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PR vs. Advertising: What’s the difference?

5W PR

When most people hear about PR and advertising, they assume it’s roughly the same thing. The starkest difference between them is that advertising is controlled media. P R is also much cheaper than advertising – a fraction of the cost. PR is a fraction of the cost of advertising. However, that’s where the similarity ends.

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Critical Mention Announces Ten Straight Months of Record Bookings

Critical Mention

NEW YORK — Critical Mention, the leading earned media measurement and monitoring platform, today announced 10 consecutive months of record new bookings. Beginning in Q4 of FY2018 and continuing into Q3 of FY2019 the company surpassed a number of significant bookings milestones and is poised for further growth.

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Super Bowl LVIII — Record Viewership, the Ads and the Taylor Effect: February Roundup

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Viewership History is Made CBS’ broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday was the most-watched television event in US history, according to Nielsen figures — with 123.4 To put it in perspective, this year’s big game was the most-watched US television broadcast since the moon landing. and Jermaine Dupri.

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Public Relations Review

PR for Anyone

Did you invent a new product, write a book, or win an award? Also, think about on television when they say, “Coming up next…” That is a hook. The television stations need people to stay and watch the commercials. Those are their sponsors and they pay for the advertising. Make your business newsworthy. Permalink

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How to Get in Magazines

PR for Anyone

Gift guides of most national magazines are fully booked by July 1st. These calendars are actually designed for potential advertisers to know what is going to be covered in the magazine in a particular month. If you are the author of a business book and you see that in September, Forbes. So how do you get in magazines?

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Borrowing Trust: The Surprising New Marketing Role of Citizen Influencers

Cision

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. . In my book The Content Code, I refer to this group as the “Alpha Audience” and I contend that this elite group is the bedrock of your business. In the 1920s, Charlie Chaplin and Babe Ruth became the first celebrity advertisers.

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Maxim Behar for “24 Chasa": "PR crisis management became routine"

Maxim Behar

We were about thirty enthusiasts, PR, marketing and advertising specialists, mainly from Europe, but obviously there was a need to gather at a high level, because in just three years we were already 250 people from all over the world and the forum created its own life, again in Davos. What are the global trends in communications?