Cision

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Selected for an exclusive interview with the Fortune 500 executive! Heck, most of my magazine taglines indicate I’m a “writer and editor based in Healdsburg, California,” and a simple cross-reference would tell you that town is about 90 miles north of San Francisco. The invitation seemed interesting at first. I’m based in the Bay Area.

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Ethical Voices

JANUARY 30, 2023

I spent about the first 15 years of my career doing radio, television and also some print journalism over the years. Well, when you come from a journalism background, that’s kind of how you refer to it. You can’t control what story they’re going to write, but you can control what you give them, for better or worse.

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Presspage

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Write a snappy email subject line that will grab attention, but stay away from clickbait. Instead of including a full press release, consider writing just a paragraph or two about why this story is right for their publication or website, and then offering an interesting spokesperson for an interview or invite the journalist to your event.

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Mark My Words

OCTOBER 27, 2022

‘There will undoubtedly be interviews, serialisation and endless speculation about this memoir, which in my view should have waited many years. But could they have made substantial edits in time for January? ‘Yes, in the modern world it’s very easy to get things changed and printed. ’ [continued.]

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MaccaPR

MAY 23, 2018

If my writing is clever, nobody will care that I didn’t customize the pitch by referencing their past coverage or personal interests, right? If, however, you can offer an exclusive interview with a CEO about a newsworthy topic their readers should hear about at the ribbon-cutting, you have a much stronger pitch. Consider the Medium.

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ReimaginePR

MAY 30, 2015

Press kit used to mean kits meant exclusively for print outlets and technically it still does. Interviews – Q & A on video. Again, the highest resolution and biggest photos you can manage are critical to anything print. Media Kit vs. Press Kit: In this day and age, they mean the same thing. Lead media release.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Larry is my guest in this latest interview in the Off Script series. See these related interviews: Diversity, Politics and MBAs in the Business of PR; Off Script #20: James S. Online content is king (referring to a blog). He gives away copies to lawyers who will refer cases. – print advertising. But surprise!

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

If you’ve been writing content for a significant amount of time, you know that consistently identifying high value topics can get very difficult. Set referring domains to a minimum of 10. Also, you can reference the original response for a great opportunity to build a relationship. Set the domain rating to a minimum of 15.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2018

If you did a media interview in the process of earning the mention, chances are the reporter didn’t include everything you said in the story. This is easy fodder to write a blog post on the same topic from a different angle and yet also weave in the story you worked so hard to earn. 3) Surgically weave it into blog posts.

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Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

They think that anything goes, that they can write and say whatever they want, tell bits of stories, even make them up, and in doing so have a frantic fight for more likes and shares. There you can write longer, share, and argue easier, illustrate with photos. We all need to learn how and what we speak, write, look like.

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Mora Communications

MAY 7, 2015

I knew he had interviewed quite a few PR firms before he signed with us and I asked him what steered him in our direction. Refer to a previous piece of theirs. Let them know you care enough to know who they are and what they write. Not by a long shot. I was speaking to a client the other day.

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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. Side note: In the beginning I didn’t refer to the site as a “blog” to anyone. By switching to a blog we saved printing and distribution costs. It’s either/or.

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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. I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments below.

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Journalistics

JULY 3, 2013

Most magazines (print and online) publish an editorial calendar – a detailed summary of the cover story, feature stories, or overall focus of each issue. the PR team writes the press releases), while others may be specific individuals in the company. Determine Themes for Your Content. Assign the Work With Deadlines.

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ZudePR

MARCH 22, 2018

Have you always aspired to write a book? 1 The Seed is Planted #2 Doing the Research #3 Getting the Self-Publishing Mindset #4 What the Hell am I Going to Write About? #5 This SumoMe blog post told me that the seed I’d planted myself in 2015 – writing a book – was practicable. H: What about the print quality?

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Refer back to General Mills’ 2016 Global Responsibility Report (mentioned in my first post ) to see an effective use of GRI G4 standards in its reporting. Write, Tell and Show Your Sustainability Story. General Mills also produces a video overview and blog each year, with an audio interview this year as well.

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Stuart Bruce

JUNE 24, 2015

We also used news conferences, journalist interviews and news releases (earned), a corporate magazine (owned) and securing speaker platforms at events where executives could network and tell stories (shared). PR actually sat in the attic and was frequently referred to as the poor relations.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It’s a great way to exercise your writing muscles. So much of what we do revolves around good, if not great, writing. Blogging is a great way to improve your writing. Your point about blogging making one a better writer is spot on since the more we write, the sharper our skills will become. You get even better.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

It is simple: participants first write their ideas without discussion on Post-it notes. Raf recently also got interviewed about this in the Wag The Dog Podcast. Writing a blog post? For example: writing a blog post. Visualize the waste on your Post-its to make it easy to refer back to the key issues.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

And yes, her skill with traditional PR – as the singer dominated the covers of Rolling Stone, Vogue and People , along with broadcast interviews from “Ellen” to “Good Morning America” – plays a part in her volcanic success. Is Taylor really composing every tweet, writing every post and personally popping each image online?

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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.). So one day I just started peppering my conversations with social media references. I was lucky.

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 31, 2019

Meanwhile, a media company like Hearst might publish a feature article in the print edition of Esquire magazine, and the sole “point” of that article might be “make the reader feel like they really get Chris Evans.” ” To many, injecting a CTA into a piece of writing is to sully the art form. ” Why?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

If they’re resources you will find useful, bookmark them (I use Delicious or Evernote ) for future reference. Once that page has been pulled up, I "print" it as a.PDF, and upload it to WordPress when Im ready to post the recap - that way people can download the transcript easily. Rules of engagement This is an easy one.

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