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A telecom company holding a red carpet PR event? Verizon kinda pulled it off.

Communications Conversations

I’m no tech blogger, so I wasn’t going to blog about the event from that perspective. Get Verizon employees involved. Instead of hiring actors (or stand-ins) to showcase the Verizon products, they simply let their employees do it. I think now other employees would be anxious to be involved in future events!

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6 Ways To Use PR To Build Brand Marketing

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Earned coverage offers a credibility that can’t be matched by paid media like ads or “owned” content like company blog posts or creative social videos. In fact, employees can be both a rich source of stories and a powerful channel through which to tell them. That is another benefit that PR delivers very well.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

A long time McDonald’s employee who has Down Syndrome was celebrating her retirement, and we wanted to share the good news with her local community – both to show everything people with disabilities can take on, and that McDonald’s supports them. Travel Channel’s blog Roam , Felicia Feaster: Travel Gift Guide . “I Client: Blink.

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Masters in Marketing: Jeff Drew, fama PR

Mindful Marketing

He has developed communications strategies, managed internal teams and placed high-level business and technology coverage for companies in the semiconductor, services, security, cloud, wireless, enterprise software, marketing and consumer device industries. Explain what makes fama PR different and how do you attract employees?

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Anaheim Mayor Pitches American Idol?

Bad Pitch Blog

Cingular Wireless subscribers may text the word VOTE to the Text Messaging 4 digit number provided for Tucker. As the oldest city in Orange County, Anaheim covers 50 square miles, with more than 345,000 residents and 2,077 employees. Voting is open for two hours after the show''s conclusion. Seacrest-style.

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The Evolution of Event Marketing; Off Script #27: Mark Granovsky on Why Events are a Microcosm of Industry

Sword and the Script

Event marketing is now far more refined in terms of the science and data analysis enabled by all the technology advancements with mobile and wireless. If multiple employees from one company attend an event, we can aggregate data to discover what the company X contingent did collectively. They’re having experiences.

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Your audience with the public

Stephen Waddington

This is when telecom operators such as BT started to offer broadband to consumer users, and wireless networks appeared in public spaces. Blogging, Instagram, and YouTube are the most sophisticated for influencer identification and management, whereas other networks are at an earlier stage of development.