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

ZudePR

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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#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. 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. bucketload.

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Careful, NOW.

Bad Pitch Blog

Books are worth discussing, since most are edited "from afar," where committees babble haughtily about plot or mis en scene or arc. A few years ago, a book by a current Wired "reporter" on how companies steal corporate secrets contained so many made-up words (Exon, as in Valdez) that I had to put it down.

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The Brainstorming Approach to Launching Your PR Campaign

Mora Communications

Whether you have a product, a service, a book, a film, or a work of art, if you present your pitch as a compelling story, you will garner media coverage. If you knew nothing about your company or business, what would make it interesting? Bring together a group of people you know, but who are not invested in or a part of your company.

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A critical review of Excellence Theory in an era of digital communication

Stephen Waddington

Four Models of Public Relation In 1984, James Grunig and Todd Hunt published the Four Models of Public Relations as part of their book Managing Public Relations.[i] The original creator of the message has no control over how a message passes through a network or how it is modified en route. Its response has been a formal rebuttal.

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Who talks to (and about) colleagues like that?

PR Conversations

One would hope that a similar consciousness of respect is at the heart of most corporate communications functions , particularly when companies are large enough to commit resources not just to HR but also staff (or a team) dedicated to internal communications.

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What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Social Media Marketing

MaccaPR

First, there’s no celebrity who understands how to connect en masse – seemingly authentically and intimately with millions of fans – as brilliantly as Swift. Fortune 1000 companies market as if being a thought leader means exuding Greek God-level certainty. Have you enabled comments on your company blog and YouTube channel?