Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Basic Agency Organization. The PR agency world can be a confusing one—especially for someone looking in from the outside. Let’s take a look at the basic agency organization of a PR firm and what the different people do. These teams look similar across most agencies with a few cultural twists at various firms.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Far from just managing a digital Rolodex, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix. Owned Media/Content Strategy. It’s also common for specialized agencies to be hired on a project basis for repositioning or when market research is required.

Media Training 397

Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Polaris

MARCH 17, 2015

That was many years ago and here I am today running my own PR agency. After Unilever, I worked for a boutique PR agency that specialized in beverage alcohol and gourmet food. To round out my experience I also spent 4 years at multi-national Hill and Knowlton and 4 at an integrated marketing communications agency. What happened?

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Here’s a commonly overlooked opportunity for building relationships with media: Help them with stories you didn’t pitch. Another example: An agency pro was working with a transportation writer. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Georgia Tech to help their media relations teams reach new levels of success.

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Ishmael's Corner

OCTOBER 19, 2014

As a service to the profession and advancing the client-agency relationship, we’ve captured client phrases that consistently find their way to PR agencies and what they really mean. I suggest you start preparing for an agency review.”. If you think the media training helped Brad, think again.”. Client Phrase. “We

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Agency Media Training Conference Training 143

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Regular “touch-base” calls are a PR agency staple. A PR agency is typically brought on to do more than secure media coverage. It typically sparks a few minutes of discussion where we speak about trends, competitive moves, or good topics for rapid response pitches. Go beyond tactics. Troubleshoot. Add value .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Regular “touch-base” calls are a PR agency staple. A PR agency is typically brought on to do more than secure media coverage. It typically sparks a few minutes of discussion where we speak about trends, competitive moves, or good topics for rapid response pitches. Go beyond tactics. Troubleshoot. Add value .

How To 156

How To Meeting Case Study Survey 156

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

When pitching to journalists, focus on customer stories that prove the value of your solution or product. No matter who speaks on behalf of your organization, it’s a good idea to provide some media training and practice. PR efforts cannot be effective or well-timed without a deep understanding of your audience.

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How To Media Training Storytelling Financial 221

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 9, 2018

Most PR agencies bill on an hourly basis, or in monthly retainer fees. But there’s another way of billing that’s fairly controversial among agency professionals, — the pay-for-placement method. So, we talked with someone here who used to work at a pay-for-placement agency and did a little research.

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System Agency Media Training Reputation 220

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 13, 2017

The client and agency contacts have happily bonded at a new business presentation, with great chemistry all around. Of course, employee turnover can happen at any company, but when it happens on the agency side, it should be a blip, not a breakdown. The negative media story. . We’ve all been there. But it happens.

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Media Training Policies Agency Interviews 249

PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Know who you pitch. According to Cision’s “ 2022 State of the Media Report ,” which surveyed more than 3,800 journalists at about 2,160 media outlets, 76% of respondents said news releases are the content they want most from brands. said his newsroom receives countless email pitches every day. Understand newsworthiness.

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Report Local Media Pitching 172

Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Thanks to the growth of digital platforms like social media, the news cycle is rotating faster than ever before. Couple that with an endless to-do list of research, writing, media training and more, and it seems nearly impossible to keep up, let alone make sense of it all. Throughline “The past is never past. Business 24.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

PR people are nearly always involved in setting up these briefings, and at our agency, we always staff them as well. Not only do you want your spokesperson to succeed, but creating a friendly relationship with a journalist will pave the way for future pitches. But to a less experienced PR person, this role can feel awkward. Follow up

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Prohibition

APRIL 24, 2020

Be clear and concise when pitching to journalists during the pandemic. If the product that you’re pitching requires people to be outside to use it, involves travelling or requires multiple users it’s probably not appropriate to talk about. Be mindful and sensitive towards the situation.

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Pitching How To B2C Meeting 62

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 17, 2017

It’s not enough to research the agency you’re applying to – that’s your baseline. We were most impressed when a candidate tracked down press releases for competitors to a client and created a simple SWOT analysis that aided in our pitching. Be tech-savvy – and then some.

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Training Pitching Writing Video 159

Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Hiring an agency can seem pretty cool – having a dedicated team of professionals promoting you and your business all day sounds nice, right? So when is the right time to hire a PR agency? There are a plethora of tools to make it easy until you reach the pivot point to needing a full blown agency. That depends.

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PRSay

MARCH 18, 2020

Whether you’re a health-care organization wondering about messaging or a brand trying to find a home for an unrelated story during this time, here are some tips for PR pros to successfully navigate this current news cycle: Know that this isn’t pitching as usual. Remember to keep your messaging useful, newsworthy and strategic.

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PRSay

APRIL 2, 2020

Journalists are being bombarded with pitches, both related and unrelated to the COVID-19 crisis, so now is not the time to be mass-pitching anything. You should be extremely selective and strategic with who and what you pitch. Share some positivity. That doesn’t mean that you should be sitting on the sidelines either.

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Skype How To Crisis Pitching 206

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In the PR agency world , after weeks of fine-tuning messaging, crafting stories and pitching reporters, there’s no better feeling than landing a top media interview for a client. Most importantly, of course, a media interview will lead to positive coverage – assuming it goes well. Referring to other media interviews.

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Interviews Media Television Media Training 251

PRSay

AUGUST 17, 2020

How open journalists are to receiving pitches from communicators about topics unrelated to COVID-19. Pitch a story and not your spokesperson. Regardless of the topic you’re pitching, O’Connor says it’s important to pitch a journalist an actual story and not simply a person such as your spokesperson or expert.

Media Relations 158

Media Relations Journalism Media Survey 158

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Agency teams may think they’re in constant touch with clients as the emails fly back and forth, but that’s not enough. Agency teams should take the time to explain, based on personal experience and expertise, why a story will or won’t work and where possible, how to take a bland or unworkable pitch and improve it.

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Skype Interviews Crisis Communications Crisis 170

Prohibition

APRIL 12, 2023

Following a competitive pitch process, we’re pleased to announce we’ve been awarded a contract with multi-national healthcare organisation, Diaverum, to handle its global social media strategy.

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Healthcare Exercises Media Training Software 62

5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Media Relations: Building and maintaining relationships with journalists, bloggers, and influencers is a cornerstone of Tech PR. PR specialists pitch stories, arrange interviews, and share press releases to secure positive media coverage for the company or its products. FAQ What is a Tech PR Agency?

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Technology Product Launch Crisis Management Case Study 78

PRSay

JULY 17, 2018

However, if you’re a contractor, telecommuter or agency worker, then getting “out of the office” may not be possible. I asked this Media Relations Master about that because she came up through big New York City agencies. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here.

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Media Relations Meeting Pitching Conference 157

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2017

When considering an agency to handle reputation management and media relations for a company, consider these signs as indicators of the need to boost PR efforts. Intrepid PR strategists pitch an editor a trend piece on new IoT security or other products and voila, a round-up story with five or six brands appears.

Company 136

Company Interviews Reputation Privacy 136

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

A couple of fresh data points can add punch to a ho-hum media pitch ― especially if they’re original and up-to-the-minute. Or invest in a paywalled analyst report for trend statistics to enliven an evergreen pitch. Conduct media training early. Collect and cultivate freelancers. .

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Television Interviews Engineering Tools 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2017

For PR agencies, set realistic client expectations. The eclipse was an example a super-competitive time with countless brands vying for a slice of the media pie. This is where some targeted media training right before interviews is highly recommended. There are also some subtler connections worth exploring.

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Hotels Local Interviews Viral 200

PRSay

JULY 30, 2018

I remember when I got to the point where I pretty much maxed out all the local media coverage we could get. Shop around for a PR agency to do it for us. She encouraged me to take on national pitching as a short-term project. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here. But guess what my solution was?

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Local Pitching Media Relations Report 100

PRSay

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Continue crafting pitches around links to the virus, or if you’re working with an unrelated topic altogether, then be sure to give it the best possible angle to break through to the outlets you’re targeting. So just the fact that we have this all-consuming story has been a big change.”. We need something that’s better quality.’”.

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Journalism Report Interviews Meeting 211

Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

PR professionals often reach out to journalists and other media representatives with information or news about their clients or organizations that they believe would interest them and their audience. Otherwise known as “pitching,” the goal is to secure media coverage for the client or organization.

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Brand Branding Training Viral 52

Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

PR professionals often reach out to journalists and other media representatives with information or news about their clients or organizations that they believe would interest them and their audience. Otherwise known as “pitching,” the goal is to secure media coverage for the client or organization.

Brand 52

Brand Branding Training Viral 52

Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

PR professionals often reach out to journalists and other media representatives with information or news about their clients or organizations that they believe would interest them and their audience. Otherwise known as “pitching,” the goal is to secure media coverage for the client or organization.

Brand 52

Brand Branding Publicity Training 52

PRSay

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Don’t forget: If you are pitching an embargoed story you need to be responsive and have experts available in advance when the media inquiries start pouring in. You don’t want to play favorites.

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Radio Tools Journalism Interviews 198

Landis PR

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Whether you’re an agency serving healthcare clients, an in-house team or a vendor to the industry, you’re understaffed. Media train and test new spokespersons. If I think of some crazy pitch or stunt or partnership, I put it in there. What works and what doesn’t varies by brand/client/organization. Beta test an app.

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Healthcare Communications Measurement Resources 98

Mora Communications

MAY 15, 2017

This unique event, which will be held at General Assembly in Santa Monica, California, will focus on how marketing professionals, agencies, and content creators can best attract and keep their clients and customers. . Joining Ann on the panel will be: ► Anil Punyapu: SVP of Sales, Cvent. Elizabeth Primm: Industry Director, Twitter.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 21, 2018

I also handle proactive and reactive media relations in the “mid-Atlantic” region of the U.S., which involves pitching story ideas like back-to-school and holiday shopping, but also handling stories about incidents in our stores. Before joining BBY, you worked at four separate PR agencies. from Chicago to Washington D.C.,

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Sports Retail Local Report 113

Marketwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Creative PR means thinking outside the box—so while I believe in using traditional tools like a press release or a media pitch, make sure you get a bit creative by constructing your written communications as follows: Start with visuals: Visuals are becoming increasingly important in PR. Wouldn’t you love to pitch a story like that?

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