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The Herb Schmertz Era: When Public Relations Had Some Balls

Marketing Craftmanship

., brings to mind what many consider to be a golden age for Public Relations; the period from the mid-60s to mid-80s, when the PR profession had the mandate, the skills and the balls to stand up to criticism leveled against the organizations and people whom they represented. Masterpiece Theatre Mobil Oil Corp.

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Stop the Insanity. Fire Your PR Firm in 2014.

Marketing Craftmanship

And it always includes exposure in advertorials (regardless of the sponsoring publication’s stature) and feature articles in pay-to-play vanity publications…because you gain no credible 3 rd party validation. Counting Media Clips is a Zero Sum Game.

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Advice From Women Writers on How They Built Their Freelance Empires

ClearVoice

Rachel Sobel didn’t start in journalism, but rather on what’s often considered the darker side of content: public relations. After a few years, she decided to make the move to public relations, where she discovered she could flex her writing muscles through various media. “

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What Is Off-Page Optimization?

ClearVoice

Off-page optimization uses branding, marketing, public relations, advertorial, and other tactics to market a brand in the hopes of leading to sales and attracting consumer attention. You might also consider using press releases as a way to get news and quotes picked up by other outlets. What is off-page optimization?

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19 New Featured Sources on the B2B Marketing Zone

Webbiquity

Writing on the Web ( Ning Advertorial Business Blogging Online Marketing Linkedin Landing Page ). Biznology ( Search Engine Public Relations Social Media Mobile Marketing Promotion Transparency ). What Works ( Vendor Government PR Trends Spending Release ). Time to Kill the Press Release? June 8, 2010.

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Blogger outreach is earned media PR, isn’t it?

Biznology

My definition–and my assumption–has always been that blogger outreach is public relations and not paid media. “ Earned media (or free media) refers to favorable publicity gained through promotional efforts other than advertising, as opposed to paid media, which refers to publicity gained through advertising.[1]

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How NOT to pitch a blog | Online Marketing Blog

delicious b2bmarketing

Don’t send a regular pitch with a press release to a blogger. Bloggers don’t typically scan press releases and write stories. They point to press releases hosted elsewhere, or better yet, point to stories other people have written based on a press release. out of 5) Loading. I look forward to hearing from you.