Blogging Workshop for Job Seekers

By on April 23rd, 2009 In Social Media, Valley PR Blog

Scottsdale Job Network Workshop:  Using Blogging & Social Networking Valley PR Blog’s Angelo Fernando is leading a workshop April 27th on how to use blogging and social  networking to support your job search.  The two-hour session will cover why a blog is important, how it can help job seekers land a position, how to get [...]

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The passion of a reporter online

By on April 22nd, 2009 In People

There is something about people with passion. No matter if its the janitor who happily mops the floor while whistling or a volunteer who donates a majority of their free time to a charity. They care. For the past few months, I have gotten to know a local reporter through Twitter and have admired her [...]

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Celebrate Earth Day by buying stuff

By on April 22nd, 2009 In Hype!

Among the many e-mails I received this morning were quite a few promotions for Earth Day sales from the likes of Dick’s Sporting Goods among others. People, if you are working with your clients to create thematic sales or marketing pitches please think before you create. Earth Day is not about consumerism, unless you truly [...]

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Writer looking for food-money saving sources

By on April 21st, 2009 In Pitching

Colleen Sparks is looking for sources to talk about ways to save money on food in the Tempe area during this recession for a Tempe Republic article. Food co-ops, cooking classes (to learn how to make more meals at home), unusually inexpensive grocery stores and cheap restaurants are some ideas. She would especially love to [...]

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PR Pro looking for volunteers to spread good news

By on April 21st, 2009 In Professional Development

Joe Cockrell, a local PR pro has started a PR volunteer program called “I Should Be in the News” (ISBITN). If you’d like to expand your PR expertise to helping the “regular Joe” get their story told, read on… Why are you doing this? At the age of 29 I was diagnosed with a rare [...]

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Gabrielson, Giblin win Pulitzer Prize

By on April 20th, 2009 In Media

The Valley PR Blog would like to send out a big congrats to the East Valley Tribune’s Ryan Gabrielson and former Tribune staffer Paul Giblin for winning the coveted Pulitzer Prize today. The pair won for “local reporting” according to the Pulitzer Web site “for their adroit use of limited resources to reveal, in print [...]

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