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Public Relations Objectives

Doctor Spin

Building trust and credibility is another crucial objective of public relations. In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. Source: Public Relations Review 3 Turk, J. That’s marketing !

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Bad Pitches by the Pound

Bad Pitch Blog

We''ve started a Bad Pitch Buffet of sorts. recently announced they were planning to allow advertisers to place video ads on their vast network of websites. recently announced they were planning to allow advertisers to place video ads on their vast network of websites. It’s all you can eat folks. As you well know, Google Inc.

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Say No to Microwave Media Relations

Bad Pitch Blog

Your first introduction of a client to the media should not necessarily even be a pitch (there are always exceptions). Yeah, the Bad Pitch blog is always telling everyone to hurry up and wait. But keep in mind that heeding our mantra drastically cuts down the cycle time of your first, second and third pitch.

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Cut & Paste PR Spam

Bad Pitch Blog

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:54:22 -0400 To: prblog@yahoo.com From: " AGENCY " AGENCY@AGENCYNAME.com > Subject: News: NAME Joins AGENCY NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: FLACK NAME FLACK PHONE FLACK EMAIL NAME Joins AGENCY BETHESDA, MD- August 15, 2006- NAME has joined Bethesda, MD-based AGENCY as an Account Executive and Copy Writer.

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Junk Mail, Junk News

Bad Pitch Blog

For years, many COMPANY locations have relied on their local Valpak franchise to create and deliver advertising campaigns to area consumers. In 2006, over 17 million COMPANY savings offers were mailed to consumers through the familiar blue Valpak envelope. It won’t give you a hangover, but it won’t get you any media coverage either.

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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

Vocus had, in years prior, acquired brands including PRWeb for $28 million in 2006, Help a Reporter Out, aka HARO, for an undisclosed sum in 2010 , and iContact, for $169 million in 2012. As much as I believe in PR, and understand it’s potential, I’m also a realist: the biggest PR firms in the world are owned by advertisers.

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How to Get On in New Communications: Be Nice

ZudePR

Enlightened Self-Interest: The Pitch Email. “The rationale quickly bore fruit: an international platform to build and test my professional and personal reputation and value (add) to the evolving public relations-distinct profession, as well as to grow and build (international) relationships with like-minded individuals.