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P.T. Barnum: “There’s No Such Thing as Bad Publicity”

Doctor Spin

“There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” Let’s go: Table of Contents “There’s No Such Thing as Bad Publicity” Is Bad Publicity Actually … Good? Barnum was a 19th-century American showman, entrepreneur, and politician known for his larger-than-life personality and uncanny ability to capture the public’s imagination.

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5 Pitch Ideas For PR Pros When There Is No News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR pros have been “newsjacking” for decades but it wasn’t until 2011 that David Meerman Scott penned the term. Recently, we sent out a pitch offering our client LiveIntent , to discuss the importance of local newspapers and their email newsletters amid changes due to COVID-19. Use the news that’s already breaking.

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Meet the Media: Seth Clevenger, Managing Editor for Features at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’m Seth Clevenger, managing editor for features at Transport Topics , a weekly newspaper and multimedia outlet dedicated to covering trucking and the freight transportation industry. Later that year I moved to Smyrna, Delaware, for my first full-time journalism job at a local newspaper that was part of a small family-owned chain at the time.

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2 Enduring Strategies for These Content-Saturated Times

PRSay

You could optimize a news release, and Google News indexed it just the same as an article from a real newspaper! 2011 — Facebook follower numbers seemed to grow on their own. Then in 2012 they took the company public and revenue actually mattered. People were actively looking for Facebook pages to “like.”

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The Silicon Valley Watcher to publish on PressPage

Presspage

In May 2004, Tom Foremski became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper, the Financial Times, to become a full-time journalist blogger. As its founder, and Chief Editor, Foremski, closely followed PressPage’s development since meeting its founders in 2011. Press release!

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A Focus on History: Q&A With Former White House Photographer Pete Souza

PRSay

Souza captured some of the most iconic images of the Obama presidency, including the photo of the president and his national security team in the Situation Room receiving live updates during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in May 2011. But I remember cutting pictures from the newspaper and Scotch-taping them to my closet door.

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Facebook’s Current Woes Symptomatic of Raging Content Saturation

PRSay

But their current struggle is emblematic of a public relations truth that transcends time: There is no channel or platform that will persist as a “silver bullet” long enough for you to make it your career. You could optimize a news release, and Google News indexed it just the same as an article from a real newspaper!