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Back to School! 3 Solo PR Pros on Becoming an Adjunct Instructor

Solo PR Pro

My first adjunct position was at Texas Christian University, teaching PR Writing. After I moved to Mississippi, I started teaching at Tulane’s Biloxi campus in 2006. Courses taught: Principles of Public Relations, Public Relations Writing, Communications Ethics, Media Relations, Campaigns (graduate program).

Education 107
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Say No to Microwave Media Relations

Bad Pitch Blog

So remember media relations moves faster and more effectively after the ramp up and source filing stages of a strategic media relations campaign. From: Greg Brooks Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:49 AM To: ''Betsy Cummings'' Betsy, long time no talk! Brooks was following up on this Profnet lead. No worries.

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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. The writing sucks and the reason they sent it to Susan Getgood sucks.

Local 40
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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

Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. 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. Image credit: Pixabay.

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How to Get On in New Communications: Be Nice

ZudePR

“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. “Writing makes me aware. “How?

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Retrevo’s Good ‘n Plenty Pitch

Bad Pitch Blog

She does not ask me to write about Retrevo, she merely asks me to credit them for the content. Because I have a background in broadcast communications, I know what it takes to write a story, shoot a video, edit and work under deadline. How does a long line of pitches following the same formula get you a good pitch seal of approval?