Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

PR professionals balance these media types to maximize brand exposure and credibility: Paid Media : Content promoted through advertising (e.g., company website, blogs). The Associated Press (AP) style guide provides guidelines for writing press releases, ensuring consistency in language, formatting, and punctuation.

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5W PR

APRIL 8, 2021

Before the internet, press releases used to only get sent to journalists, and if they were considered to be subpar by the newspaper, they would never get published. Before Writing a Press Release. Once you know your purpose and the 5 W’s, you are ready to write. How to Write the Best Press Release? Newsworthy.

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PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

We’ve watched traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television decrease in importance thanks to Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and other social platforms. In 2018, discussions about the future for PR and communications pros will likely include the topic of robots.

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PR Fuel

JUNE 26, 2020

Earned media coverage for your product or service (by sending out a press release) is often more effective than paying for advertisements. Keep reading below for tips on compiling your media contact list, writing the best release possible, and maximizing your media exposure. Move on and select something else to write about.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Advertising is a distant third. At the top of the list: strategic thinking writing, and emotional intelligence.

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Prakkypedia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Communications professionals need a suite of tactics in their toolkit and in today’s blog, I’m sharing some more obscure ones that might suit you or your clients. You don’t always need a news article to gain attention – the Letters pages of newspapers are still popular and may get you the attention and audience you’re after.

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5W PR

APRIL 4, 2017

Whatever is special about your place should be key to all your advertisements and PR, setting you apart from the rest. If you aren’t certain, then speak to your visitors, ask them what they loved about their stay, what they think would make it better, and ultimately, ask them to write a quick paragraph about your place.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales. ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic. Some may see irony in an AI system that writes reasonably well suggesting writing is a top skill.

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David PR Group

OCTOBER 17, 2014

More than 15 years ago, I began telling people that the Internet might kill newspapers but that it won’t end journalism. Remember, journalism was created to educate, inform, and persuade people, and our nation’s first journalists were not writing to please advertisers.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Considering the culmination of traditional advertisements (newspaper, TV, radio and billboards) and digital advertisements (banner ads, pop-ups and sponsored posts), how many advertisements a day do you think you’re exposed to? Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics.

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Mora Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Traditional PR or media relations focuses on landing media coverage, garnering articles or segments in newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and online publications. Unlike ads or commercial, you don’t pay for the stories to run, and unlike digital marketing or social media, you can’t simply write something and then post it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Mitch blogs seven days a week, podcasts weekly, and writes for a number of newspapers and magazines. Six Pixels of Separation Content Platform: The blog, podcast, speaking, books, Facebook Page, and all the other content touch points. And when I write, hopefully it’s an engine of revenue.”. It’s not just marketing.

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Action PR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Coverage isn’t just limited to national newspapers (although those do tend to be the favourites). Not to mention this has both advertising, event and PR capabilities. For example, the Evening Standard has its ‘LIST’ in every lifestyle section of the newspaper. But what do you do if your brand doesn’t have any news to share?

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Ishmael's Corner

MARCH 10, 2015

The number of journalists who both understand “deep tech” and can write about it for people who don’t have Ph.D.’s In the meantime, she started blogging with her first post titled, “ Wait. Ever since Craigslist demolished the newspaper revenue from classified advertising, the publishing industry has been under siege.

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PR Conversations

MARCH 8, 2016

Late last year I received an email from Dr. Beverley Wood in Victoria, Australia about Mabel Gertrude Flanley in respect of reference to Mabel in a comment I’d made on a blog post in May 2014. Beverley kindly shared with me the photograph of Mabel, which I’ve supplemented with a newspaper report of her work.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Vuelio named this blog the best PR and communications blog in 2019. Advertising value equivalent (AVE) is at the sharp end of this issue. She believes the same issues apply in advertising and PR. Influencer marketing is messy In 2018, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 352 complaints about influencers.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 20, 2017

Unlike advertising agencies, PR agencies promote companies or individuals via earned media (i.e., editorial coverage on newspapers, magazines, TV programmes), as compared to paid media (i.e., advertisements). The post The Art of Selling in Public Relations appeared first on "What's HAppening" Blog.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2016

Relevant content of high quality, that provides the answer for which people are searching, like the sort Mr. Robert’s creates for his blog. As a small business owner, Mr. Roberts told me he’s tried local newspaper ads and local television ads to drive leads to his business – but nothing works like the internet. Did you know?

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

News outlets have been struggling for years to balance advertising, sponsored and editorial content. Newspapers like the Washington Post are even beginning to hire staff again. Hopefully, we’ll see a shift to more thoughtful, long-form, investigative writing in 2017.” The reason? I actually feel a lot of sympathy for reporters.

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Stuart Bruce

JUNE 24, 2015

The reality (as I see it and experience it) is that PR has always been more in the truth business than advertising has. Advertising makes stories up and shares them.” ” The problem is that advertising is often better at telling stories, but that today people prefer the truth so PR needs to tell its true stories better.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” But that’s a talent supply issue for a different blog post.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

It had a name that sounded like a daily newspaper – the “Herald” or “Courier” or something like that – but the “about us” section was telling. Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]. I do work in, and write about, business and there’s plenty of propaganda there too.

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Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 15, 2006

NAME''S responsibilities will include writing copy for direct mail, company brochures, membership materials, tradeshow promotions, press releases, email blasts, and advertisements. She holds a degree in advertising from The Pennsylvania State University. Additionally, she will assist in managing AGENCY''S client accounts.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. To that end, this year’s roundup is uh-mazing.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

Media contacts – These are the journalists and bloggers who will write about your business. They allow you to see what people are saying about you on social media, blogs, forums and more. Your plan should include a list of all the audiences you will need to notify and questions they might ask. Who are your main stakeholders?

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2016

A successful public relations pitch has the potential to elevate your brand in a way advertising simply can’t. When a reporter writes about you, it’s an unbiased look at your brand, whereas advertising is heavily slanted in your direction. But a good pitch starts with finding the right reporters. Their Publications.

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PR Fuel

JULY 5, 2020

Although social media and content writing has its place, these methods are better at reaching consumers instead of news organizations. Read on to learn how to choose the best press release writing service for your business, and how you can tell the difference between good and bad press release writing! Writing a Press Release.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

I read the newspaper. And I read blogs. I use Feedly to aggregate all the blogs I read. I organize them by categories: MN blogs, advertising blogs, PR blogs, content blogs. And social media blogs. Then, you have a slew of blogs created by agencies and vendors. I read emails.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

2) If I’ve published a briefing , product review or substantive blog posts on any company mentioned here in the past, I list those as well. This is an effort to provide an impartial, but candid opinion, based on my experience on the vendor side and monthly research and writing. Resources: newsroom , company blog , news search.

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PR Fuel

MARCH 17, 2020

Most people focus on three main areas when trying to promote their business: advertising, content marketing , and public relations. A Costly Strategy: Advertising. Advertising is probably the most obvious way to bring attention to your business. Advertising is probably the most obvious way to bring attention to your business.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 15, 2016

I work alongside an exceptional team of people managing social media listening; so for the most part, I shy away from the earned piece of social and focus on everything else from strategy, advertising, tool management, governance, content optimization and more. So, I had to become good at writing social content really fast!

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The second, used far less frequently in the days before search and social, was paid advertising. The apology advert or produce recall advert in the national newspaper. The BBC used its own Media Centre on its corporate website to highlight the fact The Sun also paid MPs who write columns and articles for it.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In 2017, let's all agree to maximize the ROI of our writing efforts by focusing equal efforts on distribution. Blog - If you maintain a blog, craft a post (or two) that relates to your new content offer with a call-to-action button at the end inviting readers to your landing page.

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Norton's Notes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Growth hackers focus on low-cost and innovative alternatives to traditional marketing, e.g. utilizing social media and viral marketing instead of buying advertising through more traditional media such as radio , newspaper , and television. [3] Don’t date your blog content – it is proven to reduce its reach.

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PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

But seriously, if you don’t have anything newsworthy to talk about, you shouldn’t write a press release. However, I’d never suggest to write a press release just for the sake of writing one. Otherwise, what the heck are you writing about? It shouldn’t read like an advertisement for your product. Just don’t do it!

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Cision

AUGUST 19, 2016

Major lifestyle magazines and newspapers publish holiday gift guides to make it easy for shoppers to find the perfect gift. “If you want your pitch to be noticed in a flood of product releases, know when to send it,” writes Anna Marevska in our recent blog post How to Pitch Holiday Gift Guide Editors. Lead Times.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 24, 2019

In this guest post I asked agency owner and Conservative Party campaigner Graham Robb to write about this experience of the 2019 General Election. Thanks to Stephen for allowing me to blog about the election, I think it is fair to say we took a different viewpoint. Listening is a best practice if often underutilised PR tactic.

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