article thumbnail

Content analysis tool BuzzSumo adds journalist database for SMBs [PR tech sum no. 48]

Sword and the Script

The classic BuzzSumo tool will also allow you to analyze the reporter’s activity such as: Number of articles created on topic; Total engagement of articles on topic; Recency of published content; Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Reddit engagement; and Number of links driven. Pitch podcasts by noon. PR tech mentions Video makers.

Analysis 151
article thumbnail

State of Content Marketing 2019: Creativity Strikes Back

Contently - Strategy

Creativity strikes back. Just look at GE Reports, which has built a dedicated newsletter of over 100,000 people and regularly goes viral on Reddit by covering the company’s amazing new inventions and initiatives across renewable energy and air travel. In 2019, great content is an inherent part of good marketing.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Four social media channels most communicators overlook

Communications Conversations

Overlooked social network #3: Reddit. Why Reddit? Let’s be clear: Reddit isn’t for every brand. I say that because Reddit isn’t a marketing play the way most social networks can be. Case in point: Brands like Microsoft that use Reddit as a customer service channel. This is second only to Facebook.

article thumbnail

5 PR Lessons From Our Favorite Instagrammers

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Find creative ways to make the standard announcement. Yes, real news and announcements merit media coverage on their own, but creative storytelling tactics can make a bigger splash and leave a more lasting impression. Here are some PR lessons we gleaned from some of our favorite Instagrammers. Appeal to the imagination.

Instagram 159
article thumbnail

How to build a newsroom or press office for the modern media environment

Stephen Waddington

The skills of a team have developed to include: listening and monitoring; creative; content development; production; community management; and media relations. Workflow: tools, content, creation, pitch, post and amplification. A content concept is brainstormed and quickly developed, and pitched to the client. Show and tell.

How To 84
article thumbnail

Behind the Headlines With Neil McAllister

Cision

Instead, they pitched me on a position they had open. With so many outlets and ways to consume information proliferating these days, you need to be more thoughtful and creative than ever if you want to stand out. Sorry, m’colleagues, but I use aggregators like the Drudge Report and Reddit as much as anyone. Rapid Fire Round.

article thumbnail

How to Ideate a Successful Survey Campaign

Buzzstream

Here’s the thing: creating surveys is very expensive, and your success in pitching surveys for links is often heavily influenced by other news events of the day. Like a large firm doing their due diligence on a potential investment, your work starts before gathering survey data or pitching anything for coverage.

Survey 90