Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You’ve heard carpenters are only as good as their tools. Or is it that a good carpenter never blames their tools? Either way, using tools and technologies to aid your marketing strategy has never been more impactful than in the age of AI. Here are some of the top list-building tools for building and managing your prospects.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You’ve heard carpenters are only as good as their tools. Or is it that a good carpenter never blames their tools? Either way, using tools and technologies to aid your marketing strategy has never been more impactful than in the age of AI. Here are some of the top list-building tools for building and managing your prospects.

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Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. During my three years in the industry, I worked with a range of tools, some that I found extremely useful and others that I rarely touched for long periods of time. Finding inspiration for ideation can be incredibly tricky.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2017

So we thought it was time for a look at some new tech tools and apps to help our industry find more effective ways to save time and increase productivity. This method has been shown to help people focus, break down tasks more efficiently and most importantly, help prevent creative burnout. Just set the timer and go about your business.

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

PR professionals should create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Feel free to start a free trial to get an understanding of the tool. Relationship building takes time.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 5, 2021

How can PR agencies keep their clients top-of-mind in a 24-hour media environment? It could essentially leverage one agency’s capability over another’s when seeking new business opportunities. And there are certain B2B tech sectors, like cybersecurity, where reactive media pitching is often a large and important program component.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

Campaigns might involve pitching a quote from a thought leader to a journalist writing about a related topic or creating and pitching content highlighting data from a commissioned industry survey. Hero Content Hero content, or content-led digital PR, is typically standalone content on a site or blog pitched for coverage.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

And we’ve written about what agencies need from their client partners in order to be successful. The chief parameters of the client-agency relationship are covered in the letter of agreement, and planning documents will further outline expectations. Has the agency maintained staffing as promised? Beyond The LOA.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2022

Take the case of social media; what was once a creative space for brands to engage with customers is now so cluttered that making connections is difficult, and paid media strategies are often necessary. While there are tools that may help with analysis, manual scrutiny is the only way to correctly approach media. Getting on the phone.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

PR professionals are expected to create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Feel free to start a free trial to get an understanding of the tool. Relationship building takes time.

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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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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 16, 2021

88% of PR pros say creativity is critical for businesses to recover from the pandemic – and other public relations statistics summarizing 2021 . Reporters receive hundreds of pitches. And, contrary to popular belief, a sizeable percentage say they like receiving pitches on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.”.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Marpipe is a multivariate creative testing platform.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Marpipe is a multivariate creative testing platform.

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Creativity How To Engineering Advertising 52

Wadds Inc.

MAY 17, 2023

A quarter said that they will never use AI tools. Less than a quarter of respondents said their organisation is changing workflow due to new AI tools. Anyone with a web browser can ask the tool to generate text, role play or perform creative tasks. The payoff is expected to be creativity and higher-value work.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The PR pro sends thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engages with reporters on social media, sends swag (when appropriate), maintains relevant media lists, and manages all follow-through with reporters and journalists. It’s also common for specialized agencies to be hired on a project basis for repositioning or when market research is required.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

However, media pitching and media relations to secure earned media still dominate the industry. Earned media is a PR tool for reaching additional audiences and building brand awareness. This has made it more challenging to pitch stories successfully. And it’s not just public relations. Wait, what is earned media?

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Konnect Agency

OCTOBER 25, 2023

At Konnect Agency, our experts have identified some common pitfalls we’ve seen in Public Relations, Social Media and influencer, Creative, and Paid marketing…and our tips on how to avoid them. Open-Ended Pitches: Editors are bombarded with pitches daily, and their time is precious.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 12, 2018

PR pros, who at that time, were still new to a feature that Microsoft introduced around 1995, were sending pitches or releases by email with tracked-changes still on. I recall an agency staffer running around the PR firm making sure everyone knew how to prevent it from happening. A Creative Press Release for B2B Tech.

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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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Cision

MARCH 1, 2016

With more and more people pitching reporters every day, your pitches may be falling under the radar. You need to adjust your tactics and learn “ The New Rules of Media Pitching.” ” Want to get all of Michael Smart’s pitching tips? How do you recommend pitching a service like an app?

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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. Many PR agencies and departments are already using generative-AI tools to improve their efficiency and productivity.

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Flack's Revenge

APRIL 27, 2021

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. ” One in particular, the owner of a boutique tech PR agency was thrilled that I was an electrical engineer and former IBM-er like him. But the comments were mostly positive.

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The content you should be creating 2018 plans are underway and creatives are about to be brought to life. This post and a new feature on insight tool BuzzSumo holds a lot of the answers! More ways to view the world’s questions AnswerThePublic.com, our tool that demonstrates the way people ask questions on Google has had a refresh!

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The optimistic viewpoint sees it as a tool to help public relations practitioners work more efficiently and effectively. AI tinkering and experimentation The approach to AI by public relations agencies and communication teams has been tinkering and experimentation. It was rapidly followed by Anthropic Claude 2 and Google Bard.

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The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The social distancing rules and economic impact of Covid 19 seem to have hastened conversations about automation (from software to robotics), with many organisations including PR agencies and publications looking at where it can improve efficiencies. A hybrid approach for PR agencies and media companies. So what’s the solution?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

A PR program operates best when the client has tasked an internal manager for the work, and all parties agree on what the agency needs to succeed. Allow the agency creative freedom. It’s incumbent upon the agency to demonstrate sound thinking and earn results from the start of the relationship.

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5W PR

MAY 6, 2019

Pitching to journalists. These actions don’t require much creativity on the user’s part and miss out on a host of ways Twitter can be best utilized for PR. The post Twitter: The Ultimate Public Relations Tool? Participating in #followfriday, such as doing a reply-all that includes the hashtag. ? appeared first on 5W PR.

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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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Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

AI can speed up tedious tasks If you hate pulling monthly reports or need a faster way to turn your bullet points and ideas into a polished pitch or press release, AI could be the answer. It can help you generate press releases from keywords or headlines—and even aggregate a list of journalists who might be interested in your pitch.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 1, 2017

When Facebook debuted its live feature, we immediately began brainstorming how we could best utilize the tool for our business. Video content is the future of social media and for brands, businesses or influencers questioning the benefits, we detail five ways going live has improved our agency. Build and Establish Thought Leadership.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Today’s PR firms offer a wide variety of tools and services that can be customized to fit small business owners’ needs. When creating its PR calendar, a company can start by having a creative brainstorming session, and pitch ideas that can be sent to media outlets for press coverage.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 14, 2017

In our own informal polling on how to improve the client-agency experience, the desire to create a better public relations RFP process was near the top of the list. Typically agencies feel potential clients create unwieldy RFPs that don’t necessarily generate the most relevant information for clients who want the best agency partner.

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Shift Communications

MAY 17, 2023

We take the word “responsible” seriously, and we have spent hours deliberating if, when and how our staff should use genAI tools. Entering proprietary information into a database not under client or agency control breaks that trust — and could have legal ramifications. As such, we are mindful of what we upload. Understand its bias.

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Shift Communications

MAY 17, 2023

We take the word “responsible” seriously, and we have spent hours deliberating if, when and how our staff should use genAI tools. Entering proprietary information into a database not under client or agency control breaks that trust — and could have legal ramifications. As such, we are mindful of what we upload. Understand its bias.

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Wildfire

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Over the past four years at Wildfire I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in a great number of new-business pitches. And as Ritson has argued before, a brief to an agency is not something you can do at the last minute — and it starts way before you actually put pen to paper. Creativity is what we do, so let us do it.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The PR business has changed and innovated rapidly, and new tech tools and services are fairly common, for there is much to appreciate. Prospects who take PR agency searches seriously. Let’s face it, an agency search is arduous and time-consuming for both sides. What’s on our holiday PR wish list.

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