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When Brand Narratives Go Negative – And How to Know If an Exclusionary Strategy Is Right for Your Business 

Shift Communications

It is how they communicate with their vocabulary, attitude and the vibe that comes through with their visuals, advertising and customer experience. It is who they are and who they look to bring into their community. followers on Instagram and sales projected between $100-$300 million annually, with no advertising.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Stu Opperman, APR

Solo PR Pro

After a decade in radio, Stu was in the market for a professional life that offered more stability, and made the leap to PR pro, eventually working his way up the ranks at an advertising-dominant agency based in South Florida. Stu officially opened his firm in November of 2009 and has enjoyed being a solo PR pro ever since.

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Paid Social Media as Surround Sound in B2B Marketing; Off Script No. 39: Betsy Hindman of the Hindman Company

Sword and the Script

My employer launched a print magazine, website and social presence telling stories about health and community to business audiences, which is still going, BetterTennessee.com. BH: I worked with a Nashville-based PR agency that focuses on advertising agency PR. BH: In the world of B2B, paid social media is the only social media left.

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What U.S. Service Members Can Teach Us About Communications

PRSay

The program’s mission is to increase public understanding of national defense by giving American business and community leaders the opportunity to directly observe and engage with the U.S. Michael Cherenson, ARP, Fellow PRSA, is executive vice president, SCG Advertising + Public Relations, Parsippany, N.J. Department of Defense (DOD).

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PR Rock Stars: Medtronic’s Greg Zimprich

Communications Conversations

And finally, like most professional associations, we’re constantly battling for the time and attention of our members and the broader community of practice. During that time, Wheaties rarely had marketing budgets that would support advertising, so PR was the main brand driver. And how about 41-donut loss vs. the Giants.

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Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits

Waxing UnLyrical

Google Grants for Google AdWords Google offers $10,000 per month free advertising to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving the arts, education, health, science, technology, and volunteering. Examples of sites using Mobify include Boing Boing and A List Apart. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Get PR Measurement Off The Island

Waxing UnLyrical

Sure, it’s a lot easier to teach advertising value equivalencies and say that’s how to measure public relations efforts. If there’s one thing students and young PR pros should pay attention to, it’s learning new techniques to measure public relations efforts. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It!