Onclusive

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This week, we’re wrapping up our blog series about building a perfect pitch with an overview of how to measure your success, optimize your strategy and nurture your media relationships for the long-term. You’ve done the research, crafted your powerful pitch, and sent your media campaign out into the world.

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Measurement Pitching Data Media Relations 195

Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Muck Rack focuses on public relations management; Prowly enhances media database; new execs at Meltwater and Signal AI The term “public relations management” sounds like an advanced college class but shaping up for something else. Most draw analogy to customer relationship management, or CRM.

Technology 123

Technology Publicity Software Print 123

Sword and the Script

APRIL 4, 2023

Fusion PR President Bob Gellar recently organized a podcast panel to break down the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in public relations (PR). The podcast covers the following: PR tech vendor landscape , adoption of AI AI to generate & analyze content, monitor media, and hone and target pitches. How has PR Changed?

Publicity 204

Publicity Software Fashion YouTube 204

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

You want to make sure you’re representing both your agency and your client well, and a top-notch pitch is the best way to do it. There are some small measures that can maximize efforts to B2B technology media. When pitching top tech reporters, like most media, it’s best to be short and sweet. Pitch the right people .

B2B 193

B2B Pitching Technology Report 193

PR for Anyone

APRIL 26, 2022

Since they need to get Board approval of the sale, you’ll still have time to pitch around this topic. Happy pitching! Anyone can get publicity! Hey everyone, it’s Christina Daves with this week’s Free Publicity Friday PR Tip. So, that is this week’s Free Publicity Friday, PR Tip. PR FOR ANYONE.

Twitter 130

Twitter Pitching Financial Video 130

Agility PR Solutions

JULY 7, 2022

Technological evolution has done nothing short of transforming the PR landscape. In a post-Covid pitching pool, campaigns have become more competitive, journalists have become inundated with requests and marketers are quickly battling a spike in consumer demand. As technology evolves, so does PR.

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Pitching Technology Digital PR Consumer 158

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2023

Through our private cloud tenant, we ensure that all non-public information used during the drafting process is kept secure.” ( Source ) Muck Rack. First is the new “PR Assistant” which will allow “PR professionals to draft press releases and personalize pitches.” Those pitches are limited to 200 words or less.

Software 128

Software Pitching Ethics Privacy 128

Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Gabriel has spent over 30 years as a professional in the communications field, writing about business and education technologies as a journalist and marketing communications consultant. How do you prefer to receive pitches? I do actually read each of the pitches, even though I can’t respond to all of them.

Technology 120

Technology Pitching Insurance Insurance 120

Wadds Inc.

JANUARY 26, 2023

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. Many public relations practitioners start their career working with the media. Roxhill suggests that you need to pitch early if you want reach a news desk or business desk.

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Pitching Media Print Social Media 124

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

If you are striving to build your short list of PR and communications technology vendors, this long but neatly organized list of companies and resources might prove helpful . My last PR tech sum went up in November of last year – and very little in the way of substantive news has happened in the PR technology community since.

Technology 93

Technology Software Resources Pitching 93

Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, most of the journalists attending these events are more consumer-product-oriented, and these receptions tend to lend themselves to smaller, table-top type product displays, rather than active vehicle technology demonstrations. CES is arguably one of the most competitive tech events in the world for journalists and exhibitors alike.

Technology 94

Technology Automotive Mobile Interviews 94

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. We might be all AI-ed out.

Pitching 128

Pitching Study Technology Report 128

Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 21, 2022

CES 2023 will be one of the most competitive trade shows we’ve seen in our 30 years of doing business-to-business public relations. Challenge: With such a large group of exhibitors, automotive suppliers and mobility technology providers face intense competition for journalists’ attention. It’s logistically impossible.

Mobile 114

Mobile Technology Automotive Interviews 114

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

I’m the Technology Editor at IndustryWeek magazine. I write for the C-suite and technology leaders in the manufacturing industry about technologies and their practical benefits. I think it’s essential to make clear that technology initiatives are not the exclusive purview of huge companies with matching budgets.

Technology 95

Technology Meeting Media Analytics 95

PRSay

MAY 22, 2020

Among them, a clear picture emerges of when, where and how journalists prefer to be pitched. When is the best time to pitch a journalist? When it comes to getting your pitch to stand out in a journalist’s inbox, timing is everything. To that end, most journalists (64 percent) told us that they prefer to be pitched before noon.

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Pitching Journalism Survey Report 175

PRSay

APRIL 24, 2020

When pitching story ideas to journalists during the COVID-19 crisis, PR pros should use email, find local news angles and make experts available for video interviews, according to Cision’s “ 2020 State of the Media Report ,” released on April 21. Mondays are best for pitching, the research finds. This is down from 19 percent in 2019.

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Report Pitching Media Survey 167

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.

Report 119

Report Publicity Training Policies 119

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. While pitching the national publications should definitely be a part of the overall PR plan, no B2B tech campaign can afford to ignore the opportunities that trade media afford. How trade coverage wins.

Pitching 168

Pitching Real Estate B2B Journalism 168

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).

Publicity 141

Publicity Case Study Privacy Ethics 141

Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Jerry Hirsch is the technology and innovation editor at Automotive News. Everything about advanced transportation technology for light vehicles, commercial vehicles and heavy-duty Class 4-8 trucks, VTOL aircraft, drones, and micromobility such as scooters and e-bikes. Don’t pitch things outside of my interest area.

Automotive 76

Automotive Technology Meeting Transportation 76

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 6, 2018

Let’s use this model to get the scoop on pitching media exclusives for B2B technology programs. PR pros don’t pitch exclusives for the biggest stories – those will typically drive enough coverage without making the first-crack commitment to one journalist. The $ pitches are no-brainers. What is the story?

Pitching 189

Pitching How To Media Interviews 189

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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Pitching Print Conference Local 225

Sword and the Script

JULY 5, 2022

July is usually a slow month for this monthly roundup of technology news across the PR landscape – and this month is no exception. A statistic in a new report on PR technology caught my eye. Reporters change beats and publications so often that the cost to keep media databases up-to-date is high. Onward with the PR Tech Sum ….

Technology 93

Technology Software Survey Internal 93

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. Yet as every PR person knows, there isn’t always a timely newshook for the story you want to tell.

Retail 368

Retail Media B2B Pitching 368

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 14, 2019

Hardly anyone thinks it’s useful to follow up, or worse, actually pitch a story by phone. In my experience, more than 90% of the time when I do connect with someone by phone, they end the call requesting the email pitch. Mind you, it’s the same email pitch I already sent. The email pitch they never read.

Pitching 149

Pitching Meeting Training Communications 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In my last post we offered eight tips on maximizing public relations success for tech clients. Now, let’s take a look at the anatomy of an effective tech media pitch. She chooses a pitch based on the game situation, the skill of the other team, and weather conditions. A media pitch is not very different. The Stare Down.

Pitching 180

Pitching B2B Interviews Employee 180

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Media relations is typically a key part of a good technology PR program. One thing entrepreneur-led startups and enterprise technology businesses have in common is a desire to generate positive earned media coverage in widely read publications from TechCrunch to BloombergBusinessWeek. Pitch a story – not your client.

Pitching 160

Pitching Media Enterprise Media Relations 160

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 New technologies become embedded into workflow over time. That’s a saving on 1 to 1.5

Publicity 105

Publicity Tools Exercises Ethics 105

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2016

Earning coverage in the top-tier tech press is a mainstay for any technology PR program, whether your brand deals in consumer tech or B2B services. Universal pitching rules apply here, but a few twists are in order when it comes to getting out technology news. Learn the coverage and beats. And all tech media are not the same.

Pitching 180

Pitching Technology Trends Consumer 180

Stephen Waddington

JULY 8, 2021

Cronin challenges the role of public relations in society and its contribution to organisational purpose. Public relations corrupts conversation in the public sphere and has contributed to a breakdown of the social contract. This is public relations capitalism. In turn society has been redefined.

Publicity 167

Publicity Government Corporate Analysis 167

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 23, 2023

An instant expansion of services As our base of B2B technology clients has grown, they need more than the earned media, executive visibility, and thought leadership positioning our programs provide. This, while maintaining our identity as Mod Op’s strategic business unit for public relations. In that regard, the name is fitting.

Agency 353

Agency Communications Marketing Leadership 353

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Technology companies gearing up for a new product launches know full well they’re adding to a crowded marketplace. But no tech company can afford to overlook the power of public relations to create anticipation, credibility, and impact for a new offering. Save the sales pitch for customers.

Technology 157

Technology Product Launch B2B Software 157

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.

B2B 366

B2B Media Pitching Leadership 366

5W PR

MAY 30, 2024

Enhancing public familiarity and positioning the brand as a tech industry forerunner. Writers and editors employed by tech publications, websites, and blogs. Venture capitalists, angel investors, and financial institutions interested in backing innovative technologies. Illustrate the impact the technology will have.

Technology 78

Technology Product Launch Construction YouTube 78

5W PR

JUNE 23, 2022

When a company starts investing and engaging with the target audience using a long-term public relations campaign, it can generate a lot of positive results and a great return on investment. Media Coverage. They can start by using simpler terms to communicate their efforts and solutions and how they can be beneficial to the target audience.

Publicity 88

Publicity Reputation Technology Industry 88

PRSay

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Whenever possible, pitches should be about people, not products or programs. I recently reviewed a group of pitches and saw the power of this principle highlighted by two good examples and one that needed some help. His pitch was a profile of an up-and-coming minority woman leader who happened to be in charge of the bid.

Pitching 139

Pitching Travel Software Groups 139

Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequest curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data. This month’s roundup of PR technology news is a two-fer: there’s two months’ worth of news here. OnePitch feature recommends reporters to pitch.

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Pitching Report Software Survey 89