Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Consider these comments from PRGN agency respondents: “Earned media has become much more difficult, and we have to spend considerable time creating stories that are highly newsworthy. Those companies and agencies that engage in media relations regularly most likely have a good sense of the landscape.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 26, 2022

In this guest post, Rudi Davis, Head of Agency at Intelligent Relations, argues organizations should focus on earned media during a recession because it has credibility and a low relative cost with high impact. For any non-marketers out there, paid media is when you pay to place an article with a particular website.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2023

In most cases, agency PR is a typical office job and being a musician is about performing live in front of people. A bylined article for a tech or business publication, for example, must be written with the right audience and end goal in mind. Working at a top B2B tech PR firm rocks. But there are surprising parallels.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 29, 2022

We look to secure an article or segment that not only hits priority message points, but appears in an influential publication relevant to the company’s business. When pitching a significant news announcement, perhaps about a new product or VC funding, securing a story ahead of the announcement date is critical to a smooth launch.

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OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

While she’s focused generally on consumer PR over her nearly 20 years in the industry, she’s had deep experience in food and beverage, restaurants, and retail communications while working at everything from boutique to global PR agencies in Chicago and Columbus. Read below for the entire interview with Megan: .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 28, 2020

On the agency side, it’s sometimes because the team overpromises in their eagerness to win a new client. We call it a background interview because it is just that – an exchange to provide background for a future story. Yet the CMO is disappointed because the interview didn’t immediately produce new business leads.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

PR people are nearly always involved in setting up these briefings, and at our agency, we always staff them as well. Below are a few things we should keep in mind when staffing an interview: Kick things off. Most journalists will do their own research ahead of an interview, but a verbal summary is a good conversation-starter.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Pitches can make or break a PR campaign. You could have a contact list brimming with journalists, and a potentially-viral campaign, but if you hit send on a flat pitch don’t be surprised if you fail to get opens or coverage. Getting Pitch Perfect. It’s as simple as that. However, I’ll explain exactly why this is in point 9.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Originally seen on Forbes What technology PR agencies do is not rocket science. The whole industry is based on trust -- brands trust consumer electronics agencies with their reputation, and journalists put their faith in PR professionals to provide them with relevant content. Like any relationship, do not rush as you may get burned.

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Tip of the month: “Take someone in finance to lunch and learn how you make money ” This is just one of the amazing tips from the Queen of metrics Katie Paine in this interview on PR News. Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. A standard in article scoring? What do you guys think? Do you agree?

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Know who you pitch. In an interview for this article, Keyris Manzanares, a multimedia reporter at Virginia Public Media, said she often receives email pitches from PR people. You might not go with whatever they’re pitching you,” she said, “but it might spark a bigger conversation about that story.”

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 11, 2018

Seeing a client’s interview in a key publication is still a quintessential public relations win, so PR pros spend a lot of time perfecting media pitching. But once we get a “yes” to a pitch or interview request, it’s no time to sit back and relax. Join the interview. Nail it down, fast.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 20, 2020

Think Tinder meets pitching. Simply upload your pitch on the app to connect with interested journalists. Just like on Tinder, or any dating app, journalists will swipe right if they feel your pitch is a fit for them. Once ‘matched’ a chat will open and you can work together to set up that interview.

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Flack's Revenge

APRIL 27, 2021

For example I started interviewing for PR gigs in my late thirties, after taking a circuitous route through various sales, marketing and IT consulting roles. When all was said and done PR seemed to be my thing, so I set out to interview for client-side and agency gigs while picking up some freelancing business. How to do better?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 19, 2020

But in many cases journalists covering a breaking story don’t have time to chase quotes or do interviews. The news gained plenty of coverage, and Fractal’s CEO Pranay Agrawal was quoted in many of the resulting articles, from The Wall Street Journal to TechTarget. . It’s also important to target content thoughtfully.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 23, 2022

A top priority of the best PR agency teams is measuring how well we do. Before an agency sets them, it’s critical that they understand organizational goals and what the company hopes to achieve with a robust PR program. Most agencies and organizations have wised up to use more contemporary KPIs that capture the true value of PR.

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5W PR

APRIL 22, 2024

From securing speaking opportunities at conferences to publishing articles by industry veterans and arranging media interviews, public relations efforts can project the brand as a thought leader, and a trusted source of financial information. Transparency is also crucial for building trust.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

Some journalists love to get pitched great stories. But they are so bombarded with irrelevant stories and weak pitches that they don’t put their email addresses front and center. This post isn’t about writing a media pitch because we’ve already done that. In the digital PR world , journalists and reporters promote our content.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Is it ethical for a PR agency to smear a competitor? But one detail that interested communicators was that it brought on PR agency Definers Public Affairs to run political-style oppo against competitors like Google and Apple. True to form, Facebook took swift action after the NYT article posted. If you lose, I win.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

How is a PR agency engagement like the Iowa caucus? The same principle holds true in a relationship between a client and their PR agency or team. A client should be wary of a Trump-like agency team who promises overnight media coverage or amazing “viral” content. Take a look at the GOP field.

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OnePitch

JUNE 16, 2022

She began her career in the editorial department at InStyle magazine, before transitioning into the world of corporate communications at a leading talent agency, and eventually, consumer PR. Read below for the entire interview with Desiree: 1.) What made this pitch successful is simple: 1.) It depends on the pitch.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Businesses and individuals can certainly work on public relations campaigns themselves with existing resources, but they often need help from consultants or agencies. Stellar also sends invoices for payment only after an article appears or a TV or radio interview concludes. just local media pitching, solely trade media, etc.).

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. This is reflective of a traditional view of public relations.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Prospects who take PR agency searches seriously. Let’s face it, an agency search is arduous and time-consuming for both sides. Yet for a typical PR agency, particularly a small firm, participation in a formal search is a big decision and a major time commitment. What’s on our holiday PR wish list.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2017

B2B reporters today don’t do media interviews like they once did. The shelf-life of articles is shorter. There’s only so much time in the day which means fewer interviews are conducted. If you are fortunate enough to secure an interview, then you certainly want to make the most of it. The pace of news is faster.

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Public Relations Sydney

OCTOBER 19, 2014

A media pitch effectively sells a story idea to a journalist and is often in the form of an email, though it can be pitched over the phone as well. The key is to know how to draft a winning media pitch. So now you’ve come up with a great story idea, researched the publications and journalists to contact and sent the media pitch.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you find yourself stumped about how to frame your story, I always suggest reverse-engineering your ideal article. The most successful pitching involves pulling out unique angles that will resonate with specific outlets so that journalists feel that the story is tailor-made for their audience.) Do we need a PR agency to do this?

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Ethical Voices

APRIL 22, 2024

So, in the fall of 2023, my business partner and I made some changes to our agency structure, and I acquired his half of the agency that we’ve been running together for 13 years. Before starting B2 Communications, I’ve always been in the agency world. I was pitching four reporters, three of which I knew pretty well.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

The company caught my eye when it said it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a reporter’s pitching preferences. The idea is helping PR understand how reporters prefer to be pitched and improve your chances of coverage. Vetted is like a blend of HARO and ProNet, but it doesn’t allow pitching.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 13, 2017

The client and agency contacts have happily bonded at a new business presentation, with great chemistry all around. Of course, employee turnover can happen at any company, but when it happens on the agency side, it should be a blip, not a breakdown. Is the article factually inaccurate? We’ve all been there.

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Stern + Associates

MARCH 17, 2023

One of the reasons partners choose us as their communications agency is that we don’t mass pitch or spam reporters; we already have extensive personal contacts with journalists across topic areas and industries, and we leverage those personal connections to obtain media wins.

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Solo PR Pro

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

To guarantee timing of a bylined article placement or published article after an interview? So why expect your PR person to talk with a reporter and tell them to not print that statement you made to them in an interview? The same comparison is true of a big PR/Communications agency vs a boutique or solo practitioner.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I often receive pitches that make it painfully clear that the PR agent has little to no understanding of Transport Topics or its readers. Know your audience. Also, do your best to build rapport with the editors and reporters covering relevant beats. That works both ways.

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MaccaPR

MAY 3, 2019

How can marketers like you get your CEO or brand spokesperson interviewed on a podcast that’s heard by tens of thousands, or even millions, of listeners? And, just as challenging, how can you convince your CEO that securing a podcast interview could be as valuable for your company as an interview in "Bloomberg Businessweek?".

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Cision

APRIL 7, 2017

Kristin Daher, the President and founder of Powerhouse Communications , spearheads the creative communications agency providing a wide range of media relations, brand strategy, and social media services with a specialty in the foodservice and franchise space. The agency life is the only life I’ve ever known.

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

AI tinkering and experimentation The approach to AI by public relations agencies and communication teams has been tinkering and experimentation. Copyright, plagiarism and the threat to reputation I was recently interviewed about AI by Pattern’s Arlen Pettitt and Christopher Owens.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

Any public relations agency today needs nearly instant resources — from details on media preferences to data that informs our pitches and programs. There’s only so much time to spend on routine work like monitoring and measuring, yet these tasks are extremely important to any ongoing PR agency-client relationship.

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