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Getting an Edge; Why Your Elevator Speech is Crucial to Job Search

PR Job Coach

Writing and committing to memory a thirty second elevator speech is one of life’s most difficult tasks even if you are a communications professional. Grab your favorite beverage , writing instrument of choice, your favorite easy chair and a relaxed mindset. Here is an example of a powerful elevator speech from a former student. “I

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Beginner’s Guide to Blogging 6/10: The Telephone

Shift Communications

You simply write around it. The chemicals that give coffee its wonderful flavor degrade within a week, and become undrinkable inside of a month. It’s especially useful for challenger brands who want to challenge the status quo without giving any more overt attention to their dominant competitor.

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Avión Tequila “Health Claim” PR Snafu Part of Bigger Problem

PR Breakfast Club

The pitch offered cocktail recipes and sourced an American Chemical Society study that suggested agave could lower blood sugar, aid in weight loss and boost insulin production. Furthermore, is it okay for the brands to share the published alcohol studies on their Facebook and Twitter accounts?

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Burberry after its Burning Ban

Mindful Marketing

It has to do with building brands. BBC News says that over a five-year period, the brand scrapped products worth a total of about $121 million. Unfortunately, Burberry isn’t the only brand known for trashing its own inventory. Burberry has about 50 stores in the continental U.S.

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Why You Should Master The Art of Storytelling

Masters in Communications

As Harrison Monarth writes in The Harvard Business Review : Storytelling evokes a strong neurological response. Over two-thirds of marketing professionals responded that branded content is better than press releases, direct mail, or print advertising. The Business of Storytelling. RELATED : Is Media Bad or Good?

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Super BOLD Ads

Mindful Marketing

Ephrat Livni, writing for Pocket , further unpacks the essence of wit : “The wittiest among us are simply people who make unusual connections between words and ideas. ” A good example of Gen Z’s affinity for absurdity is the off-beat soap brand Dr. Squatch.

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Study: Big Companies Lag at Blogging, Social Media

Sword and the Script

No surprises here every brand has a Facebook page and is on “the Twitter.” The most active category of business in digital media, social or otherwise, tends to be retailers, followed by the regulated industries which the researchers categorize as chemicals, banks, utilities and mining/oil production.