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Pitching the Local Media – Tips from the Pros

PR for Anyone

The easiest way to do this is pitching the local media. I interviewed journalists from The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal , and Inside Nova (a Northern Virginia local publication) about what types of local real estate pitches they like to receive. Don’t pitch me the gourmet kitchen with cathedral ceilings.

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Pitching Kit: Cision’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide PR Kit

Cision

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.

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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

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Having the ability to calculate the equivalent advertising value of stories arranged through media relations allows PR pros to prove their worth to organizational decision-makers. When it comes to realizing the value of media relations, Op-Ed columns in newspapers are the gold standard. Newsletters gain clout.

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

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Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. Journalists have excellent communications skills, such as writing and the ability to speak clearly and concisely. Many of the most successful PR executives were former journalists.

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4 Sources to Find the Right Reporters to Pitch

Cision

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.

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Public Relations Review

PR for Anyone

She pitched it to her editor who loved it too and they wrote an article about me. Did you invent a new product, write a book, or win an award? Those are their sponsors and they pay for the advertising. Ask Google, “Who writes about [your topic] at [name of publication]?” One of my first interviews was in Examiner.com.

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AirPR Interview Series: Emmy Award Winning Journalist & PR Pro Mika Stambaugh

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“Nail the elevator pitch.”. I came to the name after incorporating my initials — ‘MAS’ is Spanish for ‘more’ — and ‘ink’ references pen-to-paper; writing your story to build and manage your communications. AirPR: With PR as a focus, you have included marketing and advertising into your agency. We keep things simple.