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Thanksgiving and Black Friday bring Target the most brand coverage in November

NewsWhip

This year, Target CEO Brian Cornell released a statement reflecting on the decision to keep stores closed every Thanksgiving Day, naming employees and their families as the key reason. The singer celebrated the release of his debut solo album with an exclusive interview on Apple Music, and the post received nearly 2 million views.

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Wrap Up Post from Issues Management Workshop at #CPRS2014

Melissa Agnes

It also presents risks of viralization and losing very public control. However, as we saw with the case of Phonedog vs. Kravitz there is risk in allowing employees to tweet from their own accounts, or tweet from accounts that have their name + your organization’s name in the handle.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

“PR people often talk about ideas to make news go viral, but there is no way to predict or plan for when something will be a hit. So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market.

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5 Business Press Hits & The PR Strategy Behind Them

Shift Communications

A CEO who gives his employees $2,000 to go on vacation says people are more productive than ever , Business Insider. A brief mention in a local blog, where client SteelHouse’s $2,000 vacation stipend was referenced, immediately struck me as PR gold. This Business Insider article was a matter of that.

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Asda newsdesk story discovery supports authentic PR engagement

Stephen Waddington

By Tony Cuthbertson In any organisation there are thousands of inspiring day-to-day stories waiting to be discovered in the conversations and interactions between their customers and employees. But how do PR teams go about the task of tracking down, developing and sharing these genuine stories? In most cases they don’t.

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30 Pragmatic Marketing and PR Predictions for 2020

Sword and the Script

Note: see my interview with Tom here – Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script No. Note: see my interview with Sophie here – The Interim CMO as Change Agent; Off Script #19: Sophie Shiatis. Note: see my interview with Ted here – Over-reliance on Marketing Automation Depreciates Leads; Off Script No.

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6 Awesome Examples of How To Leverage Corporate History in Brand Storytelling

MaccaPR

Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. Your corporate story can prove that sound business decisions have been made along the way, pay respect to your employees, build goodwill, and demonstrate long-lasting corporate strength. Source: Maccabee.com ). Source: GNP Company).