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6 PR Pitching Pitfalls And How To Avoid Them

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR people make mistakes every day, especially when it comes to pitching stories to the media. But in our line of work, we can risk public humiliation for even a trivial error if a cranky reporter decides to post about a bad pitch. This post outlines six common media relations mistakes and ways to avoid them.

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Building a perfect pitch? The story is in the data

Onclusive

Savvy communicators know that there is more to a perfect pitch than simply good writing, and media relations is not just about distributing these stories to the media. PR pros need a data-driven strategy to reach their goals of securing high-impact media coverage for their brands.

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10 Transferable PR Principles to Set You Up for Success in Any Industry

OnePitch

A lot of folks in comms roles come from diverse backgrounds, from journalist, to project and program management, to social media and more. Special shout out to our wonderful Pitch Posse community who showed up and showed out on social with some excellent advice and wisdom for current (and future!) PR practitioners.

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Pitching the Media – 31 Tips to Start Today

PR for Anyone

I’ve put together 31 tips to pitch the media! Identify your target media outlets and journalists. Tailor your pitch to each outlet and journalist. Keep your pitch concise and to the point. Be timely and relevant with your pitch. Make sure your pitch is grammatically correct and well-written.

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Pitching News Today

PR for Anyone

Check out social media and what people are talking about. Check out this video on letting Tik Tok be your publicist: It’s really about listening and paying attention to what people are talking about and using that to create newsworthy stories the media will care about. And that’s where media comes in.

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How to Create a Brand on Social Media ABC10

PR for Anyone

How to Be on TV Shows: Pitching a story that is both relevant and valuable to the show’s audience is a a great way to land the media. Using your expertise around a story that will provide value to the audience will give you an edge when pitching to the media. So let’s just talk about what is social media?

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Media pitching is harder than ever

Wadds Inc.

If you’ve worked in the public relations industry over the past decade or more you’ve had a front row view of the disruption of the media industry. The future of media relations is not what it seems. Many public relations practitioners start their career working with the media. It continues to be spot on.

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