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How To Win Business Awards

Mike Michalowicz

But the day I won the Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award from the SBA in New Jersey, I had a PR coup that just wouldn’t quit. Every major New Jersey newspaper ran an article, all the local TV news station highlighted me, and the networking… oh the networking… it was amazing.

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Twitter Link Roundup #89 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

10 New Creative Guerrilla Marketing Examples – [link]. Important for bloggers: New Jersey supreme court denies blogger protection under press shield law – [link]. If you think you do, then think again – [link]. How to design a business – [link]. 37 Creative Shoes Advertisements – [link].

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Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad

crowdSPRING Blog

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! We Built This City.

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

Up and Running

Have you heard about these Uber awkward PR blunders? Uber, the transportation company that rapidly rose to stardom, has been in the news lately, for slightly less glamorous reasons after a series of public gaffes. These PR blunders are good reminders of the mistakes you want to avoid making as a business, regardless of your size.

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Should Your Small Business Engage In Newsjacking?

YoungUpstarts

On the afternoon of October 29th, just as the storm’s impact was beginning to be felt in New York and New Jersey, Gap tweeted: The brand later took the tweet down and offered a semi-apology, but the damage was done, and the brand received a number of angry and sarcastic tweets in response.

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Here’s to You, Women in Business

Up and Running

“My site, Hip New Jersey , will be celebrating on the 19th with a social media campaign highlighting all the women-owned businesses we have featured on the show since our launch in January,” says Lisa Marie Latino, an Executive Producer. Some are definitely worth applying if you own your own business.

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Twitter Link Roundup #215 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

New Jersey Votes to Block Tesla’s Direct Sales – crowdspring.co/1gnUjAX. Apple posts design guides and resources to help developers make better apps | iMore – crowdspring.co/1gMgEtm. Best Cities For Freelancers | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1eklyfu.