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Three cardinal rules of PR that Adidas broke with Kanye West

NewsWhip

In the days immediately following, West unleashed a torrent of anti-Semitic comments on social media, culminating in his appearance on Drink Champs, a hip-hop community podcast on October 16, where he said: “I can say anti-Semitic things, and Adidas can’t drop me. Adidas shouldn’t have signed West in 2013. Now what?” .

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Q&A With Laurie Paolone, Founder of HashAtIt.com, The Hashtag Search Engine

Deirdre Breakenridge

From the popular community tweet chats to the breaking news and trending hashtag topics, these aggregated conversations certainly have captured our attention. So, I started thinking about it in September 2013 and the more I thought about the idea the more I liked it. New hashtags are surfacing every day. I am also a huge fan of MMA.

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The Power of the African-American Audience

Beyond PR

Communications professionals are aware of the importance of targeting, for example, the considerable number of Hispanics who prefer to consume media in Spanish. Is there a reason to specifically target this community? percent in 2013 and exceeding the numbers for both whites and Hispanics. A Connected And Engaged Community.

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Are we really on the right side of the digital divide?

Communications Conversations

According to a 2013 Pew Internet study , only 46 percent of Americans 65 and older had access to a smart phone and broadband internet in 2013. I love reading all the different perspectives we see online each day about marketing, politics, religion and our communities. ” Who’s on the other side? Rural folks, too.

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8 Questions with Syracuse University’s Sports Legend, Michael Veley

Critical Mention

We left an AM radio station in Syracuse that had been the “Voice of the Orange” for over 50 years. However, we had 48 hours to create and host a championship celebration in the Carrier Dome to honor the team, and then, coordinate a major downtown parade, pep rally and community-wide tribute less than two days later.

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Relations with customers and prospects

PR Conversations

In serialising chapters from the 1948 book Your Public Relations since October 2013, I have been struck by the relevance of the authors’ thinking and practice, often in total contrast to arguments that PR today is more strategic than in the past. Press and radio publicity. Community service. Customer services.

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Relations with customers and prospects

PR Conversations

In serialising chapters from the 1948 book Your Public Relations since October 2013, I have been struck by the relevance of the authors’ thinking and practice, often in total contrast to arguments that PR today is more strategic than in the past. Press and radio publicity. Community service. Customer services.

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