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#SelfPub – Part 3: The RESET Style Guide

ZudePR

A neat trick is to search for the word on Google then cut and paste into your Word/Google document as plain text.). Two en dashes should be used mid-sentence either side of an emphatic comment from the author. Brackets can also be used at the end of sentences, in the same way en dashes are used above. Avoid these words.

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Death to the RFP

Shift Communications

A few years ago provocateur Tom Foremski wrote a blog post titled “ Die! And SHIFT fortunately has a great track record of clearing the RFP hurdle en route to the pitch (95 percent, I’d say). The thing is, we get invited to participate in the RFP process based on our well-documented track record in both traditional and social media.

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17 Tips for Building a Kick-Butt, Wildly Successful PR Career

MaccaPR

In two previous MaccaPR blog posts, you’ve bathed in career advice from such public relations luminaries as Honeywell’s Greg Zimprich, Fast Horse founder Jorg Pierach, Lola Red’s Alexis Walsko [Read Part One] , Explore Minnesota’s Alyssa Ebel and Haberman agency CEO Fred Haberman [Read Part Two]. Become legendary for your integrity.

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How I 1st-Drafted an 87,000-Word Self-Help Book over 46 Days in 2018*

ZudePR

I’d been business blogging since early 2014, and diligently sending out helpful stuff to my email list subscribers since early 2015. (I My blogging had become more ambitious and I’d written a few unconventional influencer posts that had gone down well. This blog post showed me another way. It’s June 2016.

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Who talks to (and about) colleagues like that?

PR Conversations

And even though employee “advocacy” is a new term used for programmed engagement, “activating” staff or encouraging their ”gamification” move them in “social” speak to a new type of en masse command-and-control that is downright creepy. Needing to explain the specific context behind the communication of this Message.