Stories by PRNEWS

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Web Site Marketing

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Winner: Home Front Communications – Freight Rail Works The Association of American Railroads (AAR) was looking to create an online destination where users could come and learn about the freight rail system. But not just any user,… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Trade Show/Event PR

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Winner: Hill+Knowlton Strategies Ford Motor Company at CES 2012: We are a Technology Company Ford, looking to lead the technology conversations—not with GM or Chrysler, but with Google, IBM and Apple—looked to the 2012 International Consumer… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Speeches

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Winner: U.S. Postal Service – Purple Heart with Ribbon Forever Stamp Dedication In 2011, the USPS issued its Purple Heart postage stamp in a new Forever Stamp design. As one of the largest civilian employers of… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Twitter Campaign

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Co-Winner: American Airlines with Weber Shandwick – #AAGalaxy: American Airlines Socializes New In-Flight Entertainment Offering with Twitter Hashtag Promotion  To increase awareness of the news that the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 was being added to in-flight entertainment,… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Social Media 

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 Co-Winner: The Clorox Company – Check-in for Check Ups When Clorox wanted to create a program rewarding consumers for practicing healthy habits, it teamed up with the Children’s Health Fund to create Check-In for Checkups, a… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Satellite Media Tour

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Winner: RF|Binder and McGraw-Hill Education – Tablets and Devices: An Educational Frontier To support McGraw-Hill Education’s commitment to developing innovative digital education tools and take advantage of new tablets coming to market, R|F Binder used… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Research and Measurement

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Winner: PRIME Research: Changing Behavior Through PR: Earned Media Boosts Campaign Effectiveness During Medicare Open Enrollment   The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) were having a hard time quantifying the ROI on their communications efforts… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Re-Branding/Re-Positioning

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Co-Winner: Ogilvy Public Relations – Taking Ford Further After successfully creating a comeback story after the economic downturn, Ford needed another kind of story—one that put consumers at the heart of its brand. To bring… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Public Affairs

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Winner: Nyhus Communications – Washington United for Marriage Launch With the goal of making Washington state the seventh state in the U.S. to legalize civil marriage for same-sex couples, the Washington United For Marriage coalition… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Product Launch

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Winner: Cone Communications- My Underwear is Cooler Than yours: Jockey Launches Staycool Collection   For the launch of Jockey International’s new Staycool Collection, Cone Communications developed a four-phase approach that included a collection launch, an… Continued