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A Winning Public Relations Game Plan You want to sell your products or services, and that means good money management, top quality products or services, and hard work on your part. But, for REAL success, the icing on the cake is public relations. Can Your PR Game Plan be Salvaged? If, as is often the case, you are preoccupied with comm-unications tactics instead of working a plan to actively pursue those outside audience behaviors that stop you from achieving your objectives, the answer is yes. |
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