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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. Get Verizon employees involved. I think now other employees would be anxious to be involved in future events!

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Anaheim Mayor Pitches American Idol?

Bad Pitch Blog

Cingular Wireless subscribers may text the word VOTE to the Text Messaging 4 digit number provided for Tucker. As the oldest city in Orange County, Anaheim covers 50 square miles, with more than 345,000 residents and 2,077 employees. From there, we''ll remind everyone that a news release does not double as a pitch.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. The story generated millions of positive news impressions for the brand and this truly special employee.”. The Verge , Thomas Ricker (UVM: 16,157,798): Blink wireless security cameras run for two years on a pair of AA batteries.

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The Evolution of Event Marketing; Off Script #27: Mark Granovsky on Why Events are a Microcosm of Industry

Sword and the Script

Event marketing is now far more refined in terms of the science and data analysis enabled by all the technology advancements with mobile and wireless. If multiple employees from one company attend an event, we can aggregate data to discover what the company X contingent did collectively. They’re having experiences.

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Your audience with the public

Stephen Waddington

This is when telecom operators such as BT started to offer broadband to consumer users, and wireless networks appeared in public spaces. This is data from We Are Social’s Digital 2019 Global Digital report. It’s 20 years since the internet went mainstream in Western Europe.