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In Memoriam: Craig Toyoki Miyamoto, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

He was also was president, Miyamoto Advertising/Public Relations, and executive vice president and principal, Miyamoto Strategic Counsel. The Chapter inducted him as a member of the PRSA Hawaii Hall of Fame in 2003. In retirement, he continued to counsel clients through his own firm. He served on the PRSA Board of Directors in 1997-98.

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ICON 2021 Recap: Drew Herdener on the Evolution of Amazon’s Comms Team

PRSay

When Drew Herdener joined Amazon in 2003, the company was evolving from its early successes as an online bookseller. That is traditionally the advertising and marketing function. In his role as a consumer PR manager, he was helping spread the word on new product groupings such as sporting goods and baby essentials. “In

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Email Newsletter Subscribers or Blog Subscribers: Which is Better?

Polaris

Back in 2003, I started HEADLINES and maintained it for 2 years. But interruptive marketing is also used to describe traditional TV and radio advertising, email sent to you without permission and unsolicited direct mail. “They interrupt people and they’re hard for most people to maintain. I’d rather have blog subscribers.”.

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The Now and No of Engaging LGBTQ Audiences

PRSay

Now: Expanding your advertising and marketing to include LGBTQ publications and communities year-round and hiring LGBTQ businesses for diverse tasks, not just your LGBTQ outreach. In 2003, he co-founded FH Out Front, the first global LGBTQ communications practice at an international PR firm (FleishmanHillard).

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How Agencies and In-House Teams Bring Out the Best in Each Other

Cision

In fact, nearly 60 percent of brands who are members of the Association of National Advertisers say they have in-house creative teams, which is an increase of about 18 percent over the past seven years. After leading successful direct programs at AOL, Tim Carr founded LIFT Agency in 2003 and serves as the chief lifter.

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Props Can Help a Message Sink In, or Sink the Message

PRSay

5, 2003, he held up a small vial to illustrate the amount of material that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. In the tweet to advertisers that he shared publicly, Musk said Twitter cannot become “a free-for-all hellscape” and that the platform “must be warm and welcoming to all.”).

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12 News Release Alternatives

Bad Pitch Blog

2) Advertising: Paid placement can be very useful if you want complete control of the message, including when it appears. The Vatican began doing this in 2003. So here are some alternatives to the much loved, abused and murdered news release. 3) News Story: Your job is far from over after the first editorial placement.