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Microsoft Stories: Best brand storytelling site on the web?

Communications Conversations

The writing is fantastic. And it’s clear, the author (Jennifer Warnick, who writes many of the Microsoft “stories”) has spent a great deal of time in the Garage as preparation for writing the story. Many brands write these kinds of executive and employee stories. Doesn’t that read like a novel?

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The 10 most-read marketing, PR and comms stories on Sword and the Script in 2024

Sword and the Script

A long-time (but since retired) member of the reserves and Guard, I came home from a long deployment to Iraq in 2008 and realized Web 2.0 Accordingly, I write and publish a weekly blog post on Tuesdays like clockwork. was changing my profession. This blog was a means to figure it all out.

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How Long Should Your Online Paragraphs Be?

PRSay

As Jon Ziomek, associate professor at the Medill School of Journalism, says: “Long paragraphs are a visual predictor that a story won’t work.”. Write short paragraphs. Another reason for super-short online paragraphs: Web visitors lean to the left. Especially when writing for mobile. Our lawyers made us add this stuff.

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CUNY Meetup Showcases Journalism Startups

Flack's Revenge

Some journalism startups aim to breathe fresh life into storytelling, and we might learn a thing or two that has applications for PR and content marketing. That is why I enjoyed the demo night at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism early this week. Sadly, the content explosion has led to a cheapening of writing and reporting.

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How the PESO Model Changes PR’s Conversation

Cision

Although your executives may get excited when an acquaintance at the gym compliments them on their local business journal profile, they’re going to get a lot more excited when you can show them your PR efforts generated revenue for your organization. Shared Media. Shared media is also known as social media.

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Pitching the Local Media – Tips from the Pros

PR for Anyone

I interviewed journalists from The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal , and Inside Nova (a Northern Virginia local publication) about what types of local real estate pitches they like to receive. Kathy Orton, Reporter and Real Estate Web Editor, Washington Post. Email is best to get it in writing.

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10 Research-Based Tips for Writing Better Content

Cision

When I looked into what actual research has been done into words that work well to convert customers, what I found was that linguistic research isn’t focused as much on what you say or write as much as the context and framing of your words. There are a few services that years after a cart abandonment still write a few times a week.

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