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PR Tips and Hacks for a Small Business

The Proactive Report

I was invited to be a panelist on the DesignHill webinar about PR for small businesses today. In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” Every small business owner is concerned about the bottom line.

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Advertising vs Publicity

PR for Anyone

It’s the age-old question… what is more impactful to a businessadvertising or publicity? Both are needed in business but which one is most valuable? 1 – publicity is free – advertising you pay for. #2 So, advertising versus publicity…which one do you think is worth more?

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What to Pitch in October

PR for Anyone

What are you going to pitch the media in October? National Women’s Small Business Month. Pick one of these and start pitching the media today! what you can pitch your local media for the month of October. Think about what you can pitch in October. It’s almost October. National Stamp Collecting Month.

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Back to School Media Pitches

PR for Anyone

Most kids went back to school this week and it’s a great time to position yourself as an expert and start pitching the media! Think outside of the box on what value you can provide related to back-to-school and pitch those stories starting today and for about the next 30 days. What can you pitch? I could go on and on.

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Pitching News Today

PR for Anyone

By knowing the types of stories you could pitch the media today, it positions you in a way that you can be that person in the media on a regular basis, be the expert in your industry, and really be seen with more authority and more credibility. So listen to what’s happening online and use that to pitch your stories.

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Rock The Pitch #7: The Anti-Facepalm Formula

Rock the Status Quo

PITCH submission comes from Lindsay Bell, the fabuloso content director over at Spin Sucks. There is a certain irony that, as PR professionals who earn a living based on our pitching skills, our own industry blogs are smothered with a constant deluge of bad pitches. His pitch worked. Today’s GOOD(!)

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Why Publicity?

PR for Anyone

Watch this week’s PR Tip here: Everyone knows what advertising is but why should they consider publicity? With advertising, YOU direct the message and it’s pretty clear that that is the case because you are paying for it. So and I understand, advertising is important to all of us. But why publicity is so valuable?

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