Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Skidz PR Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are as follows: Reach of 180 million people per month Advertising Equivalent Value (AVE) of £172 million per month Budget Skidz does not have a budget earmarked for PR activity. Agency relationship Skidz is seeking a creative agency that is prepared to challenge our thinking.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2023

Her industry experience spans the wellness, enterprise, cybersecurity, and advertising production sectors. This period saw the addition of new clients, notably A Million Ads (AMA), a dynamic creative audio leader, and Panorays, an IT Risk Management firm.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 11, 2022

People usually think of media pitching and press releases when they think about public relations. In a similar vein, Digiday hosts a conference focusing on programmatic advertising. Similarly, IAB also hosted its first-ever PlayFronts , which is dedicated to the rising trend of in-game advertising. Advertising Week.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Changing media habits coupled with massive pushes in ad blocking, including iOS9 ( TechCrunch ), are increasing the importance of organic content and native advertising. Millennials know when they are being pitched and teens are identifying more with top YouTubers than conventional celebrities ( Variety ). It’s simple.

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PR for Anyone

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

I was watching Good Morning America last week and saw a story that just resonated with everything I share and write about related to newsjacking and “celebrity sells” when pitching the media. Remember to think about what medium you are pitching. That helps when you pitch too, to show them the visuals. newsjacking).

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PRSay

MAY 25, 2018

And then the podcaster will get more downloads and be able to present that higher number to advertisers. What audience can you deliver to the influencers you pitch? Then find some ideas or content that have performed well with that audience, and use that to validate your pitch. Now back to you.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

“Nail the elevator pitch.”. Mika Stambaugh is an Emmy award winning journalist and dynamic entrepreneur known for her creative strategies in executing media and communication campaigns. One of the ways I have seen PR evolve is pitching used to be only to the assignment desk and now I mainly pitch directly to the reporter.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 3, 2018

Outbrain is one most recognizable brands in advertising technology (adtech). Usually, it’s a handful of eye-catching photos and click-bait style headlines that pitch insurance, credit cards and indoor antennas. Opt-in advertising? bring creative ideas and execute on them ? What Exactly was Outbrain Pitching?

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 24, 2020

She pitched it to her editor who loved it too and they wrote an article about me. You can also get creative with “new.” Those are their sponsors and they pay for the advertising. Many are overwhelmed with emails and often forget your pitch came in, even if they loved it. One of my first interviews was in Examiner.com.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

A recent study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the USC Center for Public Relations found that marketers plan to increase staffing and overall spending on public relations over the next five years. Allow the agency creative freedom. This is good news for clients and PR firms alike. Know that not everything is news.

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Konnect Agency

OCTOBER 25, 2023

At Konnect Agency, our experts have identified some common pitfalls we’ve seen in Public Relations, Social Media and influencer, Creative, and Paid marketing…and our tips on how to avoid them. Open-Ended Pitches: Editors are bombarded with pitches daily, and their time is precious. Sometimes, seeing is believing.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

However, due to limited resources, many small businesses don’t have the money to spend on expensive advertising campaigns yet still need the exposure to survive and gain a competitive edge. As a result, more and more small business owners are turning to public relations to help raise brand awareness and to achieve their growth objectives.

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PRSay

JUNE 16, 2023

In public relations, generative AI has the potential to automate routine tasks such as writing press releases, social media posts and email pitches, thus allowing practitioners to focus on strategic, big-picture work. Generative AI is being used in industries such as entertainment and advertising to create personalized content for audiences.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Fortunately, most collaborative ideas can be successful, — with research, work, and creativity. With this, my mind is fresh everyday to think creatively for clients. Maybe a marketing executive bores a reporter to tears with brand-speak or hits him with a product sales pitch instead of telling a good story.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. Emerging channels like podcasts will continue to grow in influence, which means PR pros have to become more fluent in strategically pitching and forming relationships in these channels. Blogger outreach gets personal. Fast-vertising.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 21, 2020

The objective will be wholly unconnected from organisational outcomes and measurement will be based on advertising value equivalent (AVE). P**s poor pitch Celebrating lousy agency briefs and mismanaged pitches. Copycat The most blatant but uninspired rip off of an existing creative idea. I’m confident he’ll approve.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Several times during a pitch meeting, a prospective client has asked our team, “What do you need from us to succeed?” Even an inspired agency team likes to be challenged in a constructive and creative way. Even more than marketing or advertising, a PR budget can use an advocate inside the corporation.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 3, 2017

There are many public relations industry blogs that offer know-how on everything from crafting brilliant media pitches to perfecting presentation skills. We like to follow bloggers who are superior writers, and straight shooters, and whose posts are free of jargon and sales pitches. Bad Pitch Blog. To heighten creativity.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Beyond goal-setting and drafting a plan, the work involved in writing materials suitable for media, researching and studying appropriate journalists, and shaping a pitch is specialized and demanding. Myth #2: PR is free advertising. Advertising, on the other hand, can be completely controlled in terms of content and placement.

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PRSay

MAY 29, 2019

Although commercials still rule when it comes to disseminating a message, we’ve definitely come a long way from the “Mad Men” days of advertising and marketing. You can also find ways to build on your relationship with creative incentives like free memberships or discounted services that will drive your rapport. The reason?

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Cision

AUGUST 10, 2016

Angela DeRusha, vice president of advertising services at French/West/Vaughan, believes understanding your consumers is key to effectively communicating with them. In this interview, Angela discusses how consumers have evolved over the years, how to improve your brand’s advertising campaign and why maintaining authenticity is so important.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

We typically interview the prospect and based on the outcome of the discussion, gauge the odds of winning the business, determine how to budget and staff for the pitch and roll the dice on a positive outcome. A quality PR team will carefully research media contacts to craft relevant pitches tailored to specific journalists.

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Shift Communications

MAY 16, 2017

In order to truly have a successful program, you’ll need a planning process that is comprehensive and creative, no matter how long the team has worked with the client or how much knowledge the team has about the industry. However, not just any plan will do. The best planning process is when both parties come to the table well informed.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 6, 2023

Videos allow your brand to communicate its unique messaging, offering or products in a creative and emotive manner that snaps the attention of your audience, instead of getting lost in overly long text. Advertisers spend billions across social media platforms, targetting businesses and consumers alike with their messaging.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 26, 2016

The seasoned PR team knows how to reach media with a pitch that lets them know this subject matter will interest their audience, without reading like an ad. PR is least effective at: Substituting for advertising. When done well, a strategic PR program is good at achieving certain objectives while other disciplines fit different needs.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Most PR practitioners quickly learn that the wall protecting editorial integrity from the influence of paid advertising can be, like the Pirate Code , “more of a guideline than an actual rule.” For better or worse, at a great number of well-known and respected media sources, advertisers are often given preference in coverage.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Find out how to improve your pitching strategy at Ian Greenleigh’s “Switch Your Pitch: The Keys to Engaging Journalists on Social” webinar. ” Neilsen recently conducted a study which found that 90 percent of consumers trust peer recommendations and only 33 percent trust advertisements. Register today!

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Mindful Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2022

by David Hagenbuch - professor of marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing Millions of baseball fans were recently watching televised games when they were unexpectedly hit by a pitch! I threw that question to one of Murray's teammates who pitches.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Creative PR : According to the #PRStudChat Twitter community , creativity can’t be taught but it can certainly be inspired. Regardless, creativity is a big part of PR today. On the show, we discussed a Creativity in PR study by The Holmes Report and Now Go Create. Here’s a personal example.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This includes identifying customer needs, developing products that satisfy those needs, setting prices, determining distribution channels, and promoting the products through various forms of advertising and promotion. While advertising can support such endeavours, it’s all about PR.

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Landis PR

JUNE 27, 2022

I then moved in-house and spent several decades at major cultural institutions on both coasts in roles that spanned the full MarComm spectrum – advertising, content marketing, special events, audience development, sales collateral, B2B lead generation, etc. You name it, and I’ve probably done it! What is your least favorite part of your job?

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Cision

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Tailoring a creative and strategic campaign to heighten awareness about the client, as well as drive sales, has become part and parcel of the digital economy and the purview of the agency partner. The supreme PR pitch is an abstract intellectual property. Communication as always, is key. Next Level Thinking.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 21, 2016

With a little creative thinking and connecting the dots, B2B programs can have the same flair as the sexiest of consumer brands. Embrace, don’t ignore, creative content. In today’s content-driven marketing world, PR teams must inform and own creative content for B2B programs to help drive business success. .

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prTini

MARCH 29, 2016

That’s where leveraging paid social advertising to amplify and extend the reach of your media coverage comes in. First, we pitched local restaurant/brewery reporters to showcase the company’s unique culture and highlight their brewery experience, resulting in two full-page features in key local business publications.

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

My mix has always included agency partnerships, but 2020 forced me to get creative and leverage those agency partnerships to stabilize my business. Agency partnerships usually form as a result of traditional advertising and marketing agencies not having PR pros on staff. What are agency partnerships? At first, it was great.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The company works with adtech networks to do for media coverage what adtech is doing for advertising. Adtech networks already have tracking on major media sites to deliver performance information for advertising hosted there, and Cision works with these companies to do the same thing for coverage.

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Bad Pitch Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2009

He also teaches creativity, consumer behavior, copywriting and the history of advertising at The Ohio State University and the Columbus College of Art & Design. But there was some wonderful synergy between my presentation on storytelling and Artie’s presentation on social media as a vehicle for creativity.

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