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Weekly Roundup: Around The World

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This assumes that while I was sipping my morning tea on my deck, Back Yard Squirrel hasn’t chucked an acorn or several my way to brain me into buying a new bird feeder he can get into. I hope I will be on my way to Luray Caverns. He broke the last one. Cheeky little booger, isn’t he?

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How Reading Fairy Tales Can Improve Public Relations

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And as this story is told over and over again, that people will use our services, buy our products, donate to our causes, etc. Once they do, we hope that they will find that connection so powerful, that they’ll tell a couple people, and those people will tell a couple people, and those people will … and so on.

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The Decision

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Sure, it’ll be seen by millions of people, but who knows if they have any impact and actually propel people to use those services/buy those products? .&# Frankly, it seems absolutely ridiculous to me that companies are paying $3 million for the chance to get one ad – ONE – aired. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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The Value Of A Fire Drill

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Its like buying a car without test-driving it.or, to your point, building a website without giving it a usability spin. Mark as read Approve comment Very Strong Point There, Justin! Especially given the fact that ANY PLAN is always going to look like a great plan until you bring in real-life situations, scenarios, role-playing, etc.

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Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros

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I figured the resulting selection of additional ecards (you’re limited in your selection if you use the free service) would more than offset what I would otherwise pay to actually buy a card, mail it to someone, etc. I also now use Plaxo to make and send our own holiday cards , which has cut down significantly on holiday postage.

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Snapping at Synapses: Why Digital Death Sucks

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Buying whose life back, exactly? It took me a while to realize that this clocks up the total amount donated both to buy back the celebs’ digital lives (I feel nauseated just writing that), as well as those of regular Joes and Jills who’ve been inspired to “sacrifice&# their own DDs as well.

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How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face

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Im not doing anything with/for this guy again, unless he buys me my own private island. :) Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Mark as read Approve comment Whoops, that should say: "It sounds like not ONLY a lack of professionalism, but also a lack of common courtesy" Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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