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Writing For Journalism And Writing For PR: How They Differ

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I was a journalism major, so most of my writing experience in college had a reporting angle. Once in PR I quickly learned that, while similar in some aspects, writing for PR and writing for journalism is also very different. . Here are some ways in which writing for PR differs from being a journalist, how to make it work.

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How To Measure The “Hidden” Value Of PR Work: Contextual Value

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Numbers are helpful, but it’s the context behind those numbers that should truly make them resonate with brands. This means evaluating whether brand mentions in the media and in social chatter are positive, negative, or neutral, and how this affects public perception. Does it reinforce the brand story?

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4 Brands Running Successful Brand Journalism Programs

Cision

Your audience is looking for stories, and the ones that resonate with them will generate leads and drive results for your brand. But is your brand telling the right story? For your brand’s content to be successful, you need to implement brand journalism. But what does brand journalism success look like?

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3 Rewards to Reap From Brand Journalism

Cision

But how can you tell stories that will still generate leads and drive results? The answer is brand journalism. Brand journalism combines journalistic storytelling tactics with brand strategy to engage audiences and increase brand reputation. So what will your brand get out of brand journalism?

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How to Turn Unlinked Brand Mentions into Backlinks

Buzzstream

Brand mentions are great. At 46:27 in this Google Office Hours episode , John Mueller explains that unlinked brand mentions don’t pass any SEO value. You rely on someone seeing your name, typing in your URL or searching for your brand name, and clicking on your site. Smaller brands might only get 2-3 unlinked mentions per year.

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Pitches That Placed: How to Pitch The Wall Street Journal

OnePitch

Pitches That Placed (PtP) is a brand new blog series where our OnePitch besties and PR fans share their most successful pitches and bring greater transparency to our murky industry. T his week’s pitch resulted in a feature in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) , and we are going in-depth with the reasons why it placed.

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3 Questions to Ask Before Diving Into Brand Journalism

Cision

Do the marketing tools and tactics you use actually keep your brand top of mind? It may be time to say out with the old (traditional TV advertising) and in with the new (brand journalism). A brand journalism program, like any marketing strategy, must include goals, metrics and outlined measurement tactics.