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Faces & Markets of PRGN: Tokyo, Japan – Premier Destination for Business

Bianchi Biz Blog

The tourism sector significantly boosts the economy, with millions of international visitors supporting hospitality, retail, and entertainment sectors. Local economy is not as bad as it may look based on just the indicators. Economy in Japan looks blunt these days, but it is due to currency fluctuations.

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Avoid advertising blahblah: the real meaning of Christmas?

Prakkypedia

I watched some regional SA television recently – during a Christmas trip – and saw a swathe of festive commercial messages from local retailers. It has struck me that this standard message is regurgitated by a lot of organisations in their marketing and advertising material and it’s a wasted opportunity. (I

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Qualify Hard; Close Easy: Leads in Unscripted Marketing Links

Sword and the Script

So I turned to a local repair shop to see what could be done. That day, I became a lead and one that converted the old fashioned way: retail foot traffic. Content, Local Search and Leads. But that’s not how this local business gets most of its leads, according to the owner George Roberts.

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Confusion, Technology and Talent in Marketing; Off Script #26: Frank Pollock on Fundamentals and What He’s Learned from Working in CPG

Sword and the Script

As it turns out, he got his start selling radio and television advertising and only later went to work in the CPG industry after earning an MBA. When I talk to my friends who market local or regional businesses they imply that big brand marketing is easy because of large budgets and tons of resources. Today he’s on his own.

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Importance of PR in Today's Uncertain World

PR for Anyone

to retail to small business, big business, even Wall Street. The morning shows like the Today Show , Good Morning America and your local shows like Good Morning Washington still need regular content as well. I’ll still do television segments (as long as the stations take outside guests).

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4 Keys to Distributing Public Service Announcements

Cision

In the past, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandated that television stations allocate a set amount of time for public service programming, but this is no longer the case. Consider ages, occupations, hobbies, interests, leisure pursuits, entertainment preferences, retail destinations and more.

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Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Livecast talking Crisis PR

The Stalwart Blog

If you’ve been watching any of the local media, you know that PR crises can take place. In addition to that, I’m helping some retailers who are having to lay off staff and convert a lot of their business online, even more so than they had before and communicating that to the public. They go to the news. Dave Oates: Right.

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