Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

As EIC on FPW, I guide the content and direction of websites, webinars/events, and magazine. I assign articles to our in-house and freelance staff, work with our graphic artist for our print layout and designs, and work with our sales and management team to ensure our content meets our editorial mission and help with sales.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

As SHIFT and the entire industry continues to evolve there is always the question… Is traditional media relations dead? So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I’m the editor in chief of FleetOwner magazine and FleetOwner.com. FleetOwner , part of Endeavor Business Media’s Commercial Vehicle Group, which serves commercial truck fleet executives and operations managers. As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital.

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5W PR

APRIL 9, 2019

A business that gets involved in its local community achieves multiple objectives. Whether it’s sponsoring a local nonprofit event or offering up employee volunteers to work at a food drive or other event, there are multiple ways for a business to use its strength in numbers to make a difference. Make a Community Impact.

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Public relations, or more precisely media relations, can be a tricky business. The art of getting earned media coverage for a product, service or business is not as easy as it sounds. And while the degree of difficulty varies from brand to brand, the secret to securing editorial is NOT a media release.

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Mora Communications

JANUARY 3, 2018

Don’t go into a campaign expecting to land a national TV segment or magazine cover within the first month. Media begets media. A newspaper story can lead to a magazine piece, which can lead to a radio interview, which in time could very well lead to national TV coverage. . Prepare for your media interviews.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

I test drive new equipment offerings in print and video formats. During the two years it took to transition from driving to writing, I scaled back the driving, did a two-year stint hosting an all-night radio show targeted to truck drivers at CHAM radio in Hamilton, Ontario, and contributed as many stories as I could to various magazines.

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Chief marketing officers are in love with the idea of breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® event record and having their brands bask in the seemingly viral eruption of TV, radio, print and online buzz that comes from that honor. The 3,010-pound scoop of strawberry ice cream generated 769 TV, radio and other media mentions for $1.7

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Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

2) How a Simple, Powerful and Persistent Message to the Media Gained Client, Alsbridge, Coverage in "The Wall Street Journal", "BusinessWeek, "CIO Magazine" and Many Others Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log Alan’s follow-up notes on achieving national business coverage. He''s also competing for longest post title in the world.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Doug Iverson (formerly with the Pioneer Press and Finance & Commerce ) edits healthcare reporter Chris Snowbeck and medical tech writer Joe Carlson (formerly with Modern Healthcare magazine); our Washington, D.C. Otherwise I try to follow the other local publications and whatever catches my eye.". Interviews Media Relations'

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Reputation Us

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

From the August 31, 2016 issue of Credit Union Times Magazine. A local newspaper reporter picked up the incident from a police report and then two TV news stations did follow-up stories. Media relations training helped Wyss-Schoenborn effectively manage the press during the crisis. By Peter Strozniak.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 28, 2007

Finding positive stories about public relations and PR industry professionals seems as rare as ancient coins. So this news article was a welcome find (click on the print version for the full-length version). Can you say this about every one of your last 12 media pitches?

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Media Relations - Is your e-book authored by an expert? Don't overlook the potential of strategic media relations/publicity outreach. Sponsored Content on a Specific Blog or News Site - Increasingly, brands and companies can pay for articles to be published in traditional media such as magazines and newspapers.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 2, 2007

For years, many COMPANY locations have relied on their local Valpak franchise to create and deliver advertising campaigns to area consumers. ®, an online site for local savings, has over 20 million offer views each month. Read your news releases and pull anything that would sound odd or too good to be true if printed in a news story.

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Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 20, 2010

Our studies are featured regularly throughout the media, and the majority of the stories are not reprints of our commentary; they are actual stories, where the reporter discusses our findings, provides their perspective and publishes our charts. Good Organic Stories Trump Re-Prints. Not to worry.

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