Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The PR pro sends thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engages with reporters on social media, sends swag (when appropriate), maintains relevant media lists, and manages all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Niche industry events, role-specific conferences (catered to developers, creatives, etc.), Owned Media/Content Strategy.

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Konnect Agency

OCTOBER 25, 2023

At Konnect Agency, our experts have identified some common pitfalls we’ve seen in Public Relations, Social Media and influencer, Creative, and Paid marketing…and our tips on how to avoid them. Open-Ended Pitches: Editors are bombarded with pitches daily, and their time is precious. Sometimes, seeing is believing.

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Creativity strikes back. Slowly, they brought on other smart people with great storytelling skills to join them in the fight. We’ve reached a stage where brands need great content at every buyer touchpoint—from their Instagram posts to sales enablement emails to pitch decks—to win people over. The brand purpose craze.

Content Marketing 101

Content Marketing Creativity Marketing Travel 101

Cision

MAY 13, 2015

Michael is the media pitching coach PR pros turn to when they want to boost their positive media placements. He shares lots of tricks, including suggestions for subject lines that get your emails opened, with those who sign up for his weekly media pitching tips emails. Up next is Michael Smart.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

On any given day, we can be asked to craft media pitches, bylined articles, PR plans, or blogs posts. With media pitches, PR pros must tell or tease a story to a journalist – and fast. The purpose of the pitch is to make them want to tell the story – with their own clever language, so a straightforward approach is wise.

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PRSay

JANUARY 1, 2020

that will hopefully make your 2020 even more successful: Remember not to skimp on storytelling. Your team may have many components — at MediaSource, we’ve got creatives, strategic types and PR practitioners — but ultimately, your work should always come back to storytelling. Here are some hints from our award-winning team.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While traditionally PR work consisted of press releases, pitching, and occasional damage control, today’s PR teams must have a diverse digital skill set, including SEO strategy, social media savvy, data analysis and more. This requires a combination of creative thinking, analytical skills, and the ability to develop and execute against plan.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

Allow the agency creative freedom. One of the greatest accomplishments of a PR partnership is when a client trusts a PR team enough to let them pitch story angles free from oversight and micromanaging. A key component of stellar media relations is knowing what stories to pitch and to whom. Know that not everything is news.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2019

Many people who work in PR thrive on the creative nature of what we do; after all, not everyone can dream up a winning idea for a product launch, or even the email subject line that will capture a journalist’s attention. But the best campaigns are fueled by creativity, yet informed by research. Muddling the message. Bad timing.

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Flack's Revenge

APRIL 27, 2021

Thinking like a good journalist is critical for PR; it’s important to be inquisitive, a good storyteller, and yes, often skeptical. It is much easier to mass blast a pitch than take the time to read their stuff and personalize the approach. Realize you have to be smart and creative, and work hard to earn their attention.

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Storytelling Pitching Interviews Agency 177

Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

PR professionals should create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Niche industry events, role-specific conferences (catered to developers, creatives, etc.),

Training 195

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 195

Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

Role As a co-founder, my role was broad, mostly focussed on the creative aspects. Step by step, creating a more effective software system to manage contacts, publish stories online, and pitch the right contacts. Frederik’s diverse creative skills, resourcefulness, and honest feedback make him a vital team member.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But as we mentioned, journalists receive numerous pitches every day. Address Potential Concerns If a journalist expressed reservations or concerns in response to your initial pitch, always address them in your follow-up. So leverage this as immediate evidence that backs up your narrative and makes your pitch more enticing.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2019

As a profession, public relations evokes images of media pitching or crisis management. That makes sense; persuasion is fueled by artful storytelling, and despite the growth of video, many stories are still told through the written word. Media pitches and social posts require writers to pack the most punch into the lowest word count.

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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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Ethical Voices

JUNE 12, 2023

What I did as a consultant was not deadline-based pitching. When you’re able to do this process of collaboration, creative thinking, some training and coaching, you’re able to get better client understanding of what works and what doesn’t while also serving the stories and narratives they want to tell. It lacks originality.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

PR professionals are expected to create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Niche industry events, role-specific conferences (catered to developers, creatives, etc.),

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Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Landis PR

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Passion is a powerful trait, and it doesn’t require expertise; it fuels creativity and resiliency. As public relations practitioners, we are often tasked with creating media releases, blog posts, pitches, social media programs and much more, all with tight deadlines. Photos courtesy of Pixabay The post Passion Communicates.

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OnePitch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Having this pulse shapes the pitching we’re activating or counsel we’re offering to our clients. Many days involve at least one brainstorm (organized by our talented creative and client account teams), and planning media strategy around an upcoming new program or creative concept for our clients. And he did beautifully.

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Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

AI can speed up tedious tasks If you hate pulling monthly reports or need a faster way to turn your bullet points and ideas into a polished pitch or press release, AI could be the answer. It can help you generate press releases from keywords or headlines—and even aggregate a list of journalists who might be interested in your pitch.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Originally seen on PR News Doing PR for a startup can be fun and exciting since often it requires communicators to think more creatively than when working with a company that's already branded and positioned. A PR Education, Positioning and Storytelling Owing to the above, much of the PR pro's job at the outset of a startup is educational.

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PRSay

MARCH 20, 2019

During the week, Pittsburgh’s Megha Pai works as an assistant account executive at the agency Havas PR , where she creates social media content, pitches journalists and drafts news releases. “I carve out that time for creative writing because I look forward to it.” It’s a great creative outlet.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 31, 2019

They’re always getting pitched by PR people who say they represent the next Facebook or WeWork or Airbnb. Market ”), for example, we talked up WeTransfer’s start-up persona and its appeal to the “creative class” versus bland competitors, but we made sure to mention its 80 million users and status as a profitable business.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2019

Social listening and media monitoring is key for many programs, and PR pros have used email marketing for years, even for targeted media pitches. But the real opportunity for PR and marketers may be voice storytelling. Some forecasts say AI will replace a significant part of human interaction of public relations, too.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 30, 2018

One of the best ways is to stay on top of key PR industry blogs as well as more general sites that offer a fresh take on business, creativity, and content. For a better understanding of the mechanics of PR, from creating media pitches that work to delivering a well-crafted results report, no one does it better than the Cision Blog.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 27, 2021

Skillsets: data, insights, storytelling and pitching There remains a need for the publicists who can combine creative storytelling, content generation and pitching. “Employers need to remain competitive, not having to travel to the office does not mean a reduction in salary,” said Shah.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2019

If a company’s media pitches, blog posts, and press releases read like the accomplishments section of a resume, they are probably just as fun to read — meaning, not at all. If your PR program is festooned with self-promotional pablum, you’ve missed the point, the value, and the power of great storytelling. No creative spark .

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PRSay

JANUARY 2, 2020

I like using creativity and storytelling. But this is a creativity business. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here. And I’m here to help with those who would like to join this PR movement. I like completing intellectually stimulating activities at work. I like building relationships with new people.”.

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Axia PR

JANUARY 22, 2018

From cave drawings and legendary tales to biblical passages and novels, the art of storytelling captivates us. How do companies discover the useful snippets necessary for a unique, creative and authentic corporate narrative? And the foundation of all good stories, of course, is the unexpected adventure contained within.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 21, 2015

I’ve been thinking a lot about when a whole is greater than the sum of its parts and I’ve decided to declare that the PR industry’s equivalent to PB&J is data and storytelling. PR pros are very familiar with the deliciousness of storytelling. Don’t be afraid to let data be the peanut butter to your storytelling jelly.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

However, remember that AI should not replace human-written content and creativity. AI for ideas & inspiration Humans are creative and can think of many different ideas, and now AI dramatically increases the number and novelty of ideas. Storytelling : Storytelling is becoming an increasingly important part of PR.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 26, 2016

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.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 16, 2022

From virtual subways to coffee-stained trainers, we’ve rounded up some of the most eye-catching and creative food and drink campaigns from 2022! This was an example of a creative brand awareness campaign which embraced pioneering technologies to generate mass media coverage and really get people talking! How to pitch to journalists .

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Konnect Agency

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

With AI’s rapid advancement and broad application potential, PR professionals are increasingly embracing AI-powered tools like ChatGPT to augment writing, supplement creativity, and fine-tune brand messaging. Meeting Journalists Where They Are…On Substack That Is Only looking to HARO for new pitch opportunities?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . Emerging channels like podcasts will continue to grow in influence, which means PR pros have to become more fluent in strategically pitching and forming relationships in these channels.

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

#CreativePR, the hashtag, caught our attention at last year’s PRSA conference when Deirdre Breakenridge, Jason Sprenger and Heather Whaling teamed up for their presentation, “Creative PR: Delivering Your Story From Narrative and Design to Measurement.” ’ This train of thought is a highly creative process.

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

With machine learning algorithms, AI can analyze vast amounts of data and create draft press releases, social media posts, or email pitches tailored for specific audiences. This not only improves efficiency but also allows PR professionals to focus more on strategic and creative aspects of their work.

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