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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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This is part of the reason we created our Meet the Media blog series. Pro Tip : When putting together a story to pitch, consider what human element you can offer to the reporter. Consider this response from Don Loepp , editor of Plastics News: “ In journalism school, I learned that conflict was important to a good story.

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Automotive Journalism Interviews Engineering 86

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 2, 2022

I am the senior editor at Charged – I write daily blog posts, as well as articles for the print magazines, and do copy editing. I’m also a contributing writer for EVannex – I write a weekly blog post. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Meeting Media Travel Interviews 81

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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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As lead editor for Work Truck , I am responsible for content planning for both print and digital, feature writing, news reporting, manage our brand’s social media efforts, eNewsletters, event planning, and am also the content technical lead, helping with editorial technical and SEO efforts. As noted I enjoy the educational side of journalism.

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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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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. I still subscribe to one print newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and read it every morning. Here’s how I could control those slots. Anne Isenhower, Anne Isenhower Communications. ” I break around 11 a.m.

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MaccaPR

MAY 23, 2018

What could the producers and editors of The Wall Street Journal , “The Dr. Oz Show,” BuzzFeed, Parents magazine and NBC’s “Today Show” teach you about successfully pitching a story to the most sought-after media outlets in America? PERSONALIZE your pitch – to the person and publication you’re pitching. Get to the point.

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Pitching Print Journalism Local 82

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

There shouldn’t be a barrier between the press office and the digital team - media relations people should be running blogs and engaging with journalists via social forms of media such as Twitter,” said Alex Singleton, author of The PR Masterclass. At the same time, the ability to print fast and cheaply bought about a concurrent revolution.

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Barokas

DECEMBER 4, 2018

*This post originally appeared on the WTIA blog (read it here). Broadcast : In the hot pursuit of USA Today , Wall Street Journal and Forbes coverage, don’t forget about the power of broadcast, and the fact that the news cycles are often much shorter than they are for print and online stories.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Consider the following: Demand for media attention is high: Most top-tier writers now receive 100, 250 or 500 pitches a week for 5 story spots. My pro tip: Write 10 subject lines for each pitch. Pitch early–literally! I’ve had better luck pitching early in the day vs. later in the day. Paul Business Journal).

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Mindful Marketing

JUNE 22, 2015

Now we’ve all heard that journalism is dying and brand content is taking over and blah, blah, blah but at the end of the day the same principles apply to PR that have always applied – third party credibility and endorsement is crucial and that third party being a media outlet still matters and will continue to matter. Content is great.

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Media Relations Measurement Report Media 50

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Although editorial rooms were being gutted and print revenue was dropping, it was an opportune time to be young and cheap labor. This is a company that sits at the intersection of the things I love: software, media, marketing, communications, and journalism. Yet I look back on that time fondly. Follow him on Twitter @cglynch.

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OnePitch

MAY 12, 2022

With my experience behind the scenes and in front of the camera, I can help Bospar clients navigate broadcast journalism like an insider. What are the benefits of a broadcast placement rather than a digital/print one? Should PRos only be pitching individual journalists? I would only pitch individual journalists.

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Strategy Interviews Pitching Energy 52

Beyond PR

MAY 17, 2018

With print becoming less important to audiences, telling stories in more visual ways is critical – and public relations professionals can help. Send More Multimedia in PR Pitches. Both Choi and Forsythe would consider using infographics or videos provided by brands, as long as they meet journalism quality standards.

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Be budget conscious , it may save you a lot of wasted time on pitches for products you can’t afford. And if you need obscure trade journals most companies can add them, but you’ll have to pay for the subscription. Typically that should include blogs, podcasts, video, digital, print, and social.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 1, 2016

But coverage in The Wall Street Journal s, Forbes , Business Insiders and Fortunes of the world are achievable for companies of all sizes – startup or mature, public or private. A brief mention in a local blog, where client SteelHouse’s $2,000 vacation stipend was referenced, immediately struck me as PR gold.

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Strategy Print Insurance Insurance 60

Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

1) Charlotte Observer business section pitching tips The Publicity Hound So many editors take the time to give tips like this, have you tried searching for pitch tips on your top outlets and editors? He''s also competing for longest post title in the world. Soak it in, but be smart about it. This podcast will tell you how.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Mark Schaefer addressed some of Klout’s changes at his {Grow} blog. It’s a far more visual experience to check out a person’s influence print. The discussion progressed on to a long and detailed post on Nieman Labs , which examines what the potential is for news organizations to begin to measure the impact of journalism.

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Measurement Print Analysis Journalism 73

MaccaPR

JULY 8, 2015

Paul Business Journal and, increasingly of late, Minnesota Business magazine. With the exit of former editor Steve Mollman, the MaccaPR blog was pleased to interview the new editor-in-chief of. Paul Business Journal, and news director for SPNN-TV Neighborhood News. That kind of PR pitching reveals a shot-gun approach.

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Interviews Radio Journalism Newspapers 48

Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

DC Reporters Discuss How Social Media Has Changed the Game on PR Newswire’s media blog Beyond Bylines. Although the trio’s conversation focused on the state of journalism in the District, the obstacles and opportunities they discussed not only apply to most news markets, they also impact their PR counterparts.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Paul Business Journal , Twin Cities Business’ e-briefcase, and even Huffington Post have eroded the value of the daily newspaper at 425 Portland Avenue? Paul Business Journal, Twin Cities Business, Minnesota Business, MinnPost and more? "We But earlier this month the Journal stopped producing those pages. Think again.

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Newspapers Journalism Real Estate Healthcare 48

Sword and the Script

MARCH 20, 2018

b) Event-related social media: Today, the real-time experience of an event can be extended beyond the attendees through the tweets, live blogging, Instagram photos, and all the other bits of information being shared. G2Planet Blog: Running Events with Flexible Technology Makes Them Better. PR, marketing, sales and journalism.

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Industry Marketing Enterprise Mobile 71

Sword and the Script

MAY 22, 2018

Early on, I worked at a printing technology company where we had a big poster on the wall that said, “Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one.” Trying to tie print ads or direct mail directly to sales, for a high-value, long-sales-cycle B2B product, was a nightmare. PR, marketing, sales and journalism.

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Marketing B2B Print Technology 62

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

It is rightly said that PR and journalism are interdependent. Now, checking news feeds on smart phones, scrolling through one’s Twitter handle, and checking updates on blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and other online networks have become part of the urban lifestyle. The Monday and Saturday papers will remain unaffected.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. Research for PR Pros on B2B Messaging, Pitches and Clickbait [UML] . Digiday says the Times is “trying to disrupt the news” but in reality, the paper is playing catchup.

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Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2017

Keep in mind these are offered from the perspective of the typical B2B announcement or story pitch. How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. You never know where a reporter today will be writing tomorrow, so treat everyone as if they worked for the Wall Street Journal.

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Interviews B2B Media Report 60

Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Multimedia journalists are expected to be able to produce or adapt content for an increasingly wider-range of media, including traditional broadcast, print and Web formats, as well as blogging, podcasting (audio and video), social media, and live content platforms (Periscope or Facebook Live for example). And guess what?

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

According to Search Engine Journal, SEO leads have a 14.6 percent close rate , while outbound leads (such as direct mail or print advertising) have a 1.7 Those traditional “PR tactics”, you know pitching influencers and distributing content to the media, have gained significant steam. percent close rate.

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Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Finally: Who will we be pitching? Print outlets have been dying, okay let''s call it changing, for a while. Fortune Small Business drops its entire staff, The Wall Street Journal cuts a variety and Fortune kills off dozens. spending all day pitching old media, you are soon going to be stuck with very little to do.

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Journalism Real Estate Print Newspapers 41

Bad Pitch Blog

JUNE 3, 2008

Celeste’s pitch is so bad, she managed to get outed using only 10 words. It’s been awhile since Slick’s visited the Bad Pitch blog – making this pitch all the more notable. It’s been awhile since Slick’s visited the Bad Pitch blog – making this pitch all the more notable. single, recipient.

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Print Pitching Journalism Trends 40

Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Multimedia journalists are expected to be able to produce or adapt content for an increasingly wider-range of media, including traditional broadcast, print and Web formats, as well as blogging, podcasting (audio and video), social media, and live content platforms (Periscope or Facebook Live for example). And guess what?

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Mobile Pitching 40

Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

Ideally, you majored in Journalism (or English) – or your PR or Communications program had a heavy concentration of writing-related courses. You should be able to show examples of stories you pitched and placed, or campaigns you worked on and generated results for. First, Writing Skills. Ideally, with agencies or larger organizations.

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Pinterest Writing Interviews Social Media 52

Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It was pure magic the first time I read an article in print that was the result of a story I pitched. Back then, if you called enough reporters, you would eventually find a couple willing to listen to your pitch – and perhaps one or two that would write a story. This is nirvana for a media relations professional.

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Media Relations Media Pitching Writing 52

Sword and the Script

MAY 9, 2017

The kids were fascinated by the snakes, and the snake man didn’t disappoint with a chat that would check blogs in both entertainment and reptilian education. I’ve gotten a couple clients and a former employer into the Wall Street Journal over my career, and that photo in Roll Call is right up there with them in my book.

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Publicity Radio Crisis Crisis Communications 84

Bad Pitch Blog

JANUARY 27, 2010

You are reading the premier of a regular Bad Pitch Blog post, “Five Stories About The Media!” and I can find those opinions on blogs minute by minute.) To say that Apple is releasing products in a cloud of openness … is not responsible journalism, even for an opinion creator. Hello, participants in this experiment.

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