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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. When Verizon pitched me initially on this event, I was kinda perplexed. Why not open the list up to all sorts of local “influencers? Get Verizon employees involved.

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Power to the People

PR Breakfast Club

It takes a special environment to enable employees to promote their ideas both internally and to the editors and others being pitched. It is critical that employees feel that they belong to the organization, not in the sense of possession, but in the sense of belonging to a club or feeling valued. Creativity. Team Spirit.

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30 Pragmatic Marketing and PR Predictions for 2020

Sword and the Script

21, 2019, the New York Times published a story, “With Local News in Retreat, The Community Fabric Frays.” These folks want to talk about their needs outside the scope of actual pitches. 27) Executives and employees as the way through the clutter. December 2013: Focusing on a Few 2014 Content Marketing Predictions.

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Skills Entry-Level PR Hires Should Have

Journalistics

Three months from now, the class of 2013 will walk across the stage to collect their diplomas and immediately have a panic attack when they realize it’s time to look for that first job out of college. You should be able to show examples of stories you pitched and placed, or campaigns you worked on and generated results for.

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How to Get On in New Communications: Be Nice

ZudePR

Enlightened Self-Interest: The Pitch Email. For me, as a local government employee, there are clear political boundaries. I’m now on guest blogs I could never pitch a year ago, including Search Engine Journal, where I was awarded for most read post (of the whole month) back in December 2014. And they all blog.

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What We Learn From Famous PR Failures

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In PR a failure could be characterized as a campaign that never caught fire, a pitch that fizzled or a relationship that went badly off course. Compared to the giant ice pop, this one was just a local promotion, but it was far more alarming. Can You Head Off PR Failures? The “Iron Man 3” fake attack.

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