One by-product of this PR nightmare was that board members wanted no part in the business airplane stigma.
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Instagram will recover swiftly from this PR mis-step, but the real winner, the winner who can use this to get back in with the influencers will be Flickr.
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Smartphones are driving the demand for more bandwidth and this pr battle of the giants is to claim that they are offering what consumers are demanding NOW. Verizon (VZ) has the resources and will be the first to offer a nationwide 4G network sometime in 2012.
Was this a PR agency pitching a new client prospect in a most open and public venue?
We also continue to think that this latest PR storm over privacy will be forgotten as quickly as all the others have been.
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"This alleged PR smear campaign is the latest highly public example of what many in the industry believe to be the biggest grudge match going in corporate America, " he added.
However, the point that the speakers made was that the company only saw this as good PR rather than a formal channel of support, and more so, a new attitude on reaching out to customers to support them.
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And yet, over and over again, this is exactly what PR statements actually are.
In this case, the PR person took the time to shoot a video for a single reviewer.
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Though it could have been handled better, as with all things involving Zynga and PR, this is a necessary decision from a business perspective.
Nowhere is this violation of accepted PR practice more prominent than in the Middle East (though Russia could give most countries in that region a run for their money).
With this announcement comes about eight paragraphs of PR back slapping on what a great idea this is and how Pizza Hut and Xbox are so privileged and honored to be working together on something like this.
This job is basically a PR post, but none the less important for that.
So if you are a PR pro reading this, give your marketing person a ring.
This may just be corporate PR speak, aimed at assuaging investors concerned about Apple's plummeting stock price.
So, I asked the PR person for this campaigner what they thought a living wage in China was.
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What would you say to somebody to persuade them that you're not just in this area for a little PR?
This is not just shrewd PR by Apple, but also an acknowledgement of the importance of the Chinese consumer market.
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Putting on my PR hat, this clearly is a most unPRecedented conundrum.
This seems like just another PR move.
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And although Tony Blair has a manifesto commitment for a referendum on PR for Westminster elections this too looks set to remain on the back burner.
So I think that the companies have a big PR problem, and this is one of the first chances they're going to get to really try to rectify that.
The PR created the impression that this study would answer every possible question and would give definitive answers.
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But this week, the company flunked crisis PR 101 and spawned a social-media firestorm with its inept handling of the issue.
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The natural gas industry got some welcome PR from two unexpected sources this week: a storm named Gustav and Republican Sen.
This is a storytelling vehicle funded by PR vs. an advertising vehicle.
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This, however, is not something PR companies and the media find very compelling as they search for eye-catching stories when genuine news is thin.
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