New Years in New York City includes the big Times Square ball drop for publicity, not a “big apple.” But, how do they do the ball drop thing elsewhere? Cities all over America seek New Year headlines from their “over the top” guerilla PR antics. Try to top this drop:
Mobile Moon Pie Drop
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wyLKPNN9K0[/youtube]
Atlanta Peach Drop
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyUMvHOXWEA[/youtube]
Dillsburg Giant Pickle Drop
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhMcg0HRvJY[/youtube]
Brasstown Possum Drop
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpXU5Li7TxY[/youtube]
Memphis/Nashville Guitar Drop
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4fdU_Ztadc[/youtube]
Miami Orange Drop
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja_kY7RM42I[/youtube]
NYC Times Square – Still the Most Famous PR for New Years Celebration
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yo4DOAKXsY[/youtube]
More Fun New Years Drops from FoxNews
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As founder of PilmerPR, John Pilmer, APR serves as a PR and marketing communications advisor for both emerging and established companies. He offers customers more than 20 years of results-driven business PR and marketing experience. John and the firm have provided PR consultation and campaigns for clients such as Mozy, Novell, AdvancedMD, Certiport, NextPage, ElectraTherm, Altiris, Avamar, EmergeCore Networks, FSLogic, INVISUS, 10x Marketing, MWI, Project Insight, REIC, Seastone, US Synthetic and Funding Universe (now Lendio), among others.