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The Complete Guide to PR Stunts

5W PR

Community Involvement. In 2005, Snapple tried to make the world’s largest Popsicle. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went from a local phenomenon centered around Boston, Massachusetts but went international in a couple weeks. The intention can be to raise financial contributions or just increase awareness of a specific issue.

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The Extra Mile PR Strategy: Wow Your Customers

Doctor Spin

Offer pro bono services to a non-profit organisation in your community. Partner with a local influencer to promote your business on social media. Write a guest blog post for a popular industry publication or website. Host a community cleanup event or volunteer day with employees and customers. McGraw-Hill Education.

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The Bare Ass Booze Pitch

Bad Pitch Blog

This news release posing as a pitch was forwarded by a Philadelphia-based reporter to "Trebuchet," a fan of the Bad Pitch blog. Local law enforcement has confirmed numerous reports of sightings of this mysterious naked man have been logged in throughout the Summer months. This is one of those times. Butt first… - Subject: Alert!

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New Year’s Honours 2015

Stuart Bruce

Tom Murphy @tpemurphy – I first ‘knew’ Tom by reading his PR blog, but didn’t meet him until 2005 when we both spoke at the UK’s first ever PR social media conference in 2005. Against all the odds in 2005 he held onto his seat, mainly because he was such a highly regarded local MP.

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Cider sip or cider slip? Would you let a politician endorse your brand?

Stephen Waddington

Prior to the 2005 election, Cornwall was Lib Dem yellow across the county, with one Labour constituency in Falmouth and Camborne. By 2015, the Conservatives won all six local seats. Whilst the politicians have much to gain by getting out and about to real communities, businesses and people, how do brands benefit?

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Color Clash: Pink or Purple?

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Kurtis Garbutt via Flickr, Creative Commons Kim, who runs the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV), asked what I thought was a valid question on her blog: where is all the purple? Kudos to you for using your blog to shine the light on domestic violence. <3 Or, at least, I thought I did. In other words, kinship.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

It is not something often said about mass communication, but it is so integral to our lives - and always has been - that it is easy to take the dissemination of information and its associated methods and tools for granted. Mass communication aims to meet these needs. There are even specialist social media communications marketers.

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