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A telecom company holding a red carpet PR event? Verizon kinda pulled it off.

Communications Conversations

I say “unique” because it was pitched as a red carpet event where Verizon would show off its latest holiday technologies and gadgets. Get Verizon employees involved. Instead of hiring actors (or stand-ins) to showcase the Verizon products, they simply let their employees do it. Make the red carpet fun!

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A Marketing Approach to Prove PR Value; Off Script No. 45: Stacey Miller of The Auto Care Association

Sword and the Script

Internally, we were faced with disparate technology systems and metrics that made it hard to create a baseline and goals for our team. 4) Before Auto Care, you worked for a PR technology vendor. We also both create technology platforms and products that are vital to the day-to-day of our clients. employees in the U.S. –

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Masters in Marketing: Jeff Drew, fama PR

Mindful Marketing

Throughout his career, Jeff Drew has led communications programs for a variety of public and privately-held high-technology, healthcare and public policy organizations. We represent public companies, innovative start-ups and every type of technology company in between. 3) You specialize in technology.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

A long time McDonald’s employee who has Down Syndrome was celebrating her retirement, and we wanted to share the good news with her local community – both to show everything people with disabilities can take on, and that McDonald’s supports them. Taylor Smith, Account Manager. Client: Blink. Cassandra Faro, Account Executive. Client: Blink.

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My Business Is 20 Years Old! 20 Lessons for Longevity

Solo PR Pro

I saw some businesses treat their employees and vendors with respect during this time, and many others that didn’t. In 1995, the first entirely computer-animated film, Toy Story , made a splash; OJ Simpson was on trial for murder; Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette won Album of the Year at the Grammys; and Crane Communications was born.

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The Evolution of Event Marketing; Off Script #27: Mark Granovsky on Why Events are a Microcosm of Industry

Sword and the Script

While most of us take conference registrations, badge scanning, and conference apps for granted as attendees, there’s a lot more to the underlying technology. And that’s how G2Planet got started in creating technology platforms to manage marketing events. Nearly two decades later, co-founded Mark Granovsky is still at it.

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Your audience with the public

Stephen Waddington

This is when telecom operators such as BT started to offer broadband to consumer users, and wireless networks appeared in public spaces. Automation Technology is useful to make sense of data and create content for the internet, but you can’t and shouldn’t ever automate a conversation. Content must be authentic.