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		<title>Comment on How Companies Can Better Sell Themselves When Hiring Employees by Alconcalcia</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2011/12/how-companies-can-better-sell-themselves-when-hiring-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-1459</link>
		<dc:creator>Alconcalcia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Above all, recruitment advertisements should be honest - about the company that&#039;s advertising and the role they want the person to fulfil. They also need to be alluring though if they want to attract quality response, maybe even from someone who wasn&#039;t up until seeing their ad, actively looking for a new job but likes the sound of what they read and is now interested. 

Too many job ads these days are dull cut and pasted offerings that have no kind of sell in them whatsoever. Every organisation has its own unique selling points and each role has something about it that will appeal to a certain type of person. Recruiters/employers need to spend more time identifying what makes their offering unique and attractive. Ditch the meaningless buzz words (everyone is dynamic in some way so it actually says nothing) Better still, they need to get an experienced recruitment advertising copywriter to write their advertising copy (had to slip a &#039;sell&#039; in somewhere along the line!) thus giving potential candidates a message that inspires the very best to apply and gives their organisation the competitive edge over their industry peers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Above all, recruitment advertisements should be honest &#8211; about the company that&#8217;s advertising and the role they want the person to fulfil. They also need to be alluring though if they want to attract quality response, maybe even from someone who wasn&#8217;t up until seeing their ad, actively looking for a new job but likes the sound of what they read and is now interested. </p>
<p>Too many job ads these days are dull cut and pasted offerings that have no kind of sell in them whatsoever. Every organisation has its own unique selling points and each role has something about it that will appeal to a certain type of person. Recruiters/employers need to spend more time identifying what makes their offering unique and attractive. Ditch the meaningless buzz words (everyone is dynamic in some way so it actually says nothing) Better still, they need to get an experienced recruitment advertising copywriter to write their advertising copy (had to slip a &#8216;sell&#8217; in somewhere along the line!) thus giving potential candidates a message that inspires the very best to apply and gives their organisation the competitive edge over their industry peers.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Lowe’s:  Let’s Build Some Better Public Relations Together by Megan Gross</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2011/12/lowe%e2%80%99s-let%e2%80%99s-build-some-better-public-relations-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1347</link>
		<dc:creator>Megan Gross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This comes down to the core values of the company. Lowe&#039;s stated, &quot;We have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, across our workforce and our customers, and we’re proud of that longstanding commitment.&quot; If they value diversity and inclusion so much, isn&#039;t that contradictory to pulling advertising from a culturally diverse media outlet? A company should never stray from their core values and objectives. It confuses customers and employees who have come to believe the company they&#039;re so loyal to stands for something good. People may point fingers at just the marketing or public relations parts of this whole thing, but the company should act as a whole, which is why the message they send to their customers/employees should also be clear and consistent. Lowe&#039;s has taken their first step away from inconsistency.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This comes down to the core values of the company. Lowe&#8217;s stated, &#8220;We have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, across our workforce and our customers, and we’re proud of that longstanding commitment.&#8221; If they value diversity and inclusion so much, isn&#8217;t that contradictory to pulling advertising from a culturally diverse media outlet? A company should never stray from their core values and objectives. It confuses customers and employees who have come to believe the company they&#8217;re so loyal to stands for something good. People may point fingers at just the marketing or public relations parts of this whole thing, but the company should act as a whole, which is why the message they send to their customers/employees should also be clear and consistent. Lowe&#8217;s has taken their first step away from inconsistency.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Internal Communications: It Shouldn’t Be A One-Night Stand by Loren</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2011/10/internal-communications-it-shouldn%e2%80%99t-be-a-one-night-stand/comment-page-1/#comment-1224</link>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for your comment and for sharing what works for you, Liz. Love your phrase &quot;shiny object syndrome&quot; as well!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your comment and for sharing what works for you, Liz. Love your phrase &#8220;shiny object syndrome&#8221; as well!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Internal Communications: It Shouldn’t Be A One-Night Stand by Liz Guthridge</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2011/10/internal-communications-it-shouldn%e2%80%99t-be-a-one-night-stand/comment-page-1/#comment-1223</link>
		<dc:creator>Liz Guthridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you position yourself as a strategic advisor rather than as a contractor or writer, you&#039;ll be better equipped to talk about issues of substance, not collateral candy. (Love that phrase!) This includes the purpose, the intended outcomes and the key stakeholders. For example, I ask people three key questions: 1) What&#039;s the what? 2) What&#039;s the so what? Why should anyone care? and 3) Now what? What&#039;s the call to action. If they can answer these questions, they generally have something they need to communicate. We then talk about the stakeholders (not audience because audience is too passive) and the best way to reach them, that is the channels. If the person I&#039;m talking with is afflicated with SOS (shiny object syndrome), I thank them and exit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you position yourself as a strategic advisor rather than as a contractor or writer, you&#8217;ll be better equipped to talk about issues of substance, not collateral candy. (Love that phrase!) This includes the purpose, the intended outcomes and the key stakeholders. For example, I ask people three key questions: 1) What&#8217;s the what? 2) What&#8217;s the so what? Why should anyone care? and 3) Now what? What&#8217;s the call to action. If they can answer these questions, they generally have something they need to communicate. We then talk about the stakeholders (not audience because audience is too passive) and the best way to reach them, that is the channels. If the person I&#8217;m talking with is afflicated with SOS (shiny object syndrome), I thank them and exit.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Healthcare: Our 139-Mile Trip To Shoot A Medical Video by Peter Kertz</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2011/10/healthcare-our-139-mile-trip-to-shoot-a-medical-video/comment-page-1/#comment-982</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kertz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Be green and green screen those suckers. Great interview...his sound was awesome!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Be green and green screen those suckers. Great interview&#8230;his sound was awesome!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Social Media:  My Tweets Suffer Without My TV Potpourri by Jennifer Doan</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2011/09/social-media-my-tweets-suffer-without-my-tv-potpourri/comment-page-1/#comment-696</link>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Doan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I still love your tweets. Instead of the newsroom, Molly your dog has become your sounding board</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I still love your tweets. Instead of the newsroom, Molly your dog has become your sounding board</p>
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		<title>Comment on Savvy or Selfish PR? You Decide. by Wendy Kenney</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2011/04/savvy-or-selfish-pr-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-473</link>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Kenney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know some of my PR colleagues would disagree with me, but I also have a journalism background.  So I would say that it&#039;s not really fair.  The journalist&#039;s job is to get both all sides of the story- not just one, and the public deserves more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know some of my PR colleagues would disagree with me, but I also have a journalism background.  So I would say that it&#8217;s not really fair.  The journalist&#8217;s job is to get both all sides of the story- not just one, and the public deserves more.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Job Applicants Are Customers Too by CommDiscussion</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2010/12/job-applicants-are-customers-too/comment-page-1/#comment-332</link>
		<dc:creator>CommDiscussion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree that a lack of communication isn&#039;t good for anyone. I think the coupon idea is great!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that a lack of communication isn&#8217;t good for anyone. I think the coupon idea is great!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Business Communication: Don&#8217;t pitch friends to media by CommDiscussion</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2010/11/small-business-communication-dont-pitch-friends-to-media/comment-page-1/#comment-292</link>
		<dc:creator>CommDiscussion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have always found that offering trinkets, a meal, or giveaways goes a long way in getting the media to show up for a small business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have always found that offering trinkets, a meal, or giveaways goes a long way in getting the media to show up for a small business.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Business &amp; Media:  Making Friends Face to Face by Abbie S. Fink</title>
		<link>http://www.theflipsidecommunications.com/2010/09/business-media-making-friends-face-to-face/comment-page-1/#comment-216</link>
		<dc:creator>Abbie S. Fink</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had the pleasure of serving on a panel with Keith on Wednesday night - talking about how the media are using social media.  As a PR professional, social media has &quot;introduced&quot; me to a wide variety of media -- giving me additional insight beyond what their beat is.  Face-to-face is always the goal, but I am happy to make media connections any way I can.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had the pleasure of serving on a panel with Keith on Wednesday night &#8211; talking about how the media are using social media.  As a PR professional, social media has &#8220;introduced&#8221; me to a wide variety of media &#8212; giving me additional insight beyond what their beat is.  Face-to-face is always the goal, but I am happy to make media connections any way I can.</p>
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