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The Death of the Press Release.

Maxim Behar

Whether you are the end reader or reporting major news for tomorrow’s newspaper doesn’t matter. You may have noticed that with the advent of Web 1.0 and the rise of news sites on the World Wide Web, the “press release” got a bit of a makeover as a “news release.” There’s an earthquake?

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Bad News About Ink: an open letter to clients

Bad Pitch Blog

While Web media may be winner in time spent (often with audiences larger than those antiquated brethren several times over), many of you clients somehow still think ink is king and online is a bastard red-headed stepchild. Embrace the Web! Available 2/11/09.

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7 Lessons Every Marketer Can Learn From The CrossFit Instagram Crisis

MaccaPR

Amidst the hurricane of PR catastrophes this past year – from H & M’s racist “Biggest Monkey in the Jungle” debacle, Papa John’s CEO attacking the NFL and Uber’s parade of scandals to United Airlines’ nose-breaking, tooth-shattering attack on a passenger, the Oscar “Best Picture is.Oops!” Facebook page ) and.

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Ahrefs: An SEO Tool PR Can Use to Outsmart the Competition [Product Review]

Sword and the Script

1) Web alerts and client mentions. The overall rating is ranking compares the backlink profile of one site, to an estimate of all the other sites on the web. For example, this site ranks well for creative PR and PR ideas, because for a time, I wrote quite a few posts along those lines and some made rounds on the web.

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Future of PR and social media for International Air Transport Association crisis communications conference

Stuart Bruce

But why be afraid of big government when we freely provide our life story to social networks and give up our privacy to airlines in return for a bribe of a few more air miles. We can tap into the wisdom of the web and discover what people really think, rather than what opinion formers and influencers tell us. She will be media neutral.