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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

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To the Army, engagements often mean meeting with people in the community. This is an important tool in both a counterinsurgency strategy and a PR campaign. If we engage the community, build trust, and demonstrate they have a vested interest in the outcome, we might tip the scale of favor. An extended community.

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How Arena Stage Uses Initiators to Grow its Audience

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If you’re embarking on a marketing campaign that includes spreading awareness (and which marketing campaign doesn’t), you might want to take a page out of Arena Stage ‘s playbook and look for “initiators&# instead of “influencers.&#. They use Vocus to monitor “buzz.&#

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

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How can we create a killer social media campaign that will get noticed? Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela. Better question: How can we distribute social media knowledge across the entire firm, including ongoing training and knowledge sharing? Does that make sense?

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3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website | Social Media Marketing.

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I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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RIP 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website

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I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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