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Media Outlet Availability on PR Efforts | Business Wire Blog

Business Wire

We know, of course, that large-scale closings have been tracked by organizations like The Poynter Institute , especially since the beginning of the pandemic. One of the common refrains in the public relations industry is that PR is getting harder because there are fewer publications to pitch. Is this actually true? How would we know?

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Learn to Blog: 5 Places to Find Online Blogging Courses

Cision

New to blogging? These sites are full of online blogging courses to help you hone your skills.

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Writing for Strategic Communication Course Blog Contest on #PR Expanded with AU Grad Students

Deirdre Breakenridge

Every year, I hold one or two writing contests for students and I announce the winners on my blog, PR Expanded. This semester, I’ve teamed up with Professor Priya Doshi, who is teaching a Writing for Strategic Communication course.

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7 mostly free professional development ideas that PR and comms pros can start today

Sword and the Script

There are many free courses you can take from Google (AI and analytics) and HubSpot (all kinds of classes). I find fiction reading really improves my writing because, in the course of being entertained, Im consuming examples of how published authors describe abstract concepts. Google offers free courses on analytics and AI.

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Build marketing and PR programs rather than executing campaigns

Sword and the Script

Here again, you can scale up over the course of time. A third example of a program is running a corporate blog like a news site. I’ve run a corporate blog that published a new post five days a week – it grew to rival industry trades. You can get both volume and quality as the team improves. Over time you can add volume.

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3 Steps to Equip Your Company Blog for the Road Ahead

Cision

In addition to social media, one way brands have enabled that direct, personal connection with consumers is through a company blog (hey, like this one!). Food and beverage corporations can blog about unique recipes, banks can blog about personal finance tips and travel companies can blog about exciting destinations.

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Blog Contest Winner: Can Mastering the FEEL First Model Unite the Contrasting Generations?

Deirdre Breakenridge

A Guest Post By Michael Matheny, MA candidate at American University and FEEL Blog Post Winner. Stress, of course, is a defining feature of the Millennial population, and has a great impact over our relationships with our peers — academically, professionally, and personally. What are you going to do about it?” Well, I’m glad you asked.

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