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Tweet Your Heart Out: 10 Reasons to Embrace Twitter

Tweet Your Heart Out: 10 Reasons to Embrace Twitter

I have a confession to make: not long ago, I was anti-Twitter. But now I’ve grown so attached that it feels like an insult to admit I was ever against it. Currently, I tweet daily and follow more than 400 people. So what happened? At the risk of being corny, I woke up and smelled the Twitter. We’ve all heard it before: “Twitter … what’s the point?” While the site has been rapidly...

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Passion, listening and curiosity. OH MY! The keys to client service excellence: Part I

Cross-posting from Confessions of a PR pupil One of the unique aspects of working for AHPR is the opportunity to work directly with clients. This experience provides young PR pros the chance to build skills and practice handling the challenges of client service. Leo Bottary, author of the Client Services Insight Series, was asked by Kelli Matthews last year to give her PR Campaigns class,...

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Client Service Series from Leo Bottary

Image by vcs.student via Flickr Leo Bottary recently did a terrific series of posts about client service for my students in J4/554 PR Campaigns. Because AHPR (and many student-run firms) work with clients directly, I want to share these tips with you. University of Oregon Doesn’t “Duck” Client Service started the series with the best tips for working with clients. Part 1:...

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Integrating Social Media

College students are notoriously busy. With classes, extra curricular activities, going to the gym, and friends, it is a miracle we can fit all our activities into one day. So how does one add social media to the mix? How do you become an active participant without becoming a social media addict? That question has been on the minds of many of our staff members. Here are some great tips from PR...

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Welcome to the New AHPR!

Welcome to Allen Hall Public Relations, a student-run PR firm at the University of Oregon.   In the new year, we’ve made a lot of exciting changes.  Our firm has doubled in size since 2008, as has our client roster.  In the same vein, we’ve rolled out this new Web site to give our firm a more adequate and exciting public face. On our home page, you’ll find frequent updates on...

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