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That’s What She Said… interview on PR and Social Media

July 8th, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

Radio-style interview I did with Doug Stewart of Power to Fight the Big Boys about using social media and PR to effectively market small businesses and achieve the results you want in your efforts.

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No One Pays To Be Informed

June 23rd, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

In the long ago days – say 25 years ago – news was a daily affair and it was consumed in tightly controlled, pre-packaged formats. People read their newspapers and watched the local and national nightly news. The truly committed also read a newsweekly or two and maybe even *gasp* the WSJ or NYT. What [...]

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6 Tips For Preventing The Pre-TV Panic Attack

June 17th, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

Luckily, they weren’t my clients when those things happened… and that’s because a bit of preparation goes a long, long way to solving the pre-TV panic attack. Here’s a few basic rules and tips to keep your TV appearance a positive thing for you and your business or cause:

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PR in the Real World

April 30th, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

Lately, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend…. people who think because they blog, because they’ve written family newsletters or company e-mails to subscription lists, they are “in PR.” Why is this disturbing? In the real world, good PR is hard work. It takes technical skill, marketing insight, network juice and a savvy business sense to perform [...]

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More Favorite PR People, Tips & Resources

April 9th, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

A few weeks back, I posted then original PR People, Tips & Resources post. Several of you submitted additional people, espectially, whom you thought should be included. I’ve vetted, added and here, for your enjoyment, is a new and improved list of PR goodness. Again, please use the comments to let me know if you [...]

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Business is Picking Up…

March 26th, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

And that’s a very good thing. Unfortunately, it means that I haven’t had much time this week to write. I have a post titled, “What I’m Doing Differently and Why,” half-written and definitely not ready to share. One of the things it talks about is making sure the activities that build my business and build [...]

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Some Favorite PR People, Sites and Resources

March 3rd, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

I spent some time this week editing my feed reader and was reminded again about how much good information exists out there on the interwebs. Also a lot of bad, really bad, information… and I want to make sure to share the good stuff with you guys. I compiled a beginning list on the Journal [...]

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My brother is a shoe bomber (Or… context matters)

February 26th, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

So…. my brother is in Nashville for an FOP convention (for the uninitiated, that’s the Fraternal Order of Police). While wandering around the sights after the convention wraps, the sole of his boot starts to separate. He, being the McGyver type and also a serious cheapskate, decides to use superglue to reattach the sole. He makes the repair, and satisfied with the results, winds up the trip, packs and heads to the airport.

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Waste Management, PR and Reality TV

February 12th, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

I don’t write as much about Public Relations on this blog because I write A LOT about Public Relations over on the Journal Record’s PR blog. This week’s PR post is about Waste Mangement COO Larry O’Donnell’s trip to the trenches to experience what his employees actually do during their work day and the chronicling [...]

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Start with WHY – and Win

January 22nd, 2010 by Mandy Vavrinak

List posts have their place, and I know they are good for traffic. I’ve written them, too. But our super-connected world and the constant flow of information seems to be driving us to oversimplify complex subjects and interactions. By creating lists. Lots of lists. In some cases, lists of lists. I’m not against all lists… [...]

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