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Try This Writing Exercise to Kickstart Your Work Day

PRSay

I sit down with a notebook and a pen and I write down what’s in my head. Pretty soon the thoughts bouncing around my head are all on paper, and I can mentally relax and write what’s been going well and what I want to accomplish. I told my son that I don’t care if he remembers the difference between public relations and advertising.

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Use These Collaborative Exercises to Tone Your Idea Muscles

PRSay

Working in a firm where we create advertising, sales promotions, experiential events and digital campaigns, I see this ideation process play out firsthand on the walls of our agency. When you wake up, grab a cup of coffee or a glass of water and write down at least 10 ideas that come into your head.

Exercises 101
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Create a Content Hub that Drives PR Results

Cision

If not, complete the following exercise: Write down all of the questions you are asked in new business—aka sales—meetings. Write down all of the questions your customer service department is asked. Write down what your domain authority is, which is listed in the left-hand side of the box, right underneath your website’s URL.

Exercises 198
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Instagram introduces pinned posts, Facebook moves towards video and Twitter introduces long-form content

Prohibition

The increased character limit for tweets from 140 to 280 was monumental for Twitter, with users able to exercise more freedom. Twitter notes are currently in the testing phase with a small group of writers, through a ‘Twitter write’ composer tool. New rules for ‘TikTok made me buy it’ come into play.

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Discovering the Roadmap in Teaching Social Media

Deirdre Breakenridge

I remember thinking how wonderful it would be if there was a book that provided not only additional resources on how we can create assignments, exercises, or exercises, but really showed you what you need to know to teach social media. This class is unlike others in PR, Marketing, and even Advertising classes.

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A PR Wish List For Holiday 2017

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It also provides opportunity for those just starting out in the business to flex their writing muscles. That’s why we want to see junior staffers working hard to improve basic writing skills – expanding beyond press releases and pitches – to master blog posts, bylined articles, video scripts, speeches and more.

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PR Goal-Setting For 2018

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Some still use Advertising Equivalency to evaluate coverage, but the industry deems AVE a less than substantive measurement in most cases. Another way to plan for the coming year is to prioritize certain PR-driven initiatives or tactics and write the budget around those key elements. Talk through these goals first.

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