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The crisis gets personal

Stephen Waddington

This isn’t virtual working that people write about on Twitter and LinkedIn. I‘ve started to think about the long term impact of changes in consumer behaviour that will result from the lockdown and a recession. That’s been replaced by the chaos of competing work schedules, running a busy household and the relentlessness of family life.

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Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

As I write this piece, it’s currently trading at about $6.50 However, the exchange posted an announcement and YouTube video , which contained some interesting facts: Jørn Lyseggen founded Meltwater “in shack number 15 on Tjuvholmen, Oslo in 2001.”. billion on its second day of trading. The stock price at debut was approximately $5.30.

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7 Important Principles Of Media Coverage Every Business Needs To Know

Polaris

If you want editorial coverage for your cereal brand, first target the media who typically write about food. When something major happens, such as the Boston Marathon bombings or 9/11, media are totally consumed. In September 2001, I was working on a credit card launch for a Canadian bank. 5: Harness eminence and prominence.

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6 Pro Tips to Create Bigger Buzz for Your Business

Cision

Berger writes that products and people that generate a lot of word-of-mouth exhibit six distinct characteristics: Social currency. Birchbox has a cascade of triggers to perpetuate the consumer relationship. The samples (and email campaigns) trigger her to buy (Birchbox sells consumer products online). Practical value.

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Notified by Intrado is a Promising PR Software Tool that Supports 5 Central Duties in Public Relations [PR Tech Briefing]

Sword and the Script

The presenter used Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK), a popular fast-casual restaurant, that started out as a hotdog cart in Madison Square Park in 2001 and went IPO in 2015, as an object of the demo. If you spend a lot of time in these systems, a little thing like clicking around becomes tedious and time-consuming. 8) History and backstory.

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The 5Ps of Marketing Artificial Intelligence

PR 20/20

More specifically, can we use machines to write blog posts at scale?”. They may not be intelligent and self-aware like Hal 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer), the machine from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), but algorithms can evolve. Write data-driven content. Write email subject lines.

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Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Waxing UnLyrical

Regardless of the organization or industry you serve, corporate communications and PR can be a time-consuming, workday-busting affair with little or no set schedule. Navy print and broadcast journalist and Philadelphia native, he is a lifelong student of writing and connecting with audiences by practically any means at his disposal.

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