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Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad

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But for every successful PR stunt that is launched by a wide-eyed marketing team, there are dozens of unsuccessful efforts littering the road. Here are 5 legendary examples of PR efforts gone horribly, terrible, awfully wrong. PR Destroyed It. fail has never had better friends than these! Who would have thought?

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ā€™nā€™ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses. I assumed that if New York State approved my incorporation application than the name must be fine.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Joe Silverman, New York Computer Help ! #3) When I decided to create full time creative business, I couldn’t find online marketers or PR services who understand the creative process, this meant I was doing everything in the business from online presence, to markets and exhibits which resulted in burnout.

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch ā€“ The Bcast

Up and Running

Twenty-three year-olds in New York City running a small business. John: PR wants some event calendar. That’s some 2001 stuff right there. When I started my first business I knew we were weak in accounting. We weren’t just weak. We were terrible. We thought what’s the worst that could happen?

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