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Press Releases aren’t Dead but Maybe Press Release Distribution Is

Sword and the Script

Similarly, I read the Wall Street Journal, and there are plenty of people that do not. For example, in 2010 or so, a decent press release could create an impressive digital footprint, search engine visibility and drive substantive referral traffic. Other readers liked these related posts: Is Media Relations Getting Harder?

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What I Learned From NOT Blogging

Journalistics

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. As both a journalism and PR purist, I was passionate about exploring topics from both sides of the table (a byproduct of my education in PR and Journalism).

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What I Learned From NOT Blogging

Journalistics

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. As both a journalism and PR purist, I was passionate about exploring topics from both sides of the table (a byproduct of my education in PR and Journalism).

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The Top 10 Books of 2016 (According to Zude)

ZudePR

All the reviews below were featured in my irregular reading list email: I issued seven in 2016. 1: Deep Work: Rules for Focused (Sic) Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (2016) £10.49. P.S. Cialdini brought out a follow-up book in September 2016. I’ve started a very specific gratitude journal. Sign Up Now.

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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. Cision acquires Gorkana , a UK-based provider of media intelligence and news. Sources: Crunchbase , Wall Street Journal , PRWeek , GlobeNewsWire ).