ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 18, 2022

The way we conduct media outreach is critical, especially with reporters often receiving hundreds of pitches and press releases each day. Gone are the days of calling reporters and pitching them over the phone; most prefer a simple email with relevant details. Here are a few ways to successfully pitch and follow up with reporters.

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PR for Anyone

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I’ve put together 31 tips to pitch the media! Tailor your pitch to each outlet and journalist. Keep your pitch concise and to the point. Know the publication’s style and tone. Show that you understand the publication’s audience. Be timely and relevant with your pitch. No more excuses!

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Onclusive

MAY 4, 2020

The role of public relations is to positively place a brand into news stories. They need to understand data: how to organize it, how to read it, how to interpret it. Here are two practical examples of using real-time data to react and pivot to media trends. This is where the eyeballs are — this is where the attention is.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

So, B2B PR professionals have a small window to catch their attention, hold it enough for them to actually read a pitch, and find it interesting enough to want to take action. The media pitch should also be short and personalized. For example, “DATA: 42% say AI will not take over.” Keep it short and simple.

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Cision

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Brands can improve their PR pitching with a variety of tools and changes in approach. A good media relations campaign involves reaching out to those who are already inundated with a variety of pitches in their inboxes, making it essential for your campaign to stand out and be easily digestible. Monitor Related Trends.

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Landis PR

JUNE 6, 2022

As a PR pro, a decent portion of your job involves pitching the media. Your pitch can say a lot about you and your agency in terms of professionalism, so it’s essential to take the time to get it right. Here are some tips to perfect your pitch: Do your research. Here are some tips to perfect your pitch: Do your research.

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OnePitch

AUGUST 24, 2022

On this week’s Pitches That Placed, we are highlighting a pitch incorporating strong data findings around pay cuts that landed a placement in Bloomberg Law. Let’s see why this pitch worked: Let’s take a look at the actual pitch that placed: . A topic Reade was closely following but was recently lacking data on” .

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The impact of AI on public relations is set to be transformative for public relations practice,­­­­ but it will demand updated practitioner capabilities. We have almost certainly underestimated the medium to long-term impact of AI on public relations. It was rapidly followed by Anthropic Claude 2 and Google Bard.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 26, 2016

If you’re an avid (or even a sometimes) reader of the SHIFT blog, then you already know data-driven public relations is something we know well. Google Trends is a public web facility that analyzes Google search history to come up with data that shows how often a particular search term is entered into the platform.

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Wadds Inc.

MAY 17, 2023

Adoption of AI in public relations is slow, hindered by skills and organisational investment A USC Annenberg and WE Communications report - Fascinated and Frightened: How are communications professionals viewing the ai opportunity ahead? finds that the public relations industry is slow to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI).

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Originally seen on Bloomberg Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists. public relations specialists for every news reporter Source: U.S. public relations specialists for every news reporter Source: U.S.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2018

If the big-name media feature is the show horse, then trade publication coverage is the less glamorous workhorse of PR. The B2B buyers’ journey has been evolving rapidly, with research indicating that “decision makers don’t just go to a website, add a data center to their shopping cart and check out. How trade coverage wins.

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OnePitch

JANUARY 11, 2023

On this week’s Pitches That Placed, we’re highlighting a pitch that landed an exclusive in TechCrunch for a brand new report on early-to-late-stage startups. Let’s see why this pitch worked: Let’s take a look at the actual pitch that placed: . Subject line: {First Look} [company name] Data for you.

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Cision

JUNE 8, 2017

Pitching is an integral part of the PR process and communicators are always looking for ways to build meaningful media relationships for themselves and their clients. Here are a few ways you can streamline your pitching process. publication frequency, last 3 articles written, etc.). Pitching to Canadian media?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 10, 2020

An organization may have a new product or milestone announcement, relevant research data or a leadership change to announce, and as PR advisors we want to maximize its news value. . Once the exclusive runs at an agreed upon date and time, the story can be pitched widely to the broader media targets. Earned media isn’t always simple.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Recommendations suggesting contacts to pitch. Predicting a pitches chances of earning coverage. Notified by Intrado gets close.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 30, 2017

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost. Just anyone?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2021

In B2B public relations, we’re always trying to find ways to drive business and trade media interest for clients. Here are a few shortcuts that can help B2B PR pros spiff up their pitches, think creatively, and drive media coverage. Use data and assets — or create your own. And not every business is a household name.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Media love data. As most PR people know, data offers a powerful news hook in a way that even a product launch or partnership often doesn’t. It can easily feed a story to make it stronger, and data-driven stories can easily be made visual, which adds to their appeal. Your data only goes so far. It’s pull marketing 101.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 2, 2023

Short PR pitches – 150 words or less – had a better response rate (5.89%) than long pitches (1.46%) – 500 pitches or more, according to data analyzed by Propel. Short pitches – 150 words or less – had a better response rate (5.89%) than long pitches (1.46%) – 500 pitches or more. PR Tech Sum No.

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OnePitch

JANUARY 11, 2024

Standing out from the crowd is vital in a consumer media landscape that is flooded with product pitches. To capture a journalist's attention, your pitch should have five elements: accuracy, relevancy, transparency, efficiency, and credibility. So even though it's surprising to me that I have to say this, know who you're pitching.

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Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 12, 2023

AI tools can help public relations practitioners work more efficiently and effectively, but the focus on generative AI content overlooks more strategic and disruptive applications. View AI in public relations and management on Beautiful.ai The focus on generative AI and content in public relations overlooks a much bigger opportunity.

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Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 30, 2019

We’ve all done things we thought were great but were not well received, or where reality crashed the perfection party: The golf putt that almost went in The drunken wedding toast that seemed funny at the time The baseball pitch that was for sure a strike, until the ump ruled “ball!” And what about PR pitches?

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It uses existing data to create content, like first drafts of press releases, lists of resources, analysis of data, automated tasks and more. As such, it can potentially help you structure more effective and efficient public relations campaigns. Artificial intelligence can provide valuable data and automate routine tasks.

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5W PR

AUGUST 23, 2023

A public relations degree offers diverse career opportunities. Public relations specialist PR specialists develop and implement communication strategies to promote and protect client or organizational reputation. They create press releases , media pitches, and coordinate interviews to generate positive media coverage.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 16, 2023

You want to make sure you’re allowing enough time to pitch in advance of a news event, whether it’s something you control or an independent event that offers some borrowed interest to your own story. Editors at most publications make their editorial calendars public months in advance.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost. What It Means to Be Data-Driven.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A B2B PR firm looking to promote a specific idea or story might think first about pitching large, mainstream media outlets. And a story in a publication with a high UVM (unique visitors per month) may not attract as engaged an audience as a more narrowly focused one. But not every story is national news. Go narrow, but go deep.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 23, 2022

The numbers back this up; a recent cybersecurity report from research firm ThoughtLab found that the average number of cyberattacks and data breaches increased by 15.1% However, monitoring the latest data security incident isn’t enough. Different data security reporters cover different verticals. from last year.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is uncharted territory for everyone, including public relations (PR) professionals trained to respond to crises. To better understand how COVID-19 is affecting the PR industry, BuzzStream and Fractl surveyed 400 full-time public relations professionals. Addressing COVID-19 When Pitching.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 23, 2017

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost. Crafting the Data-Driven Pitch.

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Solo PR Pro

OCTOBER 26, 2021

What would help you to pitch smarter — to better target your media list and pitch journalists the way they want to be pitched? When Jered and his team first launched OnePitch in 2017, it was set up as a kind of “reverse HARO” where journalists could opt in to receive regular pitches.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As Mod Op, we offer market research, SEO, data insights, website development, creative services, and a whole lot more. This, while maintaining our identity as Mod Op’s strategic business unit for public relations. The agency’s tagline is “Accelerating Growth Through Data, Human Creativity + AI.”

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Axia PR

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A recent study by Propel , a public relations management software that brings data-driven analytics to PR, found that less than 8% of PR pitches actually get coverage. That number might surprise many outsiders in the field, but career professionals in public relations might consider it business as usual.

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5W PR

MAY 31, 2023

Public relations is a fascinating and diverse field that revolves around managing a company’s reputation, building relationships with its stakeholders, and communicating with the media. Researching the Field Before a person can start pursuing a public relations career, it’s essential to research the industry.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2016

Universal pitching rules apply here, but a few twists are in order when it comes to getting out technology news. In some ways, pitching tech is more straightforward than working with mass media or consumer lifestyle publications, since the parameters for what tech journalists cover are more specific and well defined.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 30, 2017

Recently an editor acquaintance of mine told a public relations seminar that she didn’t care how PR pros pitched her as long as they didn’t waste her time. Yet getting your approach just right can still be daunting, so we thought it a good time to revisit the rules for successful story pitching.

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