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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

While this certificate program is designed to help journalists understand how to transition their skills and expertise for PR opportunities, many others — such as digital marketers, content creators, advertising pros, and social media experts — have related skill sets and knowledge and will benefit from our program too.

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How to Pitch Better Brand Stories

Cision

So many entrepreneurs and small business owners think just pitching their product or service is enough because it’s that good. Remember, this isn’t advertising. This is media relations. If you want earned media, you need to have a newsworthy story to tell. . It also shows you went above and beyond to send a pitch.

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Navigating Media At High-Profile Events

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

And the biggest of these events – like the Cannes Advertising Festival, the Consumer Electronics Show, or the E3 Expo, attract equally high-profile media. Here are some tips to both landing media interviews and making sure they’re successful. Consider The Impact on Local Communities.

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Why PR Needs to Get Over its Strong Aversion to Sponsored Content

Sword and the Script

Media relations has been getting harder for ages and PR need to think differently about the tools available to get the message across, including sponsored content. They had covered my client before and I was pitching hard news – good stuff that’s useful for the industry. To be sure, it was a good pitch, but so were the others.

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What Does Top-Tier Media Mean In PR?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

So, there’s not a one-size fits all approach to PR or media relations. To execute a strong PR program and target the media outlets that will work best for your brand, assess your goals. The migration of news to digital platforms has disrupted the news business, and new outlets are always coming on board.

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Case Study: Amplify Media Relations with Paid Social Advertising

prTini

Media relations has always been a powerful tool for communicating key messages. It used to be that we’d work, work, work to secure the media placement and then move on. That’s where leveraging paid social advertising to amplify and extend the reach of your media coverage comes in. Photo credit: Pixabay.com.

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Don’t Model Your Content Strategy on This Famous ‘Field of Dreams’ Quote

PRSay

This used to come in the form of commercials on network TV or ads in local papers, but now it’s Facebook ads or YouTube ads. Coming up with great content or story angles is the minimum standards these days; the battle is won or lost by the expertise and commitment of the people who pitch that content to gatekeepers.

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