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PR Tips and Hacks for a Small Business

The Proactive Report

I was invited to be a panelist on the DesignHill webinar about PR for small businesses today. In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” Every small business owner is concerned about the bottom line.

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Advertising vs Publicity

PR for Anyone

It’s the age-old question… what is more impactful to a businessadvertising or publicity? Both are needed in business but which one is most valuable? 1 – publicity is free – advertising you pay for. #2 So, advertising versus publicity…which one do you think is worth more?

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Reputation Risk Insurance: Exercise Your Protection

Reputation Us

The most common include: Liability insurance: Most business liability insurance policies include coverage for libel or slander lawsuits and advertising injury, which could occur from false or offensive information in marketing materials. These are often related to the personal and advertising injury coverage portion of a policy.

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Google’s Primer App – Quick Lessons on PR and Marketing

Shift Communications

With the advent of new technologies for the public relations, marketing and advertising industries, it can be hard for a new business or solo entrepreneur to know where to get started and what the current best practices should be. There’s no magic wand that does the hard work for anyone.

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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 and I understand, advertising is important to all of us. But why publicity is so valuable?

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7 Social Media Trends that came into play in January 2021

Prohibition

The update provides extensive training for users on LinkedIn ad tools through video courses that cover a variety of topics such as; how to use LinkedIn ads, effective ad targeting, how to improve lead generation whilst also covering how to report on analytics. Twitter acquired newsletter platform Revue.

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Social Media Education: Q&A with the CEO of the National Institute for Social Media (NISM)

Deirdre Breakenridge

Today, NISM works with training partners, companies, and individuals to build a community around social media education, training, community, and assessment. Typically marketing, communications, PR, advertising or related professionals would benefit from our certification process and our ongoing education programs.