Cision

AUGUST 19, 2016

“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. Inform your pitches by following the listed lead time and deadlines. Need more tips on crafting your holiday pitch? OUTLET: Allure.

Pitching 120

Pitching Newspapers Advertising Advertising 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2023

Her industry experience spans the wellness, enterprise, cybersecurity, and advertising production sectors. PR and communications professional Elana brings her background in handling national and global consumer and B2B tech brands to the team as an account executive.

Agency 156

Agency Communications B2B Enterprise 156

Flack's Revenge

JULY 11, 2018

The pitch is delivered, building to a crescendo – the “a ha” moment in which the idea comes into focus. Most who are familiar with the concept of a Big Idea know it from the world of advertising. Usually delivered via the pitch, the big idea captivated agency clients and brought each episode to a climax. Or maybe Dracula.

Insurance 204

Insurance Insurance Advertising Advertising 204

Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 1, 2014

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. His pitch worked.

Pitching 173

Pitching Guidelines Facebook Advertising 173

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 14, 2021

Software solutions are expensive, and buyers under pressure to make the right choice seek as much information as possible to vet the quality of a SaaS, AI, cybersecurity, or data product. The content can nearly always be purposed for multiple PR tactics, from media pitching to white paper and blog content. Here’s how it works.

B2B 334

B2B Company Case Study Conference 334

Sword and the Script

MAY 10, 2016

The news article is based on data in a report by software company ScribbleLive titled, “ The Eclipse of Online Ads.” As a result, the refrain “content marketing is better than advertising” is bounced around the marketing echo chamber. Pay-per-click advertising? Advertising and PR work better when they are working together.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Advertising Advertising Marketing 60

Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

The survey found: 57% are crafting pitches; 48% are writing copy for social media; 48% are writing press releases; 44% are using it for research; and 25% say they are using it for strategy and planning. One AI tools surfaces relevant media contacts based on your pitch or press release – and strives to predict how it will be received.

Survey 146

Survey Software B2B Pitching 146

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market.

Technology 169

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 169

Onclusive

AUGUST 28, 2019

Paid media (advertising) is rarely integrated with owned (e-commerce, email, owned social) who infrequently work with earned (public relations/communications). One native advertising partner told us that amplifying earned editorial content is the single greatest driver of product sales for one of their clients. Selling B2B software?

Media 240

Media LinkedIn Retail Consumer 240

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

1) I’ve modified the list to only cover those software providers that are in my assessment primarily or heavily focused on PR and communications. All-in-one PR software incumbents. Briefing: Notified by Intrado is a Promising PR Software Tool that Supports 5 Central. All-in-one PR software startups. Prezly (Belgium).

Technology 93

Technology Software Resources Pitching 93

PRSay

JUNE 16, 2023

In public relations, generative AI has the potential to automate routine tasks such as writing press releases, social media posts and email pitches, thus allowing practitioners to focus on strategic, big-picture work. Generative AI is being used in industries such as entertainment and advertising to create personalized content for audiences.

Technology 146

Technology Crisis Management Social Media Training 146

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While every other vertical market was, perhaps, overpromising what their AI whizbang could deliver, the traditional PR software vendors were largely silent. This uses AI to “to identify different sound waves between news, advertisements and even music to detect and remove advertisements from automated broadcast monitoring.”.

Software 121

Software Technology Advertising Advertising 121

Cision

AUGUST 9, 2017

For decades, marketing and advertising professionals have had the upper hand when it comes to demonstrating the impact of their work. Paid advertising and owned media solutions have harnessed the powers of technology and data to target, distribute, and measure with a high degree of accuracy.

Communications 185

Communications How To Media Measurement 185

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

AI hunts bias in a new “media war room” by Israeli startup Propel Propel, an Israeli startup that’s building out an all-in-one PR platform, has packaged its software into an offering it’s calling the “Media War Room” that leverages AI for managing crisis communications. Onward with this month’s PR Tech Sum.

Employee 135

Employee Software Survey Tools 135

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Beyond goal-setting and drafting a plan, the work involved in writing materials suitable for media, researching and studying appropriate journalists, and shaping a pitch is specialized and demanding. Myth #2: PR is free advertising. Advertising, on the other hand, can be completely controlled in terms of content and placement.

Advertising 147

Advertising Advertising Pitching B2B 147

Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Now, more than a half century since the birth of artificial intelligence, mass interest and adoption of the technology has accelerated in recent months, thanks to publicly available software like ChatGPT and Character.ai. The other day, I asked ChatGPT to do a pitch for me, and it gave me this four paragraph long pitch.

Communications 97

Communications Marketing Pitching Technology 97

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

These are both terrible terms, but I’ve adopted the latter as the moniker for these monthly roundups about the PR software vendor community – and I’m inclined to keep it. This is effectively native advertising, which Cision says is “proven to be more trustworthy.” AI-assisted pitches. “AI Cision US Inc. Focus on people.

Publicity 85

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 21, 2019

Because earned media confers credibility, it can be decidedly more powerful than marketing and advertising. Crenshaw client Bizzabo, a leading event software company, wanted to take action after research confirmed that tech events overwhelming feature male speakers and attendees to the tune of 70% and 80% respectively.

Company 174

Company Conference Corporate Leadership 174

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.

Pitching 43

Pitching Journalism Tools Agency 43

Sword and the Script

JULY 20, 2021

Paid advertising. There are many digital advertising options available that meet your budget and your goals; however, it requires some experimenting. Pitch your content to industry publications to ensure the right people see your message. Online publications. Nurture your growing audience.

B2B 174

B2B Company Marketing SEO 174

Cision

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Take Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE), for example. Many public relations professionals continue to measure media exposure based on what the equivalent costs in advertising would be. And so we continue to use legacy systems that no longer serve. And yet, that’s not a precise measure when it comes to earned media.

Measurement 215

Measurement Media System Tools 215

Sword and the Script

JULY 18, 2017

Consumer technology has had a serious impact on expectations for business software. Why, the business user asked, can I unwrap a new mobile device an intuitively understand how to use it, but the business software I use at work requires several hours or days of training? Like the media, the audience has fractured too.

Trends 75

Trends Marketing Software Media 75

Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The advertising strategies of the past no longer stack up to today’s audiences. Before I knew it, I was pitching emails every day to magazine editors, learning how to efficiently track my efforts and collect contacts and building campaigns with social media influencers. We need to make advertising more like needs-addressing.

Pinterest 120

Pinterest Mobile Pitching Social Media 120

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

You’ve spent thousands or maybe even millions of dollars on marketing automation systems , CRM software , email marketing , public relations , advertising , and more, and yet the results are not there. You may find out about publications that your PR agency or team can pitch your stories to.

How To 147

How To Advertising Advertising Customer Service 147

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In its latest software update, the media monitoring tool Talkwalker says it’s now pulling data from more than 100 review sites. Business Software Review Sites to Watch. The company has started offering a product for software buyers to manage software spending, contracts, accounts and compliance. Monthly traffic: 3.5

Software 17

Software B2B Marketing Data 17

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Pricing: Varies Alternatives: Muck Rack is a comprehensive PR software for building media relations and amplifying your PR efforts. Here are some of the top list-building tools for building and managing your prospects.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Pricing: Varies Alternatives: Muck Rack is a comprehensive PR software for building media relations and amplifying your PR efforts. Here are some of the top list-building tools for building and managing your prospects.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 12, 2015

The company had three distinct divisions: PR / Communications (that was my area), Creative Marketing & Advertising and Web, Multimedia & Video. There are also resources such as Canva that allow you to use simple design software to create presentations, brochure covers, posters and photo collages. Tip #5: Read Creative Blogs.

Creativity 150

Creativity Web Social Media Data 150

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Increasingly, reporters in the tech, advertising and marketing space are less inclined to do traditional product launch coverage unless the company is a top gun. Save the sales pitch for customers. For the company, a new product launch is the biggest news in the world. How can they make it big to the people who matter?

Technology 157

Technology Product Launch B2B Software 157

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Compared to digital marketing and advertising, which has only become more automated over time, our methods — particularly the generation of earned media — are exquisitely inefficient. A couple of fresh data points can add punch to a ho-hum media pitch ― especially if they’re original and up-to-the-minute.

Television 120

Television Interviews Engineering Tools 120

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Now, it’s not at all unusual to see a company announcement first posted on their own blog or newsroom (including being optimized for search engines), promoted on social media and pitched to the media with an accompanying release. Earned media is the lifeblood of media relations, a core component of public relations.

Pitching 40

Pitching Writing Engineering Wikipedia 40

Cision

MARCH 14, 2016

Billboards, people, advertisements, your friend, your boss. Which story sounds more interesting: one about the new Microsoft Kinect software or the energy levels in Microsoft’s corporate offices? “We are bombarded with information. By the time you get to the office, you’ve been bombarded thousands of times.

Storytelling 120

Storytelling Skype Energy Software 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

PR Week published a story about a new vendor out of Tel Aviv that’s has launched what it pitches as a CRM for PR. The tool also breaks down the pitching activity of each team member, including metrics for open, response and coverage rates.”. Testing features – A/B testing – to assist in seeing which pitches are performing.

Analytics 68

Analytics Report Technology Pitching 68

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Each December public relations agencies spend time crafting pitches and byline articles capturing clients’ takeaways for their particular industry. Firms blur lines across advertising, marketing, social media, event planning, content creation and more. 2017 PR Takeaways. PR firms expand service offerings.

YouTube 136

YouTube Training Video Survey 136

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

When you compare PR to advertising, SEO, Facebook, etc., Programmatic advertising is machine-to-machine communication. Software from companies like Sysomos, Moz, and Zignal Labs can do plenty of heavy lifting up front, and enterprising firms can even start to use Big Data tools in pursuit of new answers. Humans do not scale.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising SEO Software 60

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We’ll never forget the panic in the PR world as tens of thousands of journalists (aka our PR pitch targets) at newspapers, TV stations and magazines were laid off. Exhibit A: The Death Knell of “Advertising’? What is even worse is that I know the people who are making it now that I’m going to hate it.

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 48

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2017

And with that, what was once a community service of sorts, with some editorial oversight, has become an advertisement. This has been accentuated by cuts to editorial staff, and increasingly, a slow but steady shift towards advertisements masquerading as news. Blending editorial and advertising. Conflicting interests.

Journalism 64

Journalism Brand Branding Advertising 64