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. More difficult to get their attention.”

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Media Relations Media Survey Pitching 113

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. Growth of independent journalism. “We Emerging channels like podcasts will continue to grow in influence, which means PR pros have to become more fluent in strategically pitching and forming relationships in these channels.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 6, 2021

This allows users to review “Google Analytics website metrics alongside mentions in reports to understand the impact of earned media on web traffic and conversions.”. However, this month, its agency admitted in writing it pitched this blogger on an announcement using Muck Rack, which, in my opinion, is a competitive product.

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Media SEO Analytics Analysis 108

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? What has been most helpful?

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Television Pitching Journalism Interviews 120

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

For all those still complaining about search and social, now a decade beyond the advent of the so-called Web 2.0, 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. 10 Fundamentals for Successful B2B Media Interviews.

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Survey Report Media B2B 102

Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. I’ve shared the results from this exercise in the first half of this post below (“Why I Was Not Blogging”). Why I Was NOT Blogging.

Blogging 64

Blogging Analytics Google Writing 64

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. PR lesson: If your client or brand is a major enterprise, look for newsworthy topics to pitch to the media.

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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. PR lesson: If your client or brand is a major enterprise, look for newsworthy topics to pitch to the media.

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Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. This generates publicity and enhances your public reputation, and develops web- or blogsite traffic, direct email inquiries or calls.

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Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 83

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In this blog post, let’s look at the differences between public relations and marketing. Tools and Tactics Public Relations: PR uses tools such as press releases , events, community involvement, web- and social media publishing, and interactions with the news media to earn public attention and goodwill.

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Publicity Marketing eBook Public Affairs 52

PR in High Definition

JUNE 11, 2020

With the recent news that Microsoft sacked twenty seven writing staff to replace them with AI algorithms, it seems appropriate to look at this prediction again: There’s a growing threat to journalism: robot writers. Associated Press and other outlets. I know what you’re thinking. Surely a machine can’t write as well as a human?

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Journalism Software Sports Analysis 54

Shift Communications

JANUARY 28, 2019

Don’t just think about top tier (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.), What should you be pitching them exactly? Do a quick audit of what owned properties make sense for you – a blog , social media, etc. — Seek out opportunities to build relationships with reporters or to become regular contributors to a publication (Inc.,

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How To Case Study Conference Web 89

Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. This generates publicity and enhances your public reputation, and develops web- or blogsite traffic, direct email inquiries or calls.

Social Media 60

Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 60

Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2020

There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly. Give our services a try.

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Trade Shows Content Marketing Conference Marketing 122

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. Pitch a story about how the world is ending.

Media Relations 76

Media Relations Media Trade Shows Journalism 76

Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. I’ve shared the results from this exercise in the first half of this post below (“Why I Was Not Blogging”). Why I Was NOT Blogging.

Blogging 40

Blogging Analytics Google Writing 40

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

This is a company that sits at the intersection of the things I love: software, media, marketing, communications, and journalism. With time, we can put the “pitch and pray” relationships in the rear-view mirror, and build connections that are truly beneficial to both parties. Follow him on Twitter @cglynch.

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Software Media Leadership Journalism 0

Buzzstream

APRIL 25, 2024

For the Result type, choose “News” and “Blogs.” When prompted to Choose a Prospect Source, choose “Search the Web.” Search Engine Journal has a great breakdown of this topic.) For instance, I once built a link from a CBD blog. Last, I clicked the “Outreach” dropdown menu, which shows the option to “Review on the Web.”

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Brand Branding How To SEO 62

Flatiron Communications

JULY 5, 2022

It’s been three years since Web Summit’s sister tech conference, Collision was physically held at Toronto’s Enercare Centre. My role was to keep the startup founders’ strict two-minute elevator pitches flowing — for three hours — which worked out to roughly 17 presentations/hour, including interstitials! Sharma, Pace, and Isikoff (l.

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Conference Journalism Web Comparison 36

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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Trade Shows Pitching Local Web 40

Sword and the Script

APRIL 10, 2018

In turn, I put together a pitch with a link and reached out to reporters I thought would be interested. Similarly, I read the Wall Street Journal, and there are plenty of people that do not. They grew in marketing prominence with the advent of the web and the online news release. So, we kept going without it. Talk to Us !

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Engineering Content Marketing Analysis B2B 72

Sword and the Script

JUNE 16, 2015

Writing for a WSJ business blog, Steven Perlberg reported: CNN is creating an in-house studio that will produce news-like content on behalf of advertisers, a move that reflects marketers’ growing desire for articles and videos that feel like editorial work. It’s a question of ethics. Shel Holtz broke out last year embracing native ads.

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Advertising Advertising Ethics Journalism 60

Sword and the Script

MAY 23, 2017

1) Web alerts and client mentions. Many PR pros use Google Alerts to monitor and get email notifications of news or blog mentions of clients or employers. A golden rule of PR is to treat every reporter as if they work for the Wall Street Journal because new reporters at (seemingly) small publications tend to move onwards and upwards.

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SEO Tools Engineering Web 65

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] . If audio search isn’t enough of a new twist on an old web habit, welcome to visual search. Help Humanize Marketing?

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Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Customers can reach support through a chat channel on its website, within the Meltwater web application, or through the mobile app. Onclusive released a report called the 2019 Global Journalism Report , which it says “analyzed 2.1 5) Picks from the vendor blogs and PR trades. billion pieces of editorial content.”

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Trends Media Report Technology 60

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Coined the “ future of marketing ” by CMOs, content has the power to solve marketing’s pristine challenges — growing web traffic, converting leads, upselling and retaining existing customers. According to Search Engine Journal, SEO leads have a 14.6 Press releases and blogs are known for building brand awareness.

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Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

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 Pitch Pitching is part of the day-to-day job for many communicators.

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Pitching Interviews Trends Journalism 100

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. Talk to Us!

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Publicity Radio Crisis Crisis Communications 86

Shift Communications

MARCH 22, 2016

In case you missed it, the below SHIFTxSW blog series was created to help guide you through your time here in Austin: SHIFTxSW part 1: Interview with Hugh Forrest. Journalism Needs to Change: Interestingly enough, this complaint did not come from PR/Marketing professionals but journalists themselves.

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Privacy Hotels Film Data 60

Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Finally: Who will we be pitching? While most recognized that Web properties are two-way streets, venerable newspapers and ages-old magazines kept thinking they ruled our worlds. . • Fortune Small Business drops its entire staff, The Wall Street Journal cuts a variety and Fortune kills off dozens. If you''re (still?!?)

Journalism 41

Journalism Real Estate Print Newspapers 41

Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2009

These reporter queries look like this: • Faintly Veiled: A reporter reveals his/her name, but only provides a vague description - not the name - of the media outlet (often times, they are freelance reporters still pitching said story). We take great care to ensure our pitches are on target and are consistent with our own goals.

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Report Pitching Reputation Twitter 43

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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Survey Journalism Study Pitching 93

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. It’s one of the most crucial and time-consuming parts of the pitching process, but a necessary evil nonetheless.

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Digital PR Tools Pitching Film 161

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Data and metrics have emerged as the most powerful tools for creating better brand awareness, social media engagement and quality web traffic. Let’s not post new blog content 4x a month if that frequency isn’t working anymore. Local news and indy journalism more trusted. “I How has it changed?

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

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

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. Give our services a try.

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B2B Facebook Advertising Advertising 79

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Your blog is just not working and you’re wondering why. And they all blog. Enlightened Self-Interest: The Pitch Email. His personal blog is PR Studies and he edits a magazine called Behind the Spin. Author of 27 Blogging from Paradise books. You have a belief in the essential goodness of human nature.

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Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81