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The Death of the Press Release.

Maxim Behar

An admittedly arbitrary but still plausibly precise date pinpointing the press release’s death might be November 6, 2007 — the day when Facebook launched its then vastly obscure, and today vastly dominant, Facebook Pages. You get on Twitter and Facebook and learn the latest. After all, press releases are still in circulation.

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Shep Gordon: “Make Parents Angry”

Doctor Spin

Image: Alice Cooper’s Facebook Page ) Gordon was instrumental in developing Cooper’s shock-rock persona, using outrageous stunts and controversial events to generate publicity and build Cooper’s brand. Make parents angry!” — Shep Gordon, talent manager and film agent 5 Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon. 3 SickThingsUK.

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The Complete Guide to PR Stunts

5W PR

Newspapers, commercials and billboards aren’t ineffective, but these days the Internet spreads ideas the quickest. If the association or business already has a social media presence on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, that’s a good place to start. You want the stunt at the top of their to do / to watch list.

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Behind the Headlines With Neil McAllister

Cision

Media outlets are all too aware of the growing number of people who say their primary source of news headlines is not the front page, but Facebook or Twitter. I’m a big film buff; and talk about a good storyteller. My daily newspaper of choice is…newspaper? Or maybe the director William Friedkin.

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Maxim Behar in The Career show podcast

Maxim Behar

You can't do that sort of thing in a newspaper or on TV. My dad had sent me to learn the language at the local Community center and I knew only how to greet and say goodbye to people, but I still told him that I knew how to speak. Host: Then in those years when you were in the plant you made your first newspaper? Maxim: Yes.

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

MaccaPR

You’re scrolling through Facebook and your past posts - with images recalling a five-year-old inside joke, best friend’s wedding, or favorite family vacation at the lake - spark memories that come flooding back like it was yesterday. The archive indexes papers from 1980 back to the paper's founding in 1851. How To Tell Your Corporate History.

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9 Little Stories from a One Time Public Relations Gig with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Sword and the Script

The elephants were in full dress and didn’t disappoint the many local news station cameras that came out to film the event. Calling the local police and saying a tiger was on the loose in the neighborhood. The final few miles to the historic DC Armory, where the show would be held for a week or so was done on foot.