Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. An annual survey by PRWeek found the median public relations salary in the U.S. is $100,000 in 2020; it’s higher for in-house PR and corporate communications roles at $145,500 and lower for PR agencies at $90,000.

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 95

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

PR practitioners use a variety of methods to get their message out, including press releases, media relations, social media, and more. What are some examples of public relations? Media relations: This involves building relationships with journalists and getting media coverage for an organization or individual.

Interviews 99

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

Cision

MAY 3, 2016

In this interview, Karen shares how thinking like a journalist will help your media relations strategy, why following up on pitches is so important and what to do before jumping into a career in public relations. What are some key components of a successful media relations strategy? The two are companions.

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Pitching Training Media Relations Newspapers 0

Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

How is reporting different at newspapers, TV and wire services? Spoken words and video must match, so reporters either have to write/talk to the video or find a video that matches what they’re saying. I spend a fair amount of time editing stories, particularly with younger reporters, and I even write a piece on occasion.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Page three of the FT, an hour on Sky News, wall-to-wall ITN coverage, Today, the World Service and the front or inside front pages of many of the world’s leading newspapers. She realised the power of media. How many PR agencies consider SEO when they’re coming up with PR strategies for clients? And what about SEOs?

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Cision

JANUARY 19, 2017

What is your secret to media relations success? How does social media and analytics drive your PR strategy? Before diving into pitching stories to the media, you first need to understand that the effectiveness of your communications heavily relies on the strategy and objectives that you want to achieve.

Social Media 120

Social Media Newspapers Pitching Reputation 120

Cision

MAY 4, 2016

It will include reputation management, crisis management, brand enhancement and media relations. In short, I will assist CEO Thomas Graham and EVP Angela Dejene in executing our mission and in planning for and managing the growth of the agency. Read closely what they write. How many pitches is he likely to read?

Newspapers 120

Newspapers Journalism Pitching Report 120

PR Insiders

MAY 5, 2021

So, how do you do that these days, when some news agencies have cut staff, leaving the journalists who are still employed swamped with work? Cision recently released its 12th annual Global State of the Media report. As much as possible we want to filter out those less likely to write about the client’s topic.

Pitching 78

Pitching Government Financial Survey 78

Prakkypedia

JULY 10, 2017

This list relates in particular to those who work in media relations. But as someone who’s worked in PR, in some form or another for many years now, I’ve got a pretty good handle on what can upset, flummox and depress us. Read on and weep (or laugh). Journalist moves on. You trust each other. They accept and use your pitches.

Radio 61

Radio Newspapers Pitching Writing 61

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

I put an advertising spin on this topic and wrote a piece about how dealers and advertising agencies are depicting mask usage in their ads. I started writing in eighth grade for my middle school newspaper in 1999 and was hooked from there. Describe the craziest or most fun story you have written.

Automotive 92

Automotive Meeting Report Media 92

The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 20, 2017

By Low Sieu Ping , Senior Account Executive, The Hoffman Agency Singapore. Public relations (PR) is very much about reputation management. Unlike advertising agencies, PR agencies promote companies or individuals via earned media (i.e., advertisements). Is that all? Probably not. Not really.

Publicity 63

Publicity Construction Agency Advertising 63

MaccaPR

APRIL 18, 2017

I was amused at how agencies were sending me press releases that were of no interest to me. Cision , the King Kong of media relations directories, swells with 1.6 million media contacts (including 300,000 digital influencers) in its searchable database. First, we start with. Twitter A journalist’s.

How To 121

How To YouTube Pitching LinkedIn 121

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Early in Connie Loizos’ career at a newspaper, she became pregnant with her first child. The journalists on the panel also recognized that despite their differences there is a need for diversity, male and female, on teams because both provide a different perspective to writing compelling stories. Overcoming Adversity. Julia Buencamino.

Communications 60

Communications Media Newspapers Report 60

Mindful Marketing

JUNE 24, 2015

Counseling clients at the highest corporate level (CEO, CFO and VP/Marketing), Ron has developed expertise and experience in strategic communications planning, writing for publications, media relations, investor relations, speech writing and presentation coaching.

Marketing 50

Marketing Technology Newspapers Writing 50

Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

He mastered media relations managing information for national outlets like ESPN and Sports Illustrated. His popularity and ability to inspire students has played a critical role in the success of the school’s investor relations club where he has steadily grown his knowledge and responsibility. Courtney Mains @courtneyamains.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. PR leads with earned and owned media but also uses paid and shared media for amplification and targeting. And then there are areas of practice that have moved more rapidly.

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Government Education Print Ethics 103

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

I also managed an underground student newspaper, so I had to know a ton of students. In college, I worked for the student newspaper. Think about your media relations work–isn’t the idea to build a relationship that helps both the journalist AND you/your client? Most people can write.

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Meeting Social Media LinkedIn Groups 68

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 14, 2011

<press release pasted into the email below his signature> My response: I think I’ve asked you, or someone from your agency 3 times already if you can send me one, because I’d need to test it, and I received no response. They were adamant that I write about it, so I did. Way to go to not build relationships, T.

Pitching 98

Pitching Newspapers Social Media Blogging 98

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are so many thoughtful contributions – from people working on both the in-house and agency sides. And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Bill Byrne , Managing Director, Remedy Public Relations.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 15, 2006

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:54:22 -0400 To: prblog@yahoo.com From: " AGENCY " AGENCY@AGENCYNAME.com > Subject: News: NAME Joins AGENCY NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: FLACK NAME FLACK PHONE FLACK EMAIL NAME Joins AGENCY BETHESDA, MD- August 15, 2006- NAME has joined Bethesda, MD-based AGENCY as an Account Executive and Copy Writer.

Advertising 40

Advertising Advertising Pitching Newspapers 40

Stuart Bruce

JUNE 24, 2015

Public relations has always been a media neutral discipline. Getting a journalist to write a great case study that appears in a trade magazine (earned) and then buying re-prints of the article (paid) that can be used for direct mail to prospects (paid). Real PR professionals have used whatever channel happens to work.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Content Marketing Case Study 60

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

To land a position in the PR course at RMIT, students need to sit a test to ensure that they have the necessary general knowledge , writing skills and linguistic motivation to be a PR grad. He got coverage in The Australian (Oz’s biggest national newspaper) along with a number of different news outlets. He also got a job out of it.

Publicity 90

Publicity How To Course Facebook 90

The Hoffman Agency

AUGUST 16, 2023

My fellow journalism peers at UO told me about their aspirations to work for the hotshot newspapers on the East Coast. My fellow journalism peers at UO told me about their aspirations to work for the hotshot newspapers on the East Coast. I started as a writing coach at the SOJC’s Writing Central. Something that mattered.

Journalism 36

Journalism Newspapers Writing Analysis 36

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The media PR salary: $100,000. The median public relations salary in the U.S. is $100,000 in 2020; it’s higher for in-house PR and corporate communication roles at $145,500 and lower for PR agencies at $90,000. Source: 2020 Public Relations Salary Survey ). Media relations is ever more challenging.

Survey 176

Survey Marketing B2B Study 176

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

This is an effort to provide an impartial, but candid opinion, based on my experience on the vendor side and monthly research and writing. The all-in-one category are those vendors that offer a contact database, email distribution and media monitoring, analytics and reporting. Valosan – media relations management based in Finland.

Technology 93

Technology Software Resources Pitching 93

NewsWhip

APRIL 28, 2021

The intersection of media relations, social media, & content creation. She brings specialisms in social media, data and digital integration to the agency, and sits across H+K’s sector teams to support the continuous evolution of communications. Kirsty: So my career has always been in PR agencies from day one.

Consumer 78

Consumer Measurement Local Data 78

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In 2017, let's all agree to maximize the ROI of our writing efforts by focusing equal efforts on distribution. Media Relations - Is your e-book authored by an expert? October 19, 2016.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Beyond PR

MAY 17, 2018

While some still struggle with multimedia, there are people who would rather just write or take photos, there’s no question that journalism will become an even more visual industry in the future, especially when print eventually disappears, he says. I can write three articles in the amount of time I can shoot a video.”.

Infographics 54

Infographics Print Video Real Estate 54

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Media relations remains an important part of the execution of a public relations campaign alongside paid, shared and owned media. Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement.

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Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If you’re a corporate communications or public relations executive in Minnesota, the status of our state’s largest newspaper – the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune , with more than 250 editors and reporters – is always of intense interest. There’s a challenge because we have to put out 7 newspapers a week. Think again.

Newspapers 48

Newspapers Journalism Real Estate Healthcare 48

PRSay

JANUARY 4, 2021

Rubenstein, an iconic figure who founded the New York-based PR agency that bears his name in 1954, died on Dec. When the New York Philharmonic made its historic visit to North Korea , Rubenstein arranged all media-related aspects of the trip — including the creation of a cable infrastructure across Pyongyang to broadcast the tour.

Newspapers 95

Newspapers Ethics Conference Agency 95

Flack's Revenge

JULY 25, 2014

I had the great pleasure of writing for PR Conversations again last week, after Judy Gombita graciously agreed to r un with my post (the third one I have written for them). For the uninitiated, the group blog is a great forum that covers a range of PR subjects that should be of interest to client-side and agency folks around the world.

Education 120

Education Advertising Advertising Newspapers 120

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

In his interview with PRWeek Danny Rogers asked Martin if the danger was that the growth of social media meant that it would be adopted and subsumed by advertising agencies. Sorrel doesn’t think so: “Ad agencies do say they can do this stuff, but they can’t.”. How often does the Financial Times write stories about itself?

Crisis Communications 148

Crisis Communications Transportation Conference Social Media 148

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The PRCA was started by a group of CIPR members in 1969 who wanted to create an organisation to address the specific needs of agency owners. None of the top 20 UK agencies participated in the recent PRWeek pay gap study. Why is public relations conflated with media relations? Another history lesson.

Industry 153

Industry Publicity Agency Community 153

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

You remember those predictions just two years ago heralding the Death of Public Relations? 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. Think of what you’re asking for,” Petersen writes in her post.

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Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 48