on X, following other major companies who left the platform back in November when the issue first began. If you’d like to find out more about how you can monitor your brand, check out our networks here.

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How We Doubled Webinar Leads By Becoming Our Own Biggest Advertiser

Contently - Strategy

The internet was new at the time, and the media and marketing industries expected websites to be a utopia for advertising. “The rest of advertising had been ruined and dammit, we weren’t going to let that happen this time.” Marriott essentially acts as the advertiser of its own high-quality editorial content.”

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Facebook is local media

Stephen Waddington

Local Facebook pages and groups are replacing local media according to research from Braintree, Essex. By Dan Slee If there’s one thing I can tell you it’s that Facebook groups and pages in a local area are huge. What would have been once for sale in the back end of the local paper is now on Facebook. A lot huge.

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Facebook is local media

Stephen Waddington

Facebook pages and groups are replacing local media according to research from Braintree, Essex. By Dan Slee If there’s one thing I can tell you it’s that Facebook groups and pages in a local area are huge. What would have been once for sale in the back end of the local paper is now on Facebook. Not just a bit huge. A lot huge.

Local 60
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Email Newsletter Subscribers or Blog Subscribers: Which is Better?

Polaris

I’d rather have blog subscribers.”. Perhaps the best example of “interruptive” marketing (or outbound marketing as it’s also called) is the call you received from the local duct cleaner just as you’re sitting down to dinner. Are blog subscribers better? You can email them your blog to promote engagement.

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Why Publicity?

PR for Anyone

Watch this week’s PR Tip here: Everyone knows what advertising is but why should they consider publicity? With advertising, YOU direct the message and it’s pretty clear that that is the case because you are paying for it. So and I understand, advertising is important to all of us. IF you do it. PR FOR ANYONE.

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