OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

While she’s focused generally on consumer PR over her nearly 20 years in the industry, she’s had deep experience in food and beverage, restaurants, and retail communications while working at everything from boutique to global PR agencies in Chicago and Columbus. What information do you always make sure to include in a pitch?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 30, 2018

Even the most stellar pitch is useless if the wrong people are targeted; a carefully selected list of fewer reporters will yield better results than a spray-and-pray approach. The desired audiences for a story depend on the corporate communications goals involved, whether general visibility, opinion leadership, or product support.

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Media Mobile Telecommunications Pitching 136

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

However, media pitching and media relations to secure earned media still dominate the industry. Too Much Competition: Respondents highlighted that there’s too much competition from other stories, making it challenging for their pitches to stand out. This has made it more challenging to pitch stories successfully.

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Media Nonprofit Pitching Analytics 98

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Fall is a terrific time for creative public relations teams to dream up seasonal ideas that score with media now and through the rest of the year. For example, IoT devices for the home can factor into smart pitches on fall clean-up and prep stories. Some of the best pitches tie a client product or service to pop culture coverage.

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Film Small Business Pitching Comparison 180

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 26, 2016

With 68 percent of users saying they engage with brands on Instagram, big brands, small businesses, and influencers alike have embraced the social media platform, producing content that professional communicators can learn much from. Find creative ways to make the standard announcement. Appeal to the imagination.

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Instagram Reddit Transportation Creativity 159

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 17, 2016

We are no exception, with outreach occurring now in categories as varied as 3D printing, online advertising and wearable tech, to name a few. Pitch to your strengths. Though your speaker’s expertise may be 3D printing for example, is a 3D printing conference the best option? Think outside the conference.

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Conference Print Trade Shows Advertising 120

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In this case, PR strategies can help your brand use a broader method to communicate your messages to specific audiences effectively. They focus on excellent written and visual communication distributed through various media channels. There are many more creative approaches to achieving a positive image.

Video 110

Video Marketing SEO Social Media 110

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In this article I explore how smart public relations practitioners are putting search at the heart of their campaigns and seeking followed links from the media sites they pitch. At the same time, the ability to print fast and cheaply bought about a concurrent revolution. It was a communication revolution.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

If you love tech PR , you might have the opportunity to learn something about data security, e-payments, or explore the future of 3D-printing. And even though we look for hard news, our coverage is broad, and so is our readership, so we appreciate “creative” pitches as long as they are well thought out.

Print 136

Print Interviews Pitching Meeting 136

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 19, 2016

Upload a story pitch or news announcement and connect with journalists interested in covering your story. The trend toward open-plan offices makes collaboration easier but also means coming up with creative ways to enhance focus. Has the time come for PR and 3D printing? Tinder for PR pros & media?

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Wireless Print Hotels Travel 120

PR in High Definition

JUNE 28, 2022

From 2019 to 2021 , print subscription circulations fell by 7%, and single-sale copies by 11%. Adding to this, they’re completely inundated with emails and pitches. It’s harder to get in front of the right people, harder to build relationships, and harder to have our pitches seen and phone calls answered.

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Reputation Media SEO Case Study 62

Cision

MAY 11, 2016

If you aren’t passionate about the product or service you’re pitching, journalists will see right through your pitch. Brenda Urban, director of communications at Klick Communications, says communication professionals must seek out brands that they love and are excited to work with. Anticipate potential crises.

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Television Travel Tourism Pitching 120

Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 7, 2012

Your pitch is the stimulus driving an editor to Google the subject of your pitch. From supporting creative briefs to fueling message tracks, reasons to believe are a critical part of any campaign or plan, down to an individual pitch. And when the time is right, they pitch national media. Let''s call it provenance.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This means posting links and images to all brand social accounts of course, but there are also opportunities to get more creative. Also consider something more elaborate like creating a slick online piece with the help of a site like Coverage Book or producing a printed brochure with more than one piece of coverage.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 26, 2016

The seasoned PR team knows how to reach media with a pitch that lets them know this subject matter will interest their audience, without reading like an ad. An exec I worked with once told me he didn’t exist until he saw his name in print. PR is most effective at: Packaging a company’s story to resonate with reporters.

Print 120

Print Advertising Advertising Survey 120

Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Online is where people go to have questions answered, but traditional media — radio, television, and print — is where people learn about what questions to ask. In the case of print consumers, they must utilize the publication’s physical pages. Looking to pitch traditional media outlets? Geographic Specificity.

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Nova Halliwell is a communications professional living in New York City. . Having worked in PR for more than a decade, I’ve seen plenty of communications plans written by people who don’t interact with media – or at least haven’t done so in a very long time. If you’re not pitching, you’re not relevant. .

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Print Interviews Pitching Conference 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Presumably your account is being serviced by the same competent, experienced team who pitched your business. If changes have occurred, the key players should have have stayed the same, ensuring consistent communication and work. or even printing out a hard copy – the difference in format can be valuable to helping you edit.

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Agency Print Course Travel 136

Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

Janet Falk, Falk Communications and Research. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. Anne Isenhower, Anne Isenhower Communications. I still subscribe to one print newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and read it every morning. Michelle Kane, VoiceMatters, LLC.

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Meeting Writing Pitching Case Study 98

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Although longer content like books, white papers, podcasts, eBooks, and video can take more time and effort than shorter bites, and it demands greater depth and creativity, it can prove very effective. And being a best-selling author can’t hurt when pitching bylines or features to the media. 6 benefits of long form PR content.

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Case Study SEO Film Video 178

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Each member of the team has a particular hit that they are extremely proud of purely based on the fact that good old creativity, industriousness and smarts resulted in a hit that wowed the client and broke through. So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. Take a look….

Print 60

Print Media Travel Wireless 60

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 24, 2023

These insights are essential if you are to design communication strategies to reach them, resonate with them, and inspire them to act. Soliciting customer review videos on social media enables decision-makers to assess the customer’s experience and define creative, targeted solutions for improving the product.

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Strategy Ethics Social Media Data 97

Cision

MAY 11, 2015

Mercy is a public relations manager at Belle Communications , freelance writer and communications director for the DC chapter of ColorComm. What would’ve been a cold call or cold email becomes much warmer because I can refine my pitch through my social media research. Tell us in our #InnovateNow Hashtag Sweepstakes.

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Reddit Social Media Pitching Comparison 120

Cision

MARCH 24, 2017

Jody joins the agency with an extensive background in communications. I have immensely talented colleagues at Austin & Williams: Madison Avenue veterans and young, inspirational creatives. If you find the compelling human story in what you’re pitching, you’ll be successful. It got to a point that was too vast to comprehend.

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Enterprise Agency Radio Fashion 227

Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Pushing products in your pitches won’t gain you any media coverage. If you want journalists to respond to your pitches, you need to explain why your news is important and relevant. Adriana Stan, public relations director at W Magazine, says being empathetic to the contacts you are pitching is the key to winning them over.

Fashion 120

Fashion Pitching Journalism Social Media 120

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Universal Information Systems pitches itself as a “concierge service” for all things media monitoring. The product name and press release position the tool as a writing assistant of sorts, “to create initial draft frameworks for press releases and outreach communications.” The company raised $6.2

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Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

Cision

MAY 12, 2015

RaeAnn has experience in the corporate and nonprofit communication worlds, serving most recently as the senior national communications manager for Young Invincibles. When I first got into communications, social media was met with “Oh, so you Facebook all day. Up next is RaeAnn Pickett. What’s your real job?” Click here!

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Data Nonprofit Analytics Instagram 120

Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Despite denials and indignation from journalists, money does talk at many prints, electronic, and online media sources; often in direct relation to the financial health and business prospects of its corporate owners. With the media, succeeding in a pay-to-play world means two things.

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Advertising Advertising Ethics Conference 52

Cision

AUGUST 7, 2015

This is a guest post by Nova Halliwell, a communications professional living in New York City. After graduation, I accepted an entry-level communications role at a large corporation in Philadelphia. Check out our “2015 Holiday Gift Guide PR Kit” for pitching tips and more! Get the right experience. Ask for it.

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Tourism Television Print Industry 120

OnePitch

MAY 12, 2022

His career has spanned the intersection of business, technology, and communications. 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. What are the best ways to pitch a feature vs. a news event?

Strategy 52

Strategy Interviews Pitching Energy 52

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The fourth book, Celebrating BAME Talent is published today in digital and print formats. Topics range from audience targeting, social media, partnership working, reputation, pitching to radio and community building through to public affairs, internal comms, leadership, coaching and the psychology of decision-making.

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Public Affairs Education Measurement LinkedIn 145

Prohibition

JANUARY 6, 2023

Videos allow your brand to communicate its unique messaging, offering or products in a creative and emotive manner that snaps the attention of your audience, instead of getting lost in overly long text. You are immediately met with the challenge of communicating your campaign story in a way that doesn’t get lost or ignored.

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Video Strategy SEO Engineering 62

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

to match these themes in the months when my search volume is highest, so that I’m in print when people are already finding my website. Using the above as an example, my PR team would advise me to write content they can pitch for precision marketing. Second, my PR team would help me plan for 2018’s marketing search season. Stay tuned!

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Analytics Data-Driven PR Data Software 132

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

On the people front, I’m lucky to work with a strong team of smart, creative, fun colleagues. How we get creative for client campaigns is what I find can be the biggest difference. No pitch topic is off the table. Among other angles, we are currently pitching “Dog Tees to Turn your Ruff Day Around.”.

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Agency Apparel Pitching Creativity 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 31, 2017

Feeling creative? In routine sessions participants may come unprepared or be reluctant to share, relying on others to do the heavy creative lifting. Launching an attention-getting idea for 3-D printing client, WhiteClouds came to us this way. Sometimes the process can be daunting but it doesn’t have to be.

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Airlines Exercises Fashion Print 120

Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2015

What does it mean for PR: Consider a publisher’s revenue and publishing models, as well as your need for exposure, when pitching a story. Cognitive and behavioral science aren’t new to marketing and advertising and as our understanding of human cognition increases, so does the research of how it applies to communications.

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Journalism Trends Local Print 120

PRSay

AUGUST 12, 2016

For those who work in sports and entertainment PR, there are many areas of our practices we should be evaluating from how we pitch media in the social media era, to crafting captivating press releases, packaging media stories and effectively communicating our messages to the right audiences in real time.

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Storytelling Social Media Sports Strategy 60