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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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What Are the New Rules of Marketing and PR?

wiredPRworks

In 2007, David mentioned my fledgling blog wiredPRworks in his book, “ The New Rules of Marketing and PR.”. Thanks to David for writing the book, including me in the first one – such an honor!, Released in 2007, The New Rules of Marketing and PR landed six months on the BusinessWeek bestseller list. Facebook [link].

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5 Celebrities That Are Crushing it on Social Media

Critical Mention

Her fans love getting her unfiltered thoughts and uncensored selfies through her social media channels, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Rihanna holds one of the top spots on Facebook and is also one of the most viewed stars on YouTube. . When she’s not writing, you can find her at music festivals, hiking or snowboarding.

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I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

Consider how much time and money you and your team spend performing repetitive marketing tasks such as: creating social media updates, writing blog posts, personalizing emails, developing advertising copy, managing digital media spend, optimizing web pages, testing creatives, and extracting insights from analytics. Growing smarter.

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PR: Less Elitist Than Ever

Maxim Behar

Instead, he would have been saving money to run an ad in the local newspaper or on local radio, or he would have been trying to befriend some local journalist and chug a couple of tequila shots with him in the bar to get him to write something about his business. Now, it has over 2 billion, plus a great variety of new functions and options.

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How my social media journey has changed the last 12 years

Communications Conversations

In the meantime, I wanted to write. I don’t recall why or when I started on Twitter (Frank Strong reminded me in 2016 that I started with the tweet below in 2007), but I do recall the transformative effect it had on me. Earlier than that, I knew all about Facebook, obviously. 3-Facebook. It was a creative outlet.

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Instagram Is the Rihanna of Social Networks

Cision

Unlike U2, she doesn’t write all of her songs. The writing and co-writing credits on Rihanna’s albums are a venerable “who’s who” in the music industry: Kanye West, Sia, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z, Timbaland and even Paul McCartney. percent (60 times Facebook’s engagement rate of.07

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