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Smart PR: 6 Stories NOT To Pitch Media

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Based on our experience, we’ve identified examples of when NOT to pitch that will help make clearer the line between self-serving nonsense and the stories journalists need. Avoid the following pitches, and make media contacts look forward to your ideas or contact you when they need an assist. A frivolous or irrelevant product.

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Crashing Your Way to Success with New Product Launches: How SHIFT Helped Launch the Ultimaker 3

Shift Communications

New product launches can be hit or miss. It’s easy to give in to the excitement and guzzle the Kool-Aid when a client starts to tell you about the next generation of their product. New products are getting harder and harder to pitch. What’s hard (sometimes) is figuring out how to get the media as excited about it.

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Why a business case may be the missing key to securing your PR budget

Onclusive

This initiative can be anything from a new product launch, to a proposal to increase spend on a branding campaign, or a significant investment with a new agency—to name a few. Think of it as a sales pitch with robust data and justification. Which resources will help you address the challenges that you have?

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8 Common PR Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

There are all types of PR problems, but the one that nobody wants to deal with is the public relations program that just isn’t generating traction, or one where outcomes fall short of expectations by the client or PR agency. ” But most PR agencies have become more sophisticated about goal-setting and measurement.

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A CRM with Real Analytics for Public Relations, M&A Report, Geoffrey Moore on PR Technology; PR Tech Sum: Propel, Burton-Taylor, Cision, Edelman and Onclusive

Sword and the Script

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.

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Small Business Public Relations

5W PR

Public relations specialists are helping small businesses adapt to the demands of hyper-connected consumers and teaching them how to use social listening and analytics tools to understand and engage their target audiences while also identifying potential threats and opportunities in today’s ever-changing digital landscape.

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6 Ways To Generate PR When You Have No News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

But after the initial executive moves, product launch, or funding announcement, then what? As we mentioned in a previous post, every PR team should have industry monitoring in place to identify reactive pitching opportunities. But an hoc data-driven story is a good option for pitching the media during lulls. Be an expert.

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