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Posts Tagged ‘PR’
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.
Tags: Business, business development, Communication, connectivity, Doug Stewart, Mandy Vavrinak, Marketing, PR, Small Business, Social Media, TV, Twitter
Posted in Business, Relevance and Passion, Marketing, Public Relations, Small Business, Social Media, Social Media | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: Andolini's Pizza, Crossroads Communications, Mandy Vavrinak, Marketing, Mistakes, PR, Public Relations, Small Business
Posted in Marketing, Public Relations, Small Business, Social Media | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: community, expertise, Marketing, PR, Twitter
Posted in Marketing, Public Relations, Small Business, Social Media | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: business development, community, Lessons Learned, PR, Writing
Posted in Marketing, Public Relations, Small Business | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: connectivity, expertise, favorites, PR, resources, Twitter
Posted in Public Relations, Small Business, Social Media, Writing | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: Business, job, Journal Record, Lessons Learned, Marketing, PR, reality TV, Undercover Boss
Posted in Marketing, Public Relations, Small Business, Social Media | No Comments »
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… [...]
Tags: Business, business development, Communication, Marketing, messaging, planning, PR, Writing
Posted in Marketing, Public Relations, Small Business, Social Media, Social Media, Writing | 4 Comments »
ODOT Learns Twitter The Hard Way
October 27th, 2009 by Mandy Vavrinak
My response to the OkDOT / SaxsumPR Twitter tempest.
Tags: Communication, Lessons Learned, Marketing, ODOT, PR, Saxsum, Social Media, Twitter
Posted in Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media | 7 Comments »
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