Author: blueprintcreative
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What’s in a PR Plan? 5 Key Elements of a Comprehensive PR Strategy
PR is usually seen as a sling shot approach to generating more awareness and ultimately more sales (or customers)…and the measurement tool used is usually based on how many media hits or feature story placements are secured. When that doesn’t happen, it’s back to the drawing board…but the truth is that PR is much more…
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New Client News: Connecting Our Cultures Setting Guinness World Record
Setting a Guinness World Recordâ„¢ is monumental and symbolic. Building a symbol of unity as a community of villages representing diverse cultures – and then doing so while setting this world record – is even larger than life. Blueprint Creative Group is managing the marketing communications, PR execution, and social media fundraising strategy for Connecting…
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New Client News: City of North Miami Marketing & Public Education Campaign
We’ve been contracted by the City of North Miami- Miami’s 4th largest city with 60,000 residents- to develop and execute a marketing and public education campaign for its proposed annexation plans for a small enclave surrounded by the City’s boundaries. As part of the marketing campaign, our role is to educate the residents about the…
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7 Best Practices in Social Media Use in College Admissions, Student Services & Alumni Relations
How are various departments within colleges and universities (both small and large) using social media to: increase admissions improve student retention activate and engage the student body engage alumni and solicit donors, and brand and increase awareness for specific schools/programs independent of the college’s overall brand. We recently conducted a study on the use, effectiveness,…
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Social Causes That Get Twitter Right- Tweetsgiving Case Study
Tweetsgiving is a social media charity drive that mobilizes the Twitter community to Tweet their gratitude and fundraise for a specific social causes in a 48-hour time period. The following case study highlights a successful social media fundraising strategy that resulted in close to $11,000 raised in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania.
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How to Get the Most Out of Press Releases
People get so caught up in the news release when the truth is that most are poorly written, are filled with so much self puffery and very little news, and/or sent to the wrong people who can’t do anything with the release in the first place. Small businesses especially fall for the belief that press…
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20 Point Crisis Communications Checklist for When Disaster Strikes
The last few weeks of 2011 saw an astonishing number of public crisis arise at corporate giants, colleges and universities, and even well respected brands. When they needed a plan the most, many of these organizations failed and severely bruised their reputation, faced public humiliation, and sometimes even suffered sales. The truth is that is…
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7 Tips to Accomplishing Marketing Goals in 2012
In just the blink of an eye, 2011 will be behind us and 2012 will be staring us dead in the face. Besides the normal challenges that come with planning for a new year, many companies simply struggle to maintain top of mind awareness and this eventually has a negative impact on brand positioning, public…
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10 Reasons Your Non-profit Should Be Active on Twitter
It still amazes me how a large majority of non-profits are such laggards when it comes to marketing and especially with social media. I know that marketing budgets are especially tight these days, but that’s still no excuse why many organizations fail to create real social media engagement programs. We moderate a webinar for non-profits…
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How to Use Social Media to Fundraise, Recruit Volunteers, & Build Cause Awareness
Need to know exactly how to implement effective social media ideas for your non-profit or organization? Don’t know how to activate your online community to generate very specific goals? Need some real life ideas on how other non-profits use Twitter and Facebook for fundraising and volunteer recruitment? Need an overhaul of your online or social…