Read this post. Watch this video. You could save a life. It’s Suicide Prevention Awareness Week. Over the weekend, we lost one of social media’s brightest stars. Emotions range from confusion, frustration, sadness, shock and disbelief. Although I greatly admired Trey as a fellow Social Media Club chapter leader, I […]
Public Service Announcement
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A reader writes . . . I’ve been volunteering with The Peace School for the last couple of years to help promote their annual Peace Day celebration. This year’s free event, open to the public, will take place on Friday, September 19th, at noon, Daley Plaza. The event has been […]
What if you think your audience is mostly women, but it’s really mostly men? For some businesses, that may not matter so much. But, if you’re a rock band, having this information could make a huge difference in promotions, lyrics, partnerships and even the way you talk to your audience. […]
Notes from Community Media Workshop’s 2008 Making Media Connections conference panel: Power of Word of Mouth, Paid Media and the PSA. A PSA is a public service announcement or free air time on major media that’s given to non-profits. This post is one in a series of four; browse the […]
Update 10.17.07 – See the list of 670 sites going Pink for October Every Friday, Wired PR Works features a charity with a complimentary Public Service Announcement post. Because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I’m joining in with Pink for October , an online grassroots cooperative dedicated to […]
This Friday’s PSA is on behalf of Bridge Communities, an organization that serves the working poor, the fastest growing population, in one of Illinois’ wealthiest counties. Know someone who needs help? Call Bridge Communities at 630.545.0610. Have a charity you’d like to see featured as a Friday PSA? Leave a suggestion in the […]
An online charity event to benefit Unitus called Internet Marketers Against Poverty, is this week’s Friday PSA. Today, we’ll cover the mission as well as what I like about this campaign. Campaign Mission: Fund Global Entrepreneurs About Unitus . . . Who they serve: the three billion people living […]
Although I don’t often share personal messages to my ezine subscribers [get a backstage pass to what’s on my mind], today I’m posting an excerpt from this week’s edition of MTN News as background for how I decided to come up with the Friday PSA Feature. What I left out […]
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