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Case Study: Blogger Outreach for Oxfam America’s International Women’s Day 2012 Campaign

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One of the most fun projects I’ve worked on recently was Oxfam America’s (OA) International Women’s Day (IWD) 2012 campaign. write their own blog post to promote IWD 2012. The eCard initiative was new for 2012, so there wasn’t a benchmark, say for 2011, to set goals against. The project.

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Behind the Brands: Oxfam Holds Big F&B Accountable

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Do you know how your favorite brands measure up on the issues that matter to you? We hear a lot these days about how brands are working hard to become more green; “sustainability” is the new black. But just how green – or black – are big food brands? Behind the Brands.

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From #HungertoHope on World Food Day

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Brands… and how ironic is it that he’s the only person for whom I felt the need to attach an affiliation?) You can also find WHR 2012 on Facebook and on WHR 2012 on Flickr , so you can draw on those resources to share the campaign with your community and urge them to help out.

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Become the Pied Piper of Community Building

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So how can you, as a communications professional, leverage the power of community building for your brand? Now the hard part, building those relationships to reach your prospects and build brand advocates (your fans who will share your messages on their own networks). Unhappy customers will do the same (but in the wrong direction).”.

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Got Kred? When Andrew Grill Visited #measurePR

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Andrew Grill (@AndrewGrill) September 18, 2012. Andrew Grill (@AndrewGrill) September 18, 2012. Julia Angelen Zunich (@JulesZunichPR) September 18, 2012. We were curious about how Kred rewards campaigns are working out for brands, but apparently we’ll have to wait a bit to hear some results.

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Harnessing the Power of Big Data for Public Relations

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Kingsford worked with Marketwire’s engineering team to develop a script that identified people who tweeted the words “please,” thank you” and “thanks” most frequently in 2012. Stunts are a standard tool in the public relations arsenal, but with the help of social media analytics, we’re starting to see brands take them a step further.

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Reminders: #prsaicon, #hungertohope & #measurepr … Today!

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I’m in San Francisco for the 2012 PRSA International Conference, and am speaking on measurement (to be precise, on working magic with measurement) from 8-9:15 am (PT). Brands, is supporting the World Food Programme’s World Hunger Day effort. I’m on the road, so I’m going to make this short and sweet.