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What Does Integrated Marketing Mean to the Future of the PR Professional?

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For years, marketing, advertising, and public relations folks fought over budgets, scopes of work, ownership, and talent. The traditional buckets of marketing, advertising, and public relations seem so quaint now. How segregated are their advertising and editorial teams? Who’s serving as the digital emcee?

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Social Media Could Have Transformed Marketing — Instead, It Amplified Its Flaws

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In 1999, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger said the Internet would turn markets into conversations, audiences were actual human beings, and companies would come down from their ivory towers to create meaningful relationships. It became another place for brands to push out advertising.

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Watching Church and State Slide Down the Slippery Slope

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In exchange, all we ask is you provide us with a list of partners we can contact to see if they’re interested in purchasing advertising in the issue. Thanks to the popularity of native advertising and the shrinking of editorial departments, this pay-for-play approach is becoming more prevalent, and sadly, more accepted.

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PR Pros: Start Thinking Bigger Before It’s Too Late

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I recently had the pleasure of speaking at PRSA Pittsburgh’s Professional Development Day where I spoke about some of the changes that integrated marketing is having on the PR industry. Before launching into your PR ideas, strategies and tactics, ask to see the overall marketing plan. What if (gasp!) PR led your creative ?

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The Future of Branding is About Making Friends, Not Ads

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Seemed especially fitting for me as I've railed against traditional advertising ("look at me!! It has really changed the way I think about business, branding, public relations, and advertising. " Unfortunately, to many, this is still revolutionary thinking in the advertising, marketing, and even PR industries.

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How a New Communications Graduate Can Stand Out

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You’ve just graduated with a degree in communications, advertising, PR, or marketing, and have joined the thousands of other grads in competition for hundreds of entry level jobs and internships. It’s a tough market out there and I don’t envy the position you’re in at all. Most have a LinkedIn profile.

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A Partial Reading List for PR Students

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You’ll learn how social media is being integrated into areas beyond just marketing and PR. It’s as relevant now and it was then, and is a great foundation for any PR or marketing professional. Marketing in the Round - Marketing and PR are no longer the only organizational touchpoints with the public.

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