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The Top 10 Books of 2016 (According to Zude)

ZudePR

I’ve read some corking books this year. And this book came up. Reading this book inspired me to write this blog post , which has been shared more than 1700 times on social media. #2: Quite simply the best marketing book I’ve ever read (and I’ve read a few). ” More than 100 books. Sign Up Now. #1:

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

One thing that’s clear: HARO and Shankman made an indelible impression on the PR professionals it served back in the day. It challenged PR pros everywhere to consider, what was at the time, a nascent opportunity for digital PR. Content picks PR consultant Michelle Garrett has a new book out: B2B PR that Gets Results.

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

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Have you always aspired to write a book? 5 Life and Work Sometimes Get in the Way #6 A Stem Forms #7 The Research Phase #8 Attending Writing School #9 Final Preparations #10 What First-Drafting a Book in 46 Days Looks Like #11 Tips on First-Drafting a Book by a First-Time (Self-Publishing) Author Next Steps Conclusion Codicil.

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Can a PR Software Vendor Provide “Guaranteed” Editorial Placements? [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Cision – the Swedish company that grew up making printed directories of media contacts – ought to have the institutional knowledge to know better than to call it as such. Here’s a roundup of other news and links from the world of PR technology. Notified adds coverage books. In fact, it’s not an editorial placement at all.

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Last Night a Blog Post Changed My Life

ZudePR

I devoured books as a child. Every Saturday I’d trot up the hill to my local village library, get kicked off the microfiche reader by the gorgeous librarian, and return home with a few books under my arm. And so it was with books. Books that stay with you long after you read them. So best book lists are my friend.

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Hey, Influencer, Will You Help Me Do These 10,000 Things?

Rock the Status Quo

I write for three specific reasons – to gain an audience to learn with, to do my part improving the PR industry through education, and to build an audience for my book. This is true for bloggers, media platforms, print publications – everyone who publishes any form of content. It’s missing “the why.”

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#SelfPub – Part 3: The RESET Style Guide

ZudePR

In this post, I share the alphabetised style/grammar guide, which I used to write and edit my soon-to-be-published book: RESET. Names of films and books that have entered the lexicon of the English language, and are used as shorthand to mean something else, are rendered lower-case. The book itself is still referred to as Catch-22.

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