Agility PR Solutions

JUNE 16, 2021

To get coverage or generate interest, your pitch needs to add value, be timely and you need to follow up properly. Whether you are looking to get interviews for your spokesperson, feature on a community news website or more editorial opportunities for your seasonal campaigns, […].

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Brand Branding Interviews Pitching 154

Sword and the Script

APRIL 19, 2016

I had to make this interview. My media relations and outreach efforts had secured an interview with CNBC for a technology client and the reporter had flown in to conduct it in person. The reporter had flown in earlier and the interview went on as planned. Proven to get More Out of Media Relations.

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Media Relations Media Interviews Pitching 60

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 2, 2024

This AI is ‘Taylor’ Made for Media Relations; PRophet Adds Generative AI to PR Software Former PR agency leader is a building software product focused on improving PR pitches with two different types of artificial intelligence. An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How has PR Changed?

Blogging 121

Blogging Software B2B Survey 121

Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 21, 2022

As such, it’s important for exhibitors – especially the vehicle technology providers and automotive mobility suppliers we serve – to fully understand the media landscape of this massive event to ensure success, set realistic targets and appropriately manage executive expectations about media attention you may or may not garner at the show.

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Mobile Technology Automotive Interviews 113

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Today, she works for ALM Media , a publisher which grew its roots in trade publications for the legal community, but now owns titles beyond just legal including financial services, insurance, and consulting. It was also a challenge finding a unique way for the external media to be comfortable talk with media sources (our editors).

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Media Relations Media Insurance Insurance 69

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

It’s important for exhibitors – especially the automotive suppliers and vehicle technology providers we serve – to fully understand the media landscape of this massive event to ensure success, and to set realistic targets and appropriately manage executive level expectations about media attention.

Automotive 91

Automotive Interviews Technology Mobile 91

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 10, 2013

We love following up with them after pitching an interview/story idea. How about we stop doing all this, and maybe engage with them differently , keeping both the media and PR professionals happy? “Now that we have social media, how about replacing that with a Twitter pitch?”

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Pitching Twitter Social Media Agency 88

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

The PR community needs the competition. Propel is an all-in-one PR platform with media contacts, email distribution and monitoring. The company caught my eye when it said it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a reporter’s pitching preferences. Vetted is like a blend of HARO and ProNet, but it doesn’t allow pitching.

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Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 89

Landis PR

MARCH 18, 2024

By Andie Davis Photo courtesy of Pixabay There are many great benefits that come from media training, and not just for media interviews. If you get media interview requests, you will want experienced media trainers to guide you through the ins and outs (and the dos and don’ts) of being a great interviewee.

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Media Training Training Media Interviews 59

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I was out of school and had several years of experience as an executive assistant, including a stint as the admin for a publicly traded company’s investor and media relations director. I began to tire of the days spent faxing (yes, I’m old) press releases one at a time to manually created lists of media contacts and 9 p.m.

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Agency Energy Crisis Management Industry 89

Sword and the Script

MARCH 31, 2015

Three of the responses ignored the questions and pitched interviews instead – an absent a strong point of view. The one respondent that answered the actual questions, subsequently looked me up online and sent the same pitch to a personal email account. Good Pitches have a Long Shelf Life. What advice would you offer?

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Pitching Survey Report Interviews 60

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

AUGUST 2, 2023

By leveraging radio’s engaging audio format, PR can create memorable experiences through compelling interviews, entertaining segments, and carefully crafted brand messaging. Mass reach is still there One of the key strengths of broadcast media is its unparalleled ability to reach a large and diverse audience.

Radio 75

Radio Television Media Local 75

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

PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. Earned media demonstrates credibility, since the organization doesn’t pay for the placement. If so, how?

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Storytelling Media Nonprofit Government 163

Cision

AUGUST 4, 2016

Today, there are a variety of ways to reach journalists, including email, social media, telephone and more. But if you’re pitching a mediocre story, you won’t find any success – no matter which medium you use. What do you hope to accomplish in your new role as director of media relations at ABB?

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Cision

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Steve Majors, vice president, communications at Communities in Schools, says in order to find opportunities and tell your brand’s story effectively, you need to make good connections. How did you get your start in PR and communications? What are some of your tips for improving media relations? Take them to coffee.

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Television Public Affairs Pitching Healthcare 120

Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. I think it helps me see patterns in the media overall, which is useful to me since most of my work is in media relations.

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Meeting Writing Pitching Case Study 98

Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

For many of us, it’s what attracted us to media relations in the first place. It was pure magic the first time I read an article in print that was the result of a story I pitched. In this post, I’ll share what I believe to be the two most effective media relations tactics for 2013 (hint: it’s all about inbound and real-time).

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Media Relations Media Pitching Writing 52

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

And today, successful PR goes beyond press releases and media kits, even though those two strategies are still relevant. Modern PR heavily involves using social media, collaborating with influencers, showcasing thought leadership, managing blogs, and organizing community events.

Video 110

Video Marketing SEO Social Media 110

Cision

JUNE 21, 2016

In this interview, Morgan discusses the importance of having a social presence, how to keep your digital community engaged and why the fundamentals of public relations will never change. What are some of the key components of a successful social media strategy? What’s your secret to media relations success?

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Social Media Newspapers Reputation Community 227

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 8, 2023

This was followed by social (84%), sales presentations (84%), nurture emails (75%) teasers from other places on the website (73%) and newsletters 61% Two uses for case studies that aren’t on the list but have value are media relations and blog posts. Linking to case studies from press releases is another good way to repurpose these.

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Case Study Study Company B2B 130

Sword and the Script

MAY 4, 2021

Klear CEO Eytan Avigdor says his product uses “algorithms and artificial intelligence to help customers identify relevant influencers, manage influencer relationships, and measure the impact of those relationships – something that Meltwater has done for traditional media relations for many years.”. Talkwalker adds podcast monitoring.

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Tools Survey Pitching Analytics 100

Landis PR

MARCH 29, 2021

and introduced them and their work to the community. It’s always so special to recognize someone and then see other community members reach out to them as well. I’m very proud of that piece because of all the work that I put into researching and interviewing, and it added to the larger conversation.

Meeting 96

Meeting Media Local Interviews 96

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Don’t pitch story ideas, pitch sources. One day, I might pop up with an interview request when I feel they’re a good fit. It would have to be the PR folks who send mass emails with irrelevant pitches. Any pet peeves with PR people?

Automotive 92

Automotive Meeting Report Media 92

PRSay

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

While an embargo is a must-have tool that is often used by the medical and research community to release published studies and new discoveries, adding one won’t make a substandard story newsworthy. An embargo can be very helpful if I get the release early and have the opportunity to do interviews well in advance of the embargo date,” he said.

Radio 198

Radio Tools Journalism Interviews 198

MaccaPR

JULY 8, 2015

With the exit of former editor Steve Mollman, the MaccaPR blog was pleased to interview the new editor-in-chief of. That kind of PR pitching reveals a shot-gun approach. I like connecting the dots, through interviews with experts who we ask, 'what do you make of this?'". Paul Pioneer Press , the weekly. That name sound familiar?

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Interviews Radio Journalism Newspapers 48

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

After a few years hiatus doing community PR, I entered technical publishing when I was out of a job for a few months. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I think the most important thing is to keep pitches simple but most importantly relevant.

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Journalism 73

Solo PR Pro

MARCH 2, 2021

Much like managing a client’s reputation online through media relations best practices and traditional social listening, PR practitioners should be keeping an eye on, and making use of, the resource that Wikipedia has become. When making suggestions or changes on Wikipedia, you should make sure to put on your media relations hat.

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Wikipedia Resources Pitching Media Relations 97

Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

Muck Rack focuses on public relations management Muck Rack announced “Public Relations Management” which promises a “unified platform” across the company’s “media database, monitoring, analytics and collaboration tools built for PR teams.” In an interview with PRWeek, the company likened it to a CRM for PR.

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Technology Publicity Software Print 123

MaccaPR

APRIL 18, 2017

Now that I’ve morphed from journalist to public relations guy, I’m aware of how vital it is to target precisely the right reporter – so you avoid becoming the PR pro who pitches the launch of a new Caramel Coconut Cherry ice cream flavor to a reporter who is dedicated to covering Islamic fundamentalism in Qatar. First, we start with.

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How To YouTube Pitching LinkedIn 121

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 13, 2019

So, I thought it was worth commemorating since the MN PR Blog has been an instrumental part of the local PR community for 15+ years. Ryan posted interviews with key PR leaders. ” Joel Swanson, vice president-marketing & communications, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union. This is a pretty big moment.

Blogging 78

Blogging Agency Community Local 78

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

One crucial reminder is that due to the incredible power of social media it is essential to remind brands and spokespeople of the need to manage their online voice and reputation. Building a brand community and/or family on social media is now just as important as obtaining an interview in national magazine.

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Journalism Social Media Radio Fashion 78

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

As SHIFT and the entire industry continues to evolve there is always the question… Is traditional media relations dead? So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market.

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Print Media Travel Wireless 60

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

That was my first experience really using social media and the publication’s website to break news and keep residents in the community informed. I covered everything from town politics, police, fire, education, town budgets, and local happenings in the community. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

Meeting 60

Meeting Automotive Transportation Media 60

Sword and the Script

MARCH 28, 2017

You’ve spent weeks or months pitching a key reporter. In some cases, it might be apathy, fear or even distrust of the media. In others, such interviews are prohibited by a client’s corporate policy in order to prevent the appearance of one brand endorsing another. Build Trust with Content Interviews First.

B2B 60

B2B Blogging How To Media 60

Sword and the Script

MAY 12, 2020

The idea grew out a survey of communications professionals where I was struck by how little news and coverage there was about technology for the PR community. It’s a lot of work to gather up all the information – most of the good stuff isn’t being pitched – and the vendors don’t make it easy. It’s been an eye-opening experience.

Company 101

Company Survey Pitching Report 101

Shift Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

Between “ fake news ,” Oscar mix-ups , and an adorably blundered BBC interview , it was a roller coaster of entertainment (at least that’s what many of us are choosing to remember over the countless negative stories). It’s hard to believe that 2017 has come and gone.

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