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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients?

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Should Your PR Firm Be Your Social Business Advisor

Convince & Convert

Despite the fact that I’ve owned five companies and worked with hundreds of brands since 1994, I am not a business management consultant, and do not have the finance and operations credentials (in my estimation) to go there. BS Advertising | MBA Direct Marketing | VP of Marketing. And that’s the question.

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Are you turning your marketing into PR?

Biznology

Some of you might be scandalized to here me urge you to turn marketing into PR. I mean, I have a reputation as someone who is constantly advising people to measure everything they do in terms of sales–the direct marketing playbook–and it’s very hard to do that in public relations.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Podcast: The New Rules of Marketing & PR Interview with David Meerman Scott

markempa

« 10 Lead Generation (Prospecting) Tips for Sales People | Main | The Physics of Trigger Events for Lead Generation » Podcast: The New Rules of Marketing & PR Interview with David Meerman Scott Before the Internet and social media tools, companies could only communicate through the filter of advertising or media ink placed by a PR firm.

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The Advantages of Using Public Relations in Your Marketing Strategy

Stevens & Tate

As most know, when it comes to marketing strategy , public relations plays a key role in getting the word out. For example, PR helps maintain your reputation through winning audience approval. It even helps to provide the target market with more detailed information than they would normally receive from other forms of marketing.

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Blog Makeover Nets Sales Leads for Software Company

The Point

How do you reinvent a company blog in a way that does more than simply provide a platform for thought leadership? Like many companies, Navicure’s corporate blog had evolved organically over time, and the marketing team was looking to leverage social media for more than just PR value.

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What Is Media Relations?

ClearVoice

The goal of media relations is to educate the media (newspapers, radio, television, and other forms of journalism) to report on a company’s objectives, accomplishments, and management accomplishments. Public relations (or PR) entails communication to multiple channels and, ultimately, consumer and business targets. Credibility.

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