Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

More than half of US adults (55%) found nine major news outlets (ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and NPR) to be credible. Media relations (and media pitching) continue to play a critical part in executing a successful PR strategic plan — and traditional media still matters.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Spins Sucks Podcast Gini Dietrich , founder of the professional development platform and blog Spin Sucks , offers timely insights regarding modern communications with the underlying theme of changing the negative perception of the industry. The Duct Tape Marketing podcast offers tips from thought leaders and experts twice a week.

Pitching 100

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 8, 2017

Why would any publication accept a story pitch, aside from respecting its readership, if they know another brand will pay for the same space? Add in the trends of fake news, the erosion of trust in journalism , and rampant ad fraud and this has the makings of a perfect storm. 1) Marketing content vs. content marketing.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

1) The top challenges in journalism. A deluge of pitches. “75% 75% of journalists say fewer than a quarter of the pitches they receive are relevant or useful.”. There is simply a greater supply of story pitches pitching fewer opportunities among the traditional media outlets. How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019?

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

B2B marketing should take a little slice of the display ad budget and invest in media relations, genuine content marketing (not marketing content) and paid distribution of related assets from both . In other words, pitch a story , not a product. 2) Content marketing (not “marketing content” ).

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

Many of the open-ended comments from the survey point to underlying causes such as the rise of social media and self-publishing, disruption of the advertising-heavy business model in news, subsequent cuts to editorial staff, growth among the ranks of PR, and the deluge of pitches reporters receive. That’s what content marketing is all about.

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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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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Earlier this month, the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) was acquired by events company UBM for a reported $17.6 Aside from the well-deserved round of congratulations, it occurred to me the acquisition is an indication of a maturing industry for content marketing, which of course includes blogging.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

“Nothing matters more than getting every piece of content about their own brand, as soon as it is published,” wrote Miguel Martinez , PhD., the co-founder and chief data scientist at Signal AI, in a separate, but a clearly related, blog post. 7) Picks from the PR trades and vendor blogs. 6) Quick hits in PR technology.

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Pitching Instagram Survey Data 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. Scott Kaminski , Senior Marketing Manager, Häfele America Co. . Growth of independent journalism. “We We are going to see more journalists build their own paid content channels – with or without backing from media outlets.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

However, media pitching and media relations to secure earned media still dominate the industry. User-generated content/word-of-mouth recommendations. Product roundups by other content creators. Product reviews on platforms like YouTube, social media platforms, or blogs. Unpaid search engine traffic.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

Data-driven pitches win points with journalists. Journalists look for pitches that are backed up by data in the form of charts, graphs, tables, or interactive infographics. It offers a clear story map and lends credibility to the pitch. Data-driven journalism is the future. 5 reasons to embrace data-driven PR.

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Storytelling Data Data-Driven PR Infographics 189

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 this a sign of the future of PR (and journalism)? Is it interesting to get pitches?

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Pitching Journalism Video Advertising 174

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 69

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.

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Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

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. Vetted is like a blend of HARO and ProNet, but it doesn’t allow pitching.

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Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 88

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. 4) Emphasis on professional journalism. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. A good place to start is with your own content.

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Survey Report Media B2B 101

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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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. Bell has a proven track record of developing award-winning and ROI-based marketing programs, media relations, and brand strategies.

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Cision

AUGUST 16, 2016

He reveals how his background in journalism has shaped his view of the industry, his growing appreciation for PR professionals and gives insight into how journalists in the TV industry truly want to be pitched. How has your background in journalism influenced your abilities in PR? I could write a book on this topic.

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Television Pitching Journalism Interviews 120

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. Need I mention NOT to pitch a local TV news outlet a story on the day a mass shooting occurs in its hometown?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing. Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 187

Sword and the Script

JULY 10, 2018

A while back a reporter I had been pitching threw me what I thought was an unexpected softball. Alan Murray, who spent years at the Wall Street Journal as a reporter and editor before taking the reins at Fortune magazine, summed it up this way: ‘One, they don’t trust us. How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog.

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Media Relations Media Content Marketing Corporate 73

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Press releases, news releases, media advisories, media statements and the like are still important in 2023 for myriad reasons, which we’ll cover in this blog post. Follow-up and Relationship Building : Don’t rely solely on the press release distribution — craft tailored pitches highlighting the news hook for specific journalists.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2024

For the PR industry, like journalism, disclosure is an issue of transparency and authenticity , which are the building blocks for trust. Our blog posts are human-written, and if we use any sort of AI-assisted writing tool, we will disclose it. When I am writing or editing others’ work, I personally use Grammarly Premium.

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Ethics Crisis Transportation Airlines 96

Sword and the Script

MARCH 27, 2018

A third added, “The changing face of journalism has left many newsrooms bereft of veterans and reporters with historical knowledge.”. While I do think the economics of journalism has also played a starring role in this sector, there are a number of other contributing factors. 4 Big Media Trends that have Upended PR and Marketing.

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Media Relations Media Trade Shows Journalism 74

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 40

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 40

Rock the Status Quo

OCTOBER 6, 2015

After decades of media relations and pitching, everything is suddenly changing. Today’s stronger focus on social media and content marketing is also bridging the gap between digital experts and traditionalists, link builders and content creators, community managers and customer service. It’s refreshing.

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Digital PR Publicity Pitching Social Media 100

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We’ll never forget the panic in the PR world as tens of thousands of journalists (aka our PR pitch targets) at newspapers, TV stations and magazines were laid off. whose lively “ Ad Blockers: An Uncertain Threat ” blog post is a must-read. They don’t block amplified social content. And they don’t block content.”.

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Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 48

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. This tool has myriad features and uses, but I predominantly use it for both ideation and to assist with pitch-writing. David White , Director of Content Marketing at Connective3 , has found multiple other uses for the tool.

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Digital PR Tools Pitching Film 161

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2019

1) Use paid social to support media pitching. When you have a significant announcement that you think is newsworthy, you can’t just rely on old fashioned email pitching. Fewer reporters are inundated with more pitches every year. It’s a very passive pitch that relies on relevancy and targeting. The timing matters.

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B2B Facebook Advertising Advertising 77

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 19, 2017

1) One of the ways I’ve gotten to know you a bit is through Atlanta Tech Blogs site you created and champion; how did that get started and what is the state of its affairs today? Today, we have 20,000+ readers or followers and more than 300 active blogs. You blog, we promote. You blog, we promote.

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Marketing Local Pitching Blogging 65

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 23, 2018

1) What effect do you think the rise of content marketing has had on marketing overall? Well, on one hand, it’s provided marketers with yet another catchphrase to hang their collective hats on. I joke that marketers can’t get out of bed without a new catch phrase or acronym to ‘play with.’

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Marketing Content Marketing Sports B2C 68

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

He points out the difficulties with counting unique visitors and page views and says that for journalism to understand and extract usable insights from the data it must learn how to turn bad data into good. The API conducted a project of content tagging by topic with 55 news publishers. Take an Original Angle.

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Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

He points out the difficulties with counting unique visitors and page views and says that for journalism to understand and extract usable insights from the data it must learn how to turn bad data into good. The API conducted a project of content tagging by topic with 55 news publishers. Take an Original Angle.

Analytics 100

Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Their content marketing and brand journalism has not yet evolved to a place where they are comfortable letting employees take the spotlight, allowing independent voices to ring out with options, truth and expertise. Take advantage of the LinkedIn blogging platform – called long-form posts.

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Corporate Leadership Brand Branding 100

MaccaPR

MAY 3, 2019

Until recently, our getting a Maccabee PR client interviewed on a podcast was seen as a peripheral “nice to have,” built upon “must-have” interviews with traditional media such as "USA Today" or the "Wall Street Journal." How to Pitch a Podcast Producer with a Potential Guest (Without Driving Them Mad). “I It’s a time waster.”. (

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