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Ricky Gervais is right (and wrong) about the local paper

Prakkypedia

After several grumpy episodes interviewing local people about their so-called “stories”, Ricky’s character has an epiphany. He says ‘ everybody deserves to be in their local paper’ at least once in their lives. So when your employees are interviewed, and their quotes or images appear in the media, it can give them a real morale boost.

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How to Make Facebook a Career Book

PR Job Coach

The revelation that companies are asking potential employees for Facebook passwords got me thinking about how Facebook has rapidly evolved as both diary and biography. Given the addition of timeline to Facebook’s configuration, people on the hunt would do well to make Facebook work for them instead of the converse.

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Are employee social advocacy programs at direct odds with your personal brand?

Communications Conversations

Employee social advocacy programs are having a moment. Companies like Starbucks, Reebok and Humana (just to name a few) have implemented employee social advocacy programs over the last few years. Companies like Starbucks, Reebok and Humana (just to name a few) have implemented employee social advocacy programs over the last few years.

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Brands Bring Substance To COVID-19 Response

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Most have learned from early mistakes or half-measures and have designed campaigns that make a positive impact for employees, customers, and communities. Quite a few launched ad campaigns recognizing their own employees. Facebook, meanwhile is dramatically expanding its Community Help feature to address the pandemic.

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The sit-down restaurant chains making headlines in 2023

NewsWhip

Much of this coverage came from local publications, but interestingly only one of the top pieces of local coverage was based in the Pennsylvania area, showing that local stories can resonate even outside of the communities they directly affect if they have a common, recognizable theme. engagements on Facebook and Twitter.

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Apple’s iPhone gets an Olivia Rodrigo-inspired close-up in September’s top brand coverage

NewsWhip

In the past we’ve looked specifically at earned media coverage, but we thought to ourselves hey, since we have data on Facebook, Instagram, X, Reddit, and others just sitting there in the dashboard we’ve already created for this, we may as well put it to good use, right?

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PRSA Chair T. Garland Stansell on Communicating During the Coronavirus Outbreak

PRSay

Organizations are continuing to examine how their employees, operations, stakeholders and communities may be impacted. There are several local and national agencies with the experience and expertise with the coronavirus, and they have assembled a wealth of information to explain what is happening in real-time,” Stansell said. “It