Valley PR Blog

Pitch Me: Alison Stanton

By Charlotte Shaff on August 19th, 2008 In ValleySource

Name: Alison Stanton
Title: Freelance Writer
Outlet: Arizona Republic, plus various other clients
Phone: 480-706-1268
Email
1. What do you do?
I have been a freelance writer for almost 10 years now. I started writing when I was looking for a way to stay home with my first son, who is now 10 years old. Over the years, I’ve been [...]

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PRSA doesn’t get social media, or the web for that matter

By Len Gutman on August 18th, 2008 In Social Media

As a member of PRSA I received my copy of the Summer 2008 issue of The Public Relations Strategist in the mail this weekend — I’d link to the magazine on the Web but, well, it’s not there — and that’s my point.
I really wanted to share the article “Take the Groundswell Technology Test: Tools [...]

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Confession from a ‘long lost friend’

By Dan Wool on August 15th, 2008 In Advice

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Five to Ten on FOX 10

By Charlotte Shaff on August 15th, 2008 In Media

As a former TV promotion producer, I get a kick out of watching the local station’s image campaigns. KSAZ’s FOX 10 always has some cute, catchy slick promos. Many stay in my head for hours. Anyone remember “Joe, Joe, Judy, Judy” for the afternoon syndicated court show line-ups?
If you need to remember the new hours [...]

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Troubles continue for Gannett

By Len Gutman on August 14th, 2008 In Media

Mike Sunnucks in the Business Journal is reporting today that Gannett is cutting 1,000 positions from its newspaper division companywide. Again Gannett claims the layoffs are due to ”lower advertising and classified revenue.”
I’m going to continue to argue that Gannett’s troubles are due to the lousy quality of their product.

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PR is broken, obsolete says Rubel

By Angelo Fernando on August 13th, 2008 In Hype!

Does blogging and social media make PR pitching obsolete?

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