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The Death of the Press Release.

Maxim Behar

1906–2007 The one-time ubiquitous emblem of classic PR, the press release, has technically been dead for a while now. An admittedly arbitrary but still plausibly precise date pinpointing the press release’s death might be November 6, 2007 — the day when Facebook launched its then vastly obscure, and today vastly dominant, Facebook Pages.

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Pitches That Placed: How to Pitch Travel + Leisure

OnePitch

Travel + Leisure reaches “more than 16 million travelers every month, and our team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, see, and explore.” Let’s see why this pitch worked: Let’s take a look at the actual pitch that placed: . Subject line: St.

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Prediction: 50% of media relations positions will be eliminated in 10 years

Communications Conversations

But, look how much has changed in 10 years (keep in mind, in 2007, the iPhone was invented). daily newspapers (print and digital) fell 8% in 2016–the 28th consecutive year of declines. FACT: Local media continues to struggle as well. The 10 pm local news. Sure, mainstream media still have huge reach today.

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Putting PR on the Table for Minority Students

PRSay

Like Thomas, I began my freshman year in 2007 at Midwestern State University already knowing that I wanted to major in Mass Communication. However, I noticed something concerning in my professors, internship supervisors and the professionals in our local organizations. Cambria’s PR Story. Where was everyone else in this industry?

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My recent interview with Vuelio

Norton's Notes

My name is Chris Norton, I am the founder and managing director of Prolific North’s small PR Agency of the year Prohibition and have been blogging about PR, technology and social media marketing since back in 2007. I used to measure my subscribers really closely, back when I started in 2007 I used to use tools such as Feedburner.

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Football & Giving: San Diego’s Biggest Losses

The Stalwart Blog

My best friend and I purchased playoff tickets to the Chargers vs. Patriots game on January 14, 2007. Consider all of the local nonprofits the organization aided. While we’re likely losing our team, my hope is that other local organizations, big or small, will step up and find ways to give back and help those in need in 2016.

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How to Build Trust Ethically and Effectively – Roy Reid

Ethical Voices

He wanted to be utilizing, for lack of a better term, and this will certainly date me, op-eds in a local newspaper to try and besmirch their competition. I wrote a program back in 2007 that I started using as a means to help our clients understand why the important investment in trust pays off, not only in the short term but in the long term.

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