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Junk Mail, Junk News

Bad Pitch Blog

In 2006, over 17 million COMPANY savings offers were mailed to consumers through the familiar blue Valpak envelope. The writing sucks and the reason they sent it to Susan Getgood sucks. But we’ll focus on the writing. The news media lie in wait for the bombastic to fall (despite the fact they helped create them).

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. It’s hard to believe, the company’s roots can be traced back to those old Bacon’s books printed in Chicago, or even a press clipping service out of Sweden, before that. 2a) June 2, 2014: Vocus + Cision.

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Retrevo’s Good ‘n Plenty Pitch

Bad Pitch Blog

She does not ask me to write about Retrevo, she merely asks me to credit them for the content. Because I have a background in broadcast communications, I know what it takes to write a story, shoot a video, edit and work under deadline. Good Organic Stories Trump Re-Prints.