Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

Are you prepared for a PR crisis? Whether it’s a product recall, staff injury becoming public news or something else entirely, a PR crisis can happen to any business. Businesses of all shapes and sizes can fall victim to a PR crisis at any time. So often, these events come as a complete surprise. What is a PR Crisis?

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Norton's Notes

MAY 13, 2015

His business focuses on delivering results through an integrated mix of digital and traditional PR and marketing channels – so very much like myself and my agency Prohibition. Arik is an award-winning communicator and has nearly 20 years experience in marketing, communications and PR. pm: Work on a blog post for tomorrow.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Other times, it meant being a guest on my blog or the podcast. Lesson #5 – Learned that relationships are a mix of digital + in-person. She quickly became a popular speaker on PR and social media topics. Most people can write. Sometimes, this meant inviting them to be a part of the mastermind groups I manage.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve often thought about writing down why exactly it is that I love Amplify, but never got around to doing it. You can set up your own blog. Just like Posterous, you can use Amplify as your primary blogging platform, as well as auto-post to your own blog. Ah, but does the image accompanying your blog post show up?

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Bad Pitch Blog

JANUARY 25, 2007

A year ago Kevin Dugan called me and said let’s try to fight the laziness of people in PR and make us all work harder to improve. The two billion blogs that feature talking heads blathering on about themselves are useless. Sometimes people would just write me to say STOP THE MADNESS. I''m a little wistful. I thought, yeah let’s.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face January 7th, 2011 Tweet Tell me when Last April, I was approached to speak at a PR conference targeted to health care professionals by a former vendor.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 4, 2017

If you’re reading this blog, chances are you work in the PR or digital marketing industries. “How to write engaging B2B headlines: Analysis of 10 million articles shared on LinkedIn.” It’s also research I feel like I’ve seen about 145 times in the last 3-5 years. ” YES!

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

This blog published about 60 new posts in 2018. 1) Breaking Down the Results from the 2018 PR Salary Survey; Are You Earning What you are Worth? The median salary for a PR professional in early 2018 was $95,000, according to an annual salary survey by PR Week. 5) New Study: Should Brands Take a Public Stand on Politics?

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Buzzstream

MAY 19, 2022

I set out trying to write a post about creating a successful survey campaign from start to finish. For some in the digital PR space, this will get deeper into SEO and keyword research than you have before. Sometimes your industry might be such a niche that it doesn’t have links even though others are writing about the topic.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 30, 2018

7 Tips on Writing the Perfect Welcome Email. Whether you are posting on social media, writing a blog post, or commenting on another thread, the impression that people get of you and your business will stick. Without further ado, here are 7 tips to writing the best welcome email. Everyone likes free stuff.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Predictions reflect facts, experience, and often a bit of hope for the future. As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 19, 2014

Welcome to the next installment of Solo PR Pro’s Tool School series ! Most of the tools listed here are free, though some are paid and a couple (noted with an asterisk*) are affiliate links that earn Solo PR Pro a commission, which help support the operations of Solo PR Pro if you purchase through them (my techie guru thanks you!

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Every year, a handful of PR 20/20 team members head to Content Marketing World ( #CMWorld ) hosted in our very own Cleveland, Ohio. All too often, we hear that our audiences don’t have time to read the blog posts, ebooks or emails we create. In fact, more than 50% of purchases are made primarily by word of mouth. Same is lame.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

There’s a critical component to any content marketing or communications strategy that is commonly undervalued: the quality of writing. For some, writing is intimidating and challenging. When you’re writing a blog post, or any long-form content, a conclusion presents the opportunity to give your reader with takeaways.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 3, 2016

In fact, 69% of on-demand views occur more than 10 days after the event,” according to MarketingProfs. 5 Ways to Get More out of B2B Webinars. Create a roundup blog posts that curates all events for the month. A good content marketer can get several blog post ideas out of a single webinar Q&A session.

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ZudePR

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Reading this book inspired me to write this blog post , which has been shared more than 1700 times on social media. #2: Their lasting power lies in the fresh, imaginative, daring, surprising storytelling of their creators. Speak, write, blog, tweet, make videos — whatever. Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Despite the fact that the application process was clearly outlined on our website (and anywhere else the job descriptions were posted), I can’t tell you how many emails and resumes I received directly from applicants. Never mind the fact that a) it wasn’t the job they were interviewing for (hello!)

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

November 18th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Seth Duncan As a researcher in the PR industry, I couldn’t be more excited about some of the advances I’ve seen around automation in media measurement over the past several years. I don’t know why marketers and PR professionals would want to do the same thing to their brands.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I was clueless about the world of Digital PR and what it entailed – until I landed in the industry myself. Unlike its traditional PR counterpart, Digital PR is also conducted with SEO in mind and one of the key aims of outreach is to gain linked coverage on online news publications. What is the purpose of Digital PR?

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PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

But the basic principles of great PR are simple, because they’re based on common sense. Here are some great tips, thoughts about bosses and clients, and even the challenge of a one-sentence release: 5 Ways to Become a Better Press Release Writer. Writing just might be the most important skill you can have.

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The Stalwart Blog

APRIL 26, 2020

If you’ve been watching any of the local media, you know that PR crises can take place. He is a crisis PR expert, a friend of mine for many years. He has a PR security systems business down in San Diego. I’ve been in the PR business for about 25 years. His name is Dave Oates. Dave Oates: Sure.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

January 26th, 2011 Tweet What’s the buzz, tell me what’s happening Yesterday’s social media storm-in-the-making (or so it seems to me) was about the fact that Facebook can now turn your “likes&# into ads. Mark as read Approve comment I am annoyed but not surprised for many reasons like and others mentioned.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

That’s not surprising given the high engagement rate webinars tend to earn. In fact, an astonishing 69% of views come more than 10 days later. In fact, an astonishing 69% of views come more than 10 days later. This becomes a theme or column for a monthly blog post. Jeff Perkins (@jeffperkins8) December 7, 2016.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Pitches can make or break a PR campaign. You could have a contact list brimming with journalists, and a potentially-viral campaign, but if you hit send on a flat pitch don’t be surprised if you fail to get opens or coverage. You’ll be surprised how easily you can miss an error! It’s as simple as that. You get the gist.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Ah, the “boring press release” — we’ve all read them, and most of us are guilty of writing one. Blog Posts. Yes, I’m talking about blogging. Blogging is no longer an experimental trend that might be a waste of time. No, there is overwhelming evidence that shows maintaining a blog yields business results.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

And yes, her skill with traditional PR – as the singer dominated the covers of Rolling Stone, Vogue and People , along with broadcast interviews from “Ellen” to “Good Morning America” – plays a part in her volcanic success. Is Taylor really composing every tweet, writing every post and personally popping each image online?

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Ah, the “boring press release” — we’ve all read them, and most of us are guilty of writing one. Blog Posts. Yes, I’m talking about blogging. Blogging is no longer an experimental trend that might be a waste of time. No, there is overwhelming evidence that shows maintaining a blog yields business results.

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Infographics Case Study Video Survey 72

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to the first PR technology summary ( PR tech sum ) of 2020. For those new to it, the PR tech sum, it’s a monthly roundup of all the news coming from the vendor community that develops and sells PR technology. There’s a PR tech question in there too! And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary….

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