Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

The PR community needs the competition. 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. That sounds promising. Propel Raises $4.5 Million Seed Round.

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Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 89

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Modern PR heavily involves using social media, collaborating with influencers, showcasing thought leadership, managing blogs, and organizing community events. Before discussing this issue further, video content can be in many forms, including product demos, explainer videos, interviews, testimonials, etc.

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Video Marketing SEO Social Media 110

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I assign articles to our in-house and freelance staff, work with our graphic artist for our print layout and designs, and work with our sales and management team to ensure our content meets our editorial mission and help with sales. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Journalism 73

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. Anne Isenhower, Anne Isenhower Communications. I still subscribe to one print newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and read it every morning.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

In an interview with PRWeek, the company likened it to a CRM for PR. New features the company highlighted is personalization – the ability to add the first name of a contact to an email pitch – and more flexibility to update your media list. The concept of CRM for PR isn’t new.

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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.

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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. In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. If so, how? Keep it ethical.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. On the day of the woman’s retirement party there were four broadcast stations and a number of print/online reporters on-site. Finally, three months later, we got the interview on the books. Cassandra Faro, Account Executive.

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Print Media Travel Wireless 60

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Building a brand community and/or family on social media is now just as important as obtaining an interview in national magazine. The use of “hyper-focused” pitches will be helpful as well – finding the appropriate media connections and pitch one or two producer/editors at the most you with which you connect.

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Journalism Social Media Radio Fashion 78

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. That was my first experience really using social media and the publication’s website to break news and keep residents in the community informed. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Meeting Automotive Transportation Media 60

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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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. That was the outcome good media relations pitching earned.

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Media Relations Media Interviews Pitching 60

Cision

JUNE 17, 2015

Multi-platform news and information company USA Today currently ranks first in combined print and digital circulation as a result of their ability to transform and redesign their newsroom and stay ahead of emerging trends. Jeff Dionise, Beryl Love , Patty Michalski and Susan Page provided attendees insightful pitching tips.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Here’s this month’s summary of the news from the vendor community this month. Universal Information Systems pitches itself as a “concierge service” for all things media monitoring. There are several that pitch generative AI to marketers for creating blog posts. The company raised $6.2

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Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

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

Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

This news release posing as a pitch was forwarded by a Philadelphia-based reporter to "Trebuchet," a fan of the Bad Pitch blog. As if this weren’t bad enough, Trebucht tells us: The pitch had two, unrequested photos attached. One look at the client’s web site and the pitch seems all the more out of character and insulting.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

When I built a case for creating it, I focused on showing how the site would be a greater asset to our institution than the internal print publication I managed. By switching to a blog we saved printing and distribution costs. But that was the case even with the internal print publication… unearthly, jaw-dropping amounts of it.

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Blogging How To Print Facebook 68

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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Bad Pitch Blog

JANUARY 25, 2007

As some of you know Kevin interviewed me on Strategic PR when Full Frontal PR came on the scene and I imparted, “I’d never do a blog.” The way people responded to our “outing” them for being bad at pitching was shocking. It wasn’t like I went to your offices and pulled the pitch from your pile, dude. I mean, why get mad at us?

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Blogging Print Pitching Interviews 40

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It helps you understand what a journalist feels like when you start receiving completely off-topic pitches. Last week on BNET, I talked about the two critical elements of the perfect media pitch ; the subject line, and the first paragraph of the email. Once you’ve been blogging for a bit, you’ll start being pitched.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

I test drive new equipment offerings in print and video formats. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I get lots of pitches for stories on the automotive industry, which occasionally cross over, but it’s rare. Please keep the pitches understandable to the untrained eye. Jargon, jargon, jargon.

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Meeting Media Chemicals Radio 86

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

It’s hard to believe, the company’s roots can be traced back to those old Bacon’s books printed in Chicago, or even a press clipping service out of Sweden, before that. Sources: GlobeNewsWire , interviews with people familiar with the decision and a sales product demo). 1) February 18, 2014: Enter GTCR . 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana.

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Technology Software Company Marketing 12

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Sarah Waddington has handed over #FuturePRoof to the BAME community for her latest book. Along the way she has published three books and created a vibrant community. The fourth book, Celebrating BAME Talent is published today in digital and print formats. Start your own business and pitch for work. Seriously.

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Public Affairs Education Measurement LinkedIn 145

Polaris

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

A professional practitioner helps clients with internal communications, community engagement, social media best practices, speech writing, investor relations. Outlining the benefits of having a stronger PR presence in the communities where she does business. all before you arrange a single interview. the list goes on.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In my previous position as the managing editor of the University’s internal publication, I spent a lot of time (and still do) interviewing members of the campus community (faculty, staff, students, alumni, community partners, etc.). You can’t start a blog like ours unless the community wants it. But I’m not hard to find.

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Blogging How To Social Media Community 60

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. Writing proficiency will be the difference between you getting a second interview and a rejection letter. Second, Internship Experience. Ideally, with agencies or larger organizations.

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Pinterest Writing Interviews Social Media 52

MaccaPR

MAY 3, 2019

How can marketers like you get your CEO or brand spokesperson interviewed on a podcast that’s heard by tens of thousands, or even millions, of listeners? And, just as challenging, how can you convince your CEO that securing a podcast interview could be as valuable for your company as an interview in "Bloomberg Businessweek?".

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Raf recently also got interviewed about this in the Wag The Dog Podcast. Reasons: Team has no overview of who is getting pitched. Coverage isn’t secured as initial pitches aren’t being followed up. Reasons: No one is tracking who pitched what and taking ownership of follow-ups. Assemble a diverse project team.

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How To Software System Employee 60

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. As a result print circulation has fallen dramatically.

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Cision

MAY 11, 2015

The Zimbabwe native received her bachelor’s in print journalism from Claflin University, and later received her master’s in communication from Johns Hopkins University. ​​ How do you innovate PR? It’s such a great way to connect not only with reporters but fellow PR professionals and new communities.

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