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4 MARKETING SECRETS FOR VIRAL GUINNESS WORLD RECORD EVENTS

MaccaPR

Chief marketing officers are in love with the idea of breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® event record and having their brands bask in the seemingly viral eruption of TV, radio, print and online buzz that comes from that honor. Nissan (largest indoor illuminated advertising billboard). GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Secret #4: Simplicity.

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What is a PR Campaign? How-to Guide with Examples (2025)

Prowly

Unlike advertising, which relies on paid media channels, PR campaigns focus on earning media coverage, building relationships with media professionals and target audiences, and influencing public perception through engagement and storytelling. Oreo's famous "Dunk it in the Dark" campaign did just that.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. sent out a tweet that went viral so quickly – the CMO came to my desk to see if I was okay. “He The founding HARO was founded by Peter Shankman in 2008 as a Facebook group for journalists in need of sources.

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5 Lessons Marketers Can Learn from the Popeyes/Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich Twitter Wars

MaccaPR

Marketing and PR professionals marveled at how Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen turned an online duel with rival Chick-fil-A into $65 million in “free" advertising this past August when its. Fried Chicken Sandwich battle went viral on Twitter — and led to a complete sell-out of the sandwich in all 2,400 Popeyes stores across the U.S.

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Behind the Headlines With Matt Sutton

Cision

With so many people today getting their news from social media, it is the best way to reach people and get stories to go viral. In just a few short months, without any paid advertising, we have gained roughly 3,000 followers and average about 150-300 likes per post. . My daily newspaper of choice is…The New York Times.

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What is a Press Release and Why is It Important?

5W PR

Before the internet, press releases used to only get sent to journalists, and if they were considered to be subpar by the newspaper, they would never get published. Its purpose is not to advertise a product even though that would be a great byproduct. In any case, you should avoid ‘fluffy language’ in the main body. No Sales Pitch.

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Media 102? A brief update to media 101

PR in High Definition

They’re the main players that make up the journalist line-up that you’ll find in every national newspaper in the UK today. The gig economy as a whole has boomed in the UK in recent years and the media has benefited from this; the number of freelancers contributing to newspapers and magazines feels at an all-time high. News been framed!

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