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How to Give a Great Media Interview

PR for Anyone

Here is a video I did on speaking in sound bites that might be helpful to come up with ones for you and your specific topic: Your interview is not a sales pitch. Media is editorial content unless you are paying for advertising. The fastest way to never get asked back again is by making it all about you and selling.

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Tell Your Story Like You Speak, Keep Pitching, and Earn Media Coverage

PR Fuel

Telling Your Story” Is the Real Trick to Small Business PR. Most small business descriptions include information like who the founders were, when and where the business started, and perhaps a few sentences about the company’s mission and vision. What is the “theme” of your business story?

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Stu Opperman, APR

Solo PR Pro

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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Ecommerce for Social Media 2024: Ultimate Guide

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Social Media Ecommerce Marketing Imagine this as a big umbrella that covers lots of stuff—building up your brand’s popularity, guiding customers to your website, advertising and selling products, and even the art of social selling and social commerce. People aren’t interested in constant sales pitches. Limit Salesy Approaches.

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Marketing Has a Best Practices Problem

Contently - Strategy

In the newspaper business, it’s common to print your issues on something called “broadsheets,” which are 22-inch sheets of paper. They could print the same number of words on fewer sheets and thus avoid the tax. I was part of the sales team at Google that helped launch SiteLinks to advertisers.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

It’s hard to believe, the company’s roots can be traced back to those old Bacon’s books printed in Chicago, or even a press clipping service out of Sweden, before that. The suite was the weaving together of tools Vocus had acquired into a product aimed at the small business market. Now imagine that world, but in software.

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PR on a Budget: 10 Tips for Smarter Spending and Better Results

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

A smart move would be incorporating user-generated content, actively participating in industry conversations and of course, targeted social boosts (advertising) to ensure that your brand is established amongst a wider audience. Managing interactions through social media effectively builds brand credibility with minimal advertising costs.