Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. Source: Journal of Communication 1 Botan, C., & Taylor, M. Journal of Communication, 54, 645–661. Introduce new products or services.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 8, 2023

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? My first jobs after college were in radio production (both news and entertainment), and I eventually became a radio reporter at WGBH in Boston covering education in 2018. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Marketwired

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Recently our Chicago team invited Jessica Wohl , Food and Restaurant Reporter at Advertising Age , into its offices for a Lunch and Learn with the media team. Her journey began in college when a professor inspired her to pursue a career in journalism. Don’t reference other publications when writing about your news; it’s not enticing.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

I’m not here to bash advertising or LinkedIn. Further, I am always I’m always amazed at how business leaders will throw money – literally billions of dollars – at advertising, but when PR or content marketing asks for a dollar, everyone stands around with their arms crossed and skeptically asks, “but what’s the ROI?”. will click it.

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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. Growth of independent journalism. “We 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.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Spin Academy | Online PR Courses Public Relations vs Marketing Public relations (PR) and marketing are essential components of an organisation’s strategy to promote and sell its products or services, but they focus on different areas and have distinct goals. Marketing: The main goal of marketing is to promote and sell products or services.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Kim Dixon sat down with me this week to discuss her journalism career, the intricacies of healthcare reporting, and her advice for PR professionals. Healthcare reporting also works really well with where journalism has headed — finding niche audiences willing to pay for news. Someone needs to pay for journalism!

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PRSay

MAY 8, 2020

If your story isn’t relevant now , then it may not be worth pitching. The advertising landscape may never be the same. That’s bad news for publications that rely on advertising to make up large portions of their budgets. As brands suffer across the globe, many companies are postponing or canceling their ad campaigns.

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

They now include the use of sophisticated consumer data sets to inform messaging and media channels, tapping social influencers to drive brand esteem and consumer behavior, and even getting into bed with the Facebook-Google advertising duopoly to deliver impressions, engagement and conversion. Stick to the essence of the news.

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Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Pushing products in your pitches won’t gain you any media coverage. If you want journalists to respond to your pitches, you need to explain why your news is important and relevant. Adriana Stan, public relations director at W Magazine, says being empathetic to the contacts you are pitching is the key to winning them over.

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Fashion Pitching Journalism Social Media 120

Buzzstream

MAY 16, 2024

Some simply buy links on large guest posting directories, and others pitch quality content to get published on an external site. In our podcast with Linkpitch.io’s Aaron Anderson , he recommends avoiding sites that blatantly advertise the links. Do They Advertise the Price for a Post? This is where it gets a little hazy.

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Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

PR’s job is to pitch and secure stories that align with the brand, as told through third-party endorsement. Marketing and advertising teams A/B test ad copy to see which messages resonate the most with their customers. Marketing Goal 2: Better position your brand or product. Magazine, and more.

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Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. Number of people buying your product or service as a result of a social media network referral.

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Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 83

PR Fuel

JULY 24, 2018

And since you’re pitching news, doesn’t it make sense to follow the pattern set by the publications you’re targeting? Every Pitch is a Learning Experience. With today’s journalist shouldering more responsibility than ever before, it’s essential that you master the art of pitching stories. When did you send the pitch?

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Cision

APRIL 2, 2015

With it came cries for corporate journalism. Because content and the incredible amount of social media posts used to promoted suffer from over-messaged sales pitches. It does not matter how many followers it may have or the amount of native advertising a company purchases. Want to create standout content?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The report didn’t break out numbers for the remaining challenges of “fake news, blurred lines between editorial and advertising, and issues around freedom of the press.”. 4) Emphasis on professional journalism. 26% said “better and cheaper video production technology;”. Comment: Amen.

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Survey Report Media B2B 104

Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. Number of people buying your product or service as a result of a social media network referral.

Social Media 60

Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 60

Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. Stu didn’t know much about PR, but had a vague understanding of media relations, having been on the receiving end of pitches during his time producing talk shows. My niche is still media relations.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2020

1) Fatigue over Coronavirus news For the last several weeks, PR and marketing professionals wondered if pitches and content about topics other than the pandemic would come off as tone-deaf. Both groups are: “…about equally like to allocate more budget to search advertising, SEO, and vertical website campaigns.”

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Cision

AUGUST 9, 2016

In this interview, Brandon shares why brands shouldn’t focus too much on competitors, how to streamline your pitches to journalists and how social media can help your brand in a crisis. I joined the journalism classes writing news articles for the college news website and began studying public relations for my degree.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 16, 2015

Following the likes of BuzzFeed, Gawker and the WaPo , among other media outlets, CNN is going all in on native advertising with an in-store studio or so to speak. Even as a PR pro, I value credible and independent journalism and the lines of native ads threaten to bleed the edges. It’s a question of ethics.

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Advertising Advertising Ethics Journalism 60

Mora Communications

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

When comes to pitching the media, the harder you sell, the quicker you’ll lose them. . Selling belongs in the advertising section of the media, not the editorial. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all media pitch. Forget quantity, what you want are quality, targeted pitches. Don’t sell.

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Pitching Newspapers Meeting Journalism 40

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

After learning that Ari Levy at CNBC was working on a longer lead piece about ad blocking, we quickly pitched him on the idea of talking to Vungle to learn more about the broader in-app advertising ecosystem and how they work with developers. Never underestimate the power of a good byline.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

I study organizational persuasion for a living and I knew this was not bona fide journalism. Some clever guy with a political bent bought a domain and polished up a site to look like journalism. There is something wrong with perpetuating erroneous information and dressing it up to look like journalism.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Valuable and free content for the industry and consumer paid for by low-cost sponsoring, advertising, and partnering—all beautifully designed. My startup’s first product, Futurride.com, launched in September. It awarded production and prototype innovations and the work or result of top partnerships, collaborations, and consortia.

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PR Breakfast Club

MAY 12, 2014

In late March, Avión Tequila’s PR firm, Allison Brod PR, sent a media pitch claiming “ consuming tequila has some serious health benefits.” The pitch offered cocktail recipes and sourced an American Chemical Society study that suggested agave could lower blood sugar, aid in weight loss and boost insulin production.

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Chemicals Pitching Study Advertising 50

Mindful Marketing

JUNE 22, 2015

From there it reads: Digital Build and Production, Multimedia Content Creation, Insight and Planning, and Creativity – all before Media Relations, listed at 15.1%. Purporting otherwise is going to keep the Bad Pitch Blog very busy. In the graph, Social Media Community Management is at the top of the list with 39.7%

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. Research for PR Pros on B2B Messaging, Pitches and Clickbait [UML] . It’s worth noting Pinterest also has a foundational track record with social media 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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Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The attraction was instant, she says, and at that young age, it was a deciding moment in her determination to pursue a career in either PR or journalism. RW: Proving ROI is tough for PR professionals because we work with ‘potential’ figures – reach and advertising value equivalency (AVE) are just examples.

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ISEBOX

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Pikers write press releases about a new executive hire or a product color change. Often referred to as the “Barcelona Principles” PR Pro’s are looking at social metrics, their intended outcome, and the effect their stories have on critical business measurable, in addition to the traditional advertising value equivalents (AVE).

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

The press release doesn’t spell out any specific technology initiatives, so it seems this is merely an agreement allowing each business to sell the others’ products. “Q4 PRWeek reporter Sean Czarnecki quotes him in his story as saying, “We’re going to put our heads together about how we can integrate further and create more products.”

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Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The revenue model for journalism is at best in flux, and at worst, in chaos. Subscriptions and advertising are down for most media, and there is no single model that can replace them across the sector. Serious journalism from unexpected sources. More data journalism. Check out the 2015 Global Social Journalism Study!

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Journalism Trends Local Print 120

Rock the Status Quo

MARCH 30, 2015

They aren’t likely to cannibalize my video reach as a pay-for-play advertising opportunity when they make revenue stuffing commercials in front of videos already, and do that based on organic reach. It could be used for customer service, sure, but how about journalism? ” Okay.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

Freelance journalism is harder today than it was years ago. Yet, Erik’s perspective isn’t only limited to journalism. Like the famous Rolls Royce advertisement: ‘At 60 miles per hour the loudest sound was the ticking of the electric clock.’ This is thanks, at least in part, to the “pressure for speed and clicks.”.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

As it turns out, he got his start selling radio and television advertising and only later went to work in the CPG industry after earning an MBA. I also ran marketing mix and drivers analyses to identify the most effective channels to promote our products. Retailers have built strong store brands and they make high quality products.

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Technology Marketing Retail Interviews 61

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2017

Ian Bruce, VP corporate marketing at MongoDB predicts that “The pressure to find measurable returns for advertising and PR will continue. 2017 is also likely to introduce new challenges as the media and advertising landscapes evolve. Technology can build better journalism in a resource-constrained world.”.

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