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Advertising vs Publicity

PR for Anyone

It’s the age-old question… what is more impactful to a business – advertising or publicity? 1 – publicity is free – advertising you pay for. #2 2 – publicity is someone else telling the world how great you are – advertising is you telling the world how great you are. #3

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sparked: A new kind of social media training program

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sparked is a social and digital media training program where real-world professionals who work from some of the Twin Cities largest brands and agencies are the professors. People like Jamie Kvamme from Polaris who will be teaching our class on social media advertising.

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Why is good social media training so hard to find?

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Google the phrase “Social media training Minneapolis.” In a nutshell, that describes my experience with social media training programs (or a lack thereof) in the Twin Cities. Social media advertising –potentially the biggest need of them all right now. For example, social advertising.

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Navigating Media At High-Profile Events

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And the biggest of these events – like the Cannes Advertising Festival, the Consumer Electronics Show, or the E3 Expo, attract equally high-profile media. Here are some tips to both landing media interviews and making sure they’re successful. For more on media training and brand messaging, check out this post.

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Why Publicity?

PR for Anyone

Watch this week’s PR Tip here: Everyone knows what advertising is but why should they consider publicity? With advertising, YOU direct the message and it’s pretty clear that that is the case because you are paying for it. So you have paid media and you have earned media. But why publicity is so valuable?

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6 Things Your PR Agency Can Do Beyond Media Relations

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Those seeking public relations services often pigeonhole it into media relations. Here are just a few: High-level media training. The best media training sessions train the entire team, starting at the top. For a real dash of schadenfreude, check out these examples of what not to do.

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PR Secrets For Scoring Great Media Coverage

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For example, a hot topic of late in the ad/tech world is the ire of major advertisers placed next to hate speech on YouTube and other sites. MediaRadar, which tracks advertising across the web, unearthed data showing that YouTube had lost 5% of its advertisers in the wake of the discovery.

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