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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. He is certainly no stranger to working with other solos and small businesses when his client work requires it, though. “My Stu Opperman, APR hadn’t always planned on being a solopreneur.

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Social Sharing Feeds Our Appetite for News

David PR Group

“Well, I get The Wall Street Journal at my house, but I dropped the local paper a while ago,” he said. “If This happened in 2009 and should have been a clear signal to divest immediately all print media company holdings. I posed the same question to a small business owner. If it’s important, someone will send it to me.”.

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Tell Your Story Like You Speak, Keep Pitching, and Earn Media Coverage

PR Fuel

Telling Your Story” Is the Real Trick to Small Business PR. Most small business descriptions include information like who the founders were, when and where the business started, and perhaps a few sentences about the company’s mission and vision. What is the “theme” of your business story?

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Old Journalism’s Demise.Good News For Us!

Bad Pitch Blog

Print outlets have been dying, okay let''s call it changing, for a while. Fortune Small Business drops its entire staff, The Wall Street Journal cuts a variety and Fortune kills off dozens. Let''s all learn from print''s fall from grace. They''re asking: 1. Will their cuts be followed by mega-ones on our side?

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

It’s hard to believe, the company’s roots can be traced back to those old Bacon’s books printed in Chicago, or even a press clipping service out of Sweden, before that. The suite was the weaving together of tools Vocus had acquired into a product aimed at the small business market. 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana.

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A Brand Is a Business Risk to be Understood and Managed; Off Script No. 40: Brianna Carroll Boyle

Sword and the Script

Another pitfall for small businesses to avoid is inconsistency with how they go to market, which generates confusion not only internally but also externally with buyers and partners. They wanted print coverage and would regularly frame and display significant coverage. Online influencers and bloggers were basically unheard of.

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The Top 50 Social Media Influencers on Twitter

Cision

Founded The Social Media Monthly, in 2011 as the first and only print magazine devoted exclusively to unlocking the power of social media for its readers. Acclaimed college educator, author, speaker, and social media strategy consultant who has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the CBS NEWS.