Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Crain publications try to share stories whenever relevant and I work with my friends in Detroit, Chicago, Canada, Europe, China and elsewhere to ensure we don’t miss anything. Crain’s Detroit Business , The Detroit News , the Detroit Free Press and Automotive News (since 2006). If we are a “second tier” pitch, you are insulting me.

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Automotive Web Meeting Media 65

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary ( PR Tech Sum ), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. 1) February 18, 2014: Enter GTCR .

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Technology Software Company Marketing 12

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 31, 2006

We''ve started a Bad Pitch Buffet of sorts. Quietly under Google’s radar, COMPANY.com launched on May 16, 2006 disrupting Google’s announcement to be the first and only company to take a slice of the pay-per-click video advertising pie. But luckily we maneuvered through and can summarize why the pitch sucks. Why Should You Care?

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Pitching Advertising Advertising Video 40

Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2006

Bad pitches are like snowflakes. And our next pitch is in the danger zone as it represents the second time this person has pitched Canuckflack. As a result, he/she might also become the second person outed on the Bad Pitch blog. We usually fillet consumer pitches here. No two suck alike. from SCHOOL.

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Pitching Automotive Engineering System 40

Karen Freberg

MAY 19, 2017

I only had a chance to really do one internship when I was at Florida due to my track and field obligations, and I thought – well, go big or go home if I wanted to get some real world experience in the field of public relations. I was pitching the media for our fashion and consumer clients. Did I get this?

Local 40

Local Fashion Travel Transportation 40

Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Just this morning a colleague at GMA showed us this pitch. Their truly private business could have been kept out of the public eye if they''d just planned ahead - and then stashed their updated wills somewhere secure and accessible. Not only is this pitch tasteless spam, it’s unoriginal. military to secure top-secret data.

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Pitching Hotels Exercises Data 47

Sword and the Script

MAY 22, 2018

If you’re into the technology marketing scene, chances are you do too – because he’s everywhere. He’s been an independent consultant since 2006 and helps B2B companies with online marketing. Plus, modern event technology and management platforms open some amazing data collection opportunities.

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Marketing B2B Print Technology 62

Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2019

A 2006 eye-tracking study of 117 email newsletters with 42 participants by the Nielsen Norman Group found, “found that users are extremely fast at both processing their inboxes and reading newsletters: the average time allocated to a newsletter after opening it was only 51 seconds. Please read the Pitches! section first.

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Study Marketing Data Analysis 93

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 20, 2010

We’ve been receiving more than a few pitches from Jennifer on behalf of Retrevo. And for this she’s getting a good pitch seal of approval from the Bad Pitch Blog (we used to call it Glinda the Good Pitch, but how cool is that, really?) Before we post her pitch, we asked Jennifer a few questions.

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Pitching Fashion Report Twitter 49

Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

You get one of our coveted Glinda the Good Pitch awards…Kevin, give it to them! Speaking of which… Public figures get in on the action. Ultrasound is a proven safe technology to check a fetus for birth defects, as well as for movement and breathing. for fabulous press. Keep reading. It also can reveal the sex of the child.

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Energy Transportation Television Fashion 40