Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We generally suggest you pitch your expertise or story within an hour of the query going out, as that is the typical time frame journalists make up their minds about sources. However, if that is not feasible, you must still pitch within the published deadline. Be Brief HARO pitches should be short, at most 300 words.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The same could be asked about a blog: If a blog is written but has no readers, does it exist at all? Don’t let your blog fall into the cobwebs of your website. Content creation can be one of the hardest things to plan when you first begin blogging. Your readers are already on your website to read the blog.

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Blogging How To SEO Analytics 161

Rock the Status Quo

MAY 4, 2015

The Differences in Pitch Style & Purpose Are Helpful to Understand I love PR, I love SEO and I really love how well they intersect to grow client reach and conversion. How that pitch is written can be VERY revealing. Why do I write about backlink pitches in a PR blog?

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SEO Pitching Small Business Agency 100

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

“Nail the elevator pitch.”. The name doubly fits, since our job is to manage TMI (“too much information”). One of the ways I have seen PR evolve is pitching used to be only to the assignment desk and now I mainly pitch directly to the reporter. Mika: Nail the elevator pitch. We keep things simple. TMI does PR.

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Interviews Radio Small Business Pitching 284

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

There is something wrong with perpetuating erroneous information and dressing it up to look like journalism. In reviewing the study, I think it has implications for business in public relations and content marketing. You can and should run content marketing like a publisher. 4 Ways for Business to Build Trust.

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Content Marketing Marketing Journalism Financial 69

Cision

APRIL 24, 2015

The term “content marketing” casts a wide net when it comes to ways to promote and publicize a brand or organization. However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy. However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy.

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Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

And… at work, when you use a photograph of Angelina Jolie in a blog post on breast cancer. (It She can be an agency or marketing departments best friend. Be sure to check out her blog and grab a copy of her $3.99 book, The Legal Side of Blogging: How Not To Get Sued, Fired, Arrested or Killed.

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Blogging Agency Social Media Content Marketing 194

Sword and the Script

MAY 16, 2020

I’d do a considerable amount of blogging. Occasionally, I’ll use the service Help a Reporter Out (HARO) to field responses for a blog post. 2) Volume of PR pitches received. 3) Best medium for PR pitches. 93% of journalists want pitches by emails; 69% do not want phone calls; this has been fairly constant for years now.

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Survey Media Relations Pitching Media 171

PR Fuel

AUGUST 12, 2021

About 65% of marketers struggle to create engaging and Google-loved content. Meanwhile, small businesses with blogs generate 126% higher lead growth than others. Those who blog are 14 times more likely to see a positive ROI. About 70% of US companies actively invest in content marketing, too. A boilerplate.

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Writing SEO Pitching Engineering 105

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market. Did you know?

Technology 170

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 170

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When you invite internal and external subject matter experts to contribute to your content marketing program, it’s important to have guidelines for them to follow. The less time you need to spend editing content and following up with contributors, the more time you have for strategy and optimization.

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How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 24, 2021

They had covered my client before and I was pitching hard news – good stuff that’s useful for the industry. I’m a fan of using sponsored content strategically – I often recommend taking a high-performing blog post and repurposing it for paid content – and suggested a blog post we had published earlier that might land well with the audience.

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Pitching Media Relations Survey Advertising 114

Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

So why have a blog with “revenge” in the name if I can’t get me some? Or at least blog a strongly worded rebuttal. She wanted my thoughts, and is probably sorry that she asked, because I chided her and gave reading assignments from my blog (like this post and this one ). Is the Press Release Truly Dead?

Writing 177

Writing Pitching Report Industry 177

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series.

Blogging 69

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

Beyond PR

APRIL 26, 2018

But, getting the attention of an influencer isn’t as simple as looking up their information and reaching out. To build a productive relationship with an influencer you first have to cut through the clutter so that your pitch is heard. Here’s the six things you must do when you pitch an influencer. What is your role?

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Pitching How To Skype Video 69

Cision

JANUARY 5, 2017

Recent research from The Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs found the top two factors in increased content marketing effectiveness are doing a better job with content creation (85%) and developing or adjusting their content marketing strategy (72%).

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Strategy Measurement Content Marketing Meeting 298

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

million seed round while Vetted is acquired by ITK Information Services. The company caught my eye when it said it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a reporter’s pitching preferences. The idea is helping PR understand how reporters prefer to be pitched and improve your chances of coverage. Propel raises $4.5

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Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 90

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

Any public relations agency today needs nearly instant resources — from details on media preferences to data that informs our pitches and programs. Alerts for topics relevant to a client’s business can make a big difference in securing quick wins and nailing ideas for proactive pitching.

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Pitching Agency Tools Resources 136

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. The same C-level decision makers that leverage it in their decision-making processes are difficult to impress— only 17% of them rate the content they read as “very good” or “excellent.”

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Leadership Content Marketing Healthcare Google 145

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In a world where people (especially Millennials and Gen Z consumers) don’t necessarily trust traditional advertising, public relations experts are using content marketing, social media and event and web-based strategies to power marketing for small businesses by putting people at the center of their brands.

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Small Business Publicity Social Media Web 158

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve known Lin Pophal for years through her work as a writer for eContent , HR Executive , and others; have pitched her client stories and my own thought leadership topics (I’m in her eContent story on content curation tools ). Is it interesting to get pitches? What are your pet peeves regarding pitches?

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Pitching Journalism Video Advertising 174

PR Fuel

MARCH 22, 2022

Nearly 80% of marketers are adding press releases to their content marketing strategies. How will the information you’re providing appeal to their needs? Consider the publications they choose to read when searching for information or products, too. Place the most important information at the top.

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How To Guidelines Writing Pitching 101

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. based reporters said, “ensuring content is 100 percent accurate is the most important” in their organization.

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Survey Report Media B2B 102

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 27, 2021

Skillsets: data, insights, storytelling and pitching There remains a need for the publicists who can combine creative storytelling, content generation and pitching. There is demand for roles in social media and content marketing, research and insights, and paid social. It’s tough for entry level Jobseekers.

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Marketing Travel Storytelling Healthcare 140

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment. Owned media, aka content, is content you produce that lives on your website or blog. Shared media is also known as social media. Owned Media.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

Owned media is content you create on a platform you own, such as your company’s website or blog. Unfortunately, many organizations take a “publish it and they will come” approach to their content. As an example, if my topic was “blog posts,” I’d create a headline for my first piece of content in the main circle.

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Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

5W PR

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Digital PR is an online marketing approach that’s used to increase a brand’s awareness via internet-based strategies. Employing novel methods like content marketing, social media, search engine optimization, and influencer outreach, digital PR is a powerful strategy that brands can roll-out to improve their online presence and visibility.

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Digital PR Brand Branding Engineering 88

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The ability to tap into this knowledge can help inform owned, earned, and paid media of your organization’s PR and marketing efforts. Information is power and knowing what people are searching for, talking about, or actively reading on the internet provides you a leg up on your competition. Google News. Google Trends.

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Trends Industry Wikipedia How To 142

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Earned media still the most credible source of info Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. It could be a way to cut through the clutter since reporters are deluged with pitches.

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 96

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

2016 : The growth in the use of social influencers as trusted “third-parties” to create awareness and action (“ Content Marketing is So Last Year” ). The quality of the pitch itself has degraded over the last few years. When PR Turned to the Dark Side ”). I’m not complaining.

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Pitching Journalism Tools Agency 43

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series.

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Blogging Strategy How To Writing 40

Marketwired

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Whether you’re writing last-minute seasonal blog content or already gearing up for a new year of media pitching (and if you are, we applaud you), a little inspiration can go a long way around now. So, we’ve rounded up the 8 top-performing writing posts from our blog from the past year to help you out.

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Writing Blogging Newspapers Travel 100

5W PR

MAY 6, 2020

But the About Us page is also important because that’s where more than half the respondents to a recent survey by KoMarketing, a social/content marketing firm, said they visit. More than half (52%) of those surveyed, rated the About Us page higher than blogs, testimonials and collateral marketing information.

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Survey Storytelling Consumer Analysis 88

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, within a few days, more information (and concerns) came to light when the National Transportation Safety Board told the New York Times that “the plane was not being used in long flights over water because a pressurization warning light had gone off during three recent flights.” Fortunately, no passengers were seriously injured.

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Ethics Crisis Transportation Airlines 97

Victorious PR

APRIL 21, 2023

Through press releases, media pitches, and other PR tactics, good PR agencies can help brands secure coverage in relevant industry publications, online portals, and social media platforms, thereby increasing their visibility and credibility in the market.

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Reputation Advertising Advertising Education 52

Cision

JULY 25, 2017

For example, if you are in the public relations industry you would be better off having a site like PRWeek to link to you than a small agency blog that’s only been around for a couple of years. Additionally, every outlet profile offers information about the company, their audience size and awards won.

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Strategy How To SEO Engineering 257

Critical Mention

JULY 2, 2020

Not only do PR and marketing pros have to get their audience to listen or read about their brand, but they also have to find ways to make audiences engage with a product, fill out a form or reach out to their sales team for more information on what their company has to offer. Improves Content Strategy. Elevate your Pitch Game.

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Marketing eBook Pitching Radio 89