Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Pushing products in your pitches won’t gain you any media coverage. If you want journalists to respond to your pitches, you need to explain why your news is important and relevant. Adriana Stan, public relations director at W Magazine, says being empathetic to the contacts you are pitching is the key to winning them over.

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Fashion Pitching Journalism Social Media 120

PRSay

MAY 3, 2019

Power in the partnership between PR practitioners, those who craft stories and pitch ideas, and journalists, those who cover the world’s news through fair and truthful content, is the key to success and the only way to counteract inaccurate or misleading news. But this, at the end of the day, is just promotion and advertising.

Publicity 146

Publicity Newspapers Journalism Energy 146

Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

In fact, they ranked third after retail and brand sites—well above online magazines and news sites. On the other hand, independent bloggers rely on advertising and sponsors to make a living. Journalists have editors overseeing their work, correcting their typos or awkward language and often writing their headlines.

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Media Relations Marketing Media Fashion 232

Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

PR’s job is to pitch and secure stories that align with the brand, as told through third-party endorsement. Marketing and advertising teams A/B test ad copy to see which messages resonate the most with their customers. Magazine, and more. But then there’s PR, which is commonly treated as a different mechanism altogether.

Marketing 170

Marketing Measurement Trends B2B 170

Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Most PR practitioners quickly learn that the wall protecting editorial integrity from the influence of paid advertising can be, like the Pirate Code , “more of a guideline than an actual rule.” For better or worse, at a great number of well-known and respected media sources, advertisers are often given preference in coverage.

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Advertising Advertising Ethics Conference 52

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

More and more, I see comms positions advertised as comms + (fundraising, design, content development, etc.”. I’ve found that employers expect not just one skill like writing, but design skills as well.”. Advertising trusted less and less and PR and earned media are seen as more credible.”. Additional duties. Taking a stand.

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Communications Crisis Internal International 126

PRSay

JUNE 18, 2019

What is the thought process at the AP behind making changes to longstanding style rules (like the change to writing out state names in datelines, for example)? Writing in AP style means they’re speaking the language of the people they are pitching. A native of Greenville, S.C., Newhouse School.

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Guidelines Writing Social Media Newspapers 153

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Advertising is a distant third. It could be a way to cut through the clutter since reporters are deluged with pitches. Keep in mind, the story you are pitching has to actually be worthy of an exclusive.

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 98

PR Breakfast Club

MAY 12, 2014

In late March, Avión Tequila’s PR firm, Allison Brod PR, sent a media pitch claiming “ consuming tequila has some serious health benefits.” The pitch offered cocktail recipes and sourced an American Chemical Society study that suggested agave could lower blood sugar, aid in weight loss and boost insulin production.

Chemicals 50

Chemicals Pitching Study Journalism 50

Beyond PR

MAY 16, 2016

Keep reading for the latest industry insights, including a look at the new editor-in-chief at Prevention, the new publisher at Advertising Age, and an interview with a senior writer from The Deal. Advertising Age: Josh Golden ( @JoshuaJGolden ) has been named publisher of @adage. Want even more media moves?

Telecommunications 61

Telecommunications Media Financial Enterprise 61

ISEBOX

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Pikers write press releases about a new executive hire or a product color change. Pikers write a boring story, and hit “send” on a traditional wire service, and then wonder, “why didn’t I get coverage”. 5) You don’t network or pitch. 3) Your distribution method is…the wire. 4) You don’t measure.

Publicity 70

Publicity Measurement LinkedIn Small Business 70

PRSay

JUNE 5, 2018

But with my approach to my own work — be it stand-up comedy or solo shows or improv or writing — I try to get people laughing first. For “Sunday Morning,” I’ve pitched story ideas or commentary ideas to them, which they either go for or they don’t. I stopped everything I was doing, sat down and started writing, rewriting and cutting.

Radio 90

Radio Writing Energy Journalism 90

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 23, 2007

An editor at Home Channel News (think distribution channel, not TV channel) has asked the Bad Pitch Blog to voice her plea. I work at a business trade magazine - we cater to home improvement professionals in the U.S. Have you ever read a "story" like the above in a business magazine? Friends are asking ¬ your house or mine? -

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Pitching Construction Exercises Retail 40

The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 20, 2017

Unlike advertising agencies, PR agencies promote companies or individuals via earned media (i.e., editorial coverage on newspapers, magazines, TV programmes), as compared to paid media (i.e., advertisements). But, try bringing that down one notch. In other words, the PR consultant is a salesperson. Selling an intent.

Publicity 63

Publicity Construction Agency Advertising 63

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales. ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic. Some may see irony in an AI system that writes reasonably well suggesting writing is a top skill.

Interviews 104

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 104

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Mitch blogs seven days a week, podcasts weekly, and writes for a number of newspapers and magazines. And when I write, hopefully it’s an engine of revenue.”. All of his speaking, book, and writing fees go back into the firm as a revenue stream. There’s a reason Mitch Joel is an anomaly in the advertising industry.

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Content Marketing Marketing Engineering Advertising 40

Flack's Revenge

JULY 11, 2018

The pitch is delivered, building to a crescendo – the “a ha” moment in which the idea comes into focus. Most who are familiar with the concept of a Big Idea know it from the world of advertising. Usually delivered via the pitch, the big idea captivated agency clients and brought each episode to a climax. Or maybe Dracula.

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Insurance Insurance Advertising Advertising 204

Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

She’s a Clark Honors College student and is writing her senior thesis on the lack of women in sports information director roles in the NCAA. Her current project is the promotion of a golf tournament for the USM student radio station, for which she has created sponsorship and player brochures and an advertisement. Thomas Reese.

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2016

A successful public relations pitch has the potential to elevate your brand in a way advertising simply can’t. When a reporter writes about you, it’s an unbiased look at your brand, whereas advertising is heavily slanted in your direction. But a good pitch starts with finding the right reporters.

Report 120

Report Pitching Trade Shows Newspapers 120

Mora Communications

AUGUST 31, 2015

Remember everyone who is quoted in Time magazine, or interviewed on the Today show lives and works in some local town or city. So why am I telling you to pitch the national press? As to your first point, that you don’t have a story that could interest the national media: why not? What makes your story different, unique?

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Media Local Insurance Insurance 49

Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

Meanwhile, I was also learning the news I was writing. So, I started my small one-man show advertising agency that produced souvenirs, business cards, and calendars. One day, a big American petroleum company came, and they invited me for a pitch in public relations. So, what made you write this book?

Newspapers 52

Newspapers Social Media Ethics Travel 52

Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 2, 2007

For years, many COMPANY locations have relied on their local Valpak franchise to create and deliver advertising campaigns to area consumers. For more information on advertising with Valpak visit WWWEBSITE.URL or call 1-800-#. The writing sucks and the reason they sent it to Susan Getgood sucks. But we’ll focus on the writing.

Local 40

Local Pitching Advertising Advertising 40

Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

In an interview with TIME Magazine last November, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said multimodality in the company’s new models will be one of the key things to watch out for in 2024. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. Download the report! As well, it synthesizes a host of ideas.

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Trends YouTube Video Social Media 105

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Now, it’s not at all unusual to see a company announcement first posted on their own blog or newsroom (including being optimized for search engines), promoted on social media and pitched to the media with an accompanying release. Press releases should be written in proper AP style (like journalists write). No ‘spray-and-pray’ allowed

Pitching 40

Pitching Writing Engineering Wikipedia 40

Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 9, 2006

Your first introduction of a client to the media should not necessarily even be a pitch (there are always exceptions). Yeah, the Bad Pitch blog is always telling everyone to hurry up and wait. But keep in mind that heeding our mantra drastically cuts down the cycle time of your first, second and third pitch. I''m a freelancer.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Pitching Small Business 40

Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The advertising strategies of the past no longer stack up to today’s audiences. After graduating, I lived abroad in Paris and Seoul and landed gigs to write for expat magazines, manage social media platforms, photograph events and interview professionals. We need to make advertising more like needs-addressing.

Pinterest 120

Pinterest Mobile Pitching Social Media 120

PR Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

A volunteer pitch that persuaded. Several groups presented over the morning, but it was The Toronto Fringe’s volunteer coordinator, Natasha Boomer , who provided the most-compelling pitch. The time was ripe for me to contribute volunteer hours towards another, preferably new, endeavour. How did The Toronto Fringe 2015 perform?

Community 40

Community Print Twitter Creativity 40

PR Fuel

MARCH 17, 2020

Most people focus on three main areas when trying to promote their business: advertising, content marketing , and public relations. A Costly Strategy: Advertising. Advertising is probably the most obvious way to bring attention to your business. Advertising is probably the most obvious way to bring attention to your business.

Publicity 63

Publicity Small Business Advertising Advertising 63

PR Fuel

JULY 5, 2020

Although social media and content writing has its place, these methods are better at reaching consumers instead of news organizations. Read on to learn how to choose the best press release writing service for your business, and how you can tell the difference between good and bad press release writing! Writing a Press Release.

Writing 52

Writing How To SEO Infographics 52

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

I work out of my home and call my freelance writing business Baxter TechWrite. Today, the majority of articles I write are for Transport Topics , but I have also worked on four different Confidence Reports for NACFE , the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. Hence my desire to write such a piece.

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Media 65

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

So pitching the merits of going paperless was a no-brainer. Initially she declined, thinking I wanted to sell her advertising (side note: you just KNOW how good Id be at that. ;P) It’d be great if they all wanted to take classes here and write donation cheques. There were emails to campus, letters to donors and alumni.

Blogging 68

Blogging How To Print Facebook 68

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Earlier roles include Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Worldwide Consumer Marketing at the PR unit of Grey Advertising and Edelman Worldwide as a senior vice president. We worked with their HR department to create a real position, writing a fun job description and posting it on Facebook, Monster, and Indeed.com.

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Agency Advertising Advertising Twitter 100

Cision

MARCH 14, 2016

Billboards, people, advertisements, your friend, your boss. Targeting your audience with ads, coupons, magazines, commercials, etc., When no media outlet wanted to run the story when Clayton initially pitched it, he and his team published it on Microsoft’s owned media channels, helping change Microsoft’s perception and increase sales.

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Storytelling Skype Energy Software 120

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 3, 2009

And when a magazine’s content is hard to access they think, “I’ll forget it.” It’s been clear for some time how magazines that exist only to report what we’re learning every day from our favorite online sources have outlived their need and/or purpose. I have a long history with the magazine. That’s lame.

Advertising 41

Advertising Advertising Fashion Creativity 41

Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2006

When we did the Yarn Bus for Flying Fingers, we were already in a massive pitch mode for the previous six months, having landed everything from local TV to morning shows, about edible yarn, only at Flying Fingers. If one person learns how not to be a dumb ass when dealing with a reporter or a client, it was worth writing the book.

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Pitching Small Business Insurance Insurance 40

Bad Pitch Blog

JULY 8, 2008

After seeing him out a bad pitch this morning, I sent him a note asking for his help in reducing PR spam. While answering our questions he notes he was “on a conference call while writing a story and updating Twitter on the awful cliches (he’s) hearing.” BPB: What in your opinion is the difference between a pitch and PR spam?

Print 43

Print Pitching Twitter Advertising 43

Cision

AUGUST 19, 2016

Major lifestyle magazines and newspapers publish holiday gift guides to make it easy for shoppers to find the perfect gift. “If you want your pitch to be noticed in a flood of product releases, know when to send it,” writes Anna Marevska in our recent blog post How to Pitch Holiday Gift Guide Editors.

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Pitching Newspapers Advertising Advertising 120