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Voorhees Town Center, a Simon PR client, will introduce a new Farmers Market on May 19 featuring a variety of locally cultivated, healthy items. The Grand Opening will offer free family activities including a petting zoo, tractor rides and face-painting.
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Cherry Hill Mall Plans Next Phase
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) invested $220 million in redeveloping Cherry Hill Mall in 2009, reinvigorating it as a top fashion destination for the Greater Philadelphia region. Now, Cherry Hill Mall continues to rapidly expand, increasing sales and ushering in a new era of retail for Southern New Jersey. After PREIT’s announcement of President of PREIT Services, LLC and PREIT-RUBIN, Inc. Joseph Coradino to become Chief Executive Officer of PREIT, Simon PR pitched and secured a feature story in the Courier-Post on Coradino’s vision for Cherry Hill Mall as CEO. Read more.
PHILADANCO Founder Tells Her Story at PNC Event
PNC’s annual luncheon for its Black History Month Celebration featured author and Temple professor Brenda Dixon Gottschild and Joan Myers Brown telling the backstage story of how PHILADANCO’s founder Brown mentored generations of African American dancers. Bobbi Booker with The Philadelphia Tribune covered the event, which captivated 100 leaders of Philadelphia’s African American community. Read more.
Aldan Resident Struts his Stuff in Annual Mummers Bash
To shine a spotlight on the 2012 Philadelphia Mummers Parade, Simon PR interviewed Mummers from each of the counties in the Greater Philadelphia region and shared their stories with the local daily newspapers. Laura Wisely, with the Delaware County Daily Times, wrote a feature story about Kenny Medeiros, dedicated captain of the Hog Island Fancy Brigade. Read more.
Interesting Factoids
"The topicality of page posts impacts all types of engagement," says Elisabeth Diana, corporate communications manager at Facebook. "Speaking in the voice of the brand, talking directly about your product or service, or a topic related to the brand, is the best way to engage with fans of your page.
A recent Facebook study of hundreds of posts among more than 20 brands found that fans tend not to respond to posts that aren't about the brand.”
Wilson, M. (2012). Facebook: Posts unrelated to your brand don't engage. Ragan’s PR Daily. Retrieved from http://www.ragan.com/Main/Articles/44858.aspx.
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