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Seven Things You Will Learn In This Week's Issue Of PR News

1. 50% of surveyed executives report that they are highly likely to buy a product or service based on word of mouth. (

2. The media may know that your organization is the target of an investigation before you do.

3. When writing print communications, avoid show-off verbs, verbs that end in -ize (utilize, for example), and noun-verbs (task, impact, action).

4. Gen Y-ers are harder to retain because they are more likely to quit if they aren't happy.

5. Consumer-to-consumer approval gives a product or service more credibility.

6. There are still companies out there that are too afraid to blog, so they don't.

7. Online media ranked third in importance of opinion-influencing among consumers, according to a recent survey.