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What Your PR Agency Won’t Tell You (But Maybe Should)

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

So, when PR agencies in particular are called out for lying or covering up, it makes us all look bad. The agency was busted when the foundation filed its tax forms. The agency was busted when the foundation filed its tax forms. When we tell clients that we have no problem working with other agencies, it may be a white lie.

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What PR Agencies Should Be Thankful For

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As a PR agency team , we also have a lot to be thankful for at our firm. PR people often plan out pitch calendars months in advance. Holidays like Black Friday, Cyber Monday and holiday shopping (for example) present both B2B and B2C PR teams with strong earned media opportunities. Feedback on pitches.

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6 PR Pitching Pitfalls And How To Avoid Them

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR people make mistakes every day, especially when it comes to pitching stories to the media. But in our line of work, we can risk public humiliation for even a trivial error if a cranky reporter decides to post about a bad pitch. This post outlines six common media relations mistakes and ways to avoid them.

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6 Things PR Agencies Should Never Say

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR agency teams, like all creative services people, love to keep our clients happy. To build trust, and to encourage a response to a solid pitch, even if the answer is no. The truth about media relationships is that they’re most valuable in generating a fast answer, not a guarantee of coverage. . Why bother?

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Reach Journalists Outside the United States: Tips for Pitching Internationally from AFP and FPA | Business Wire Blog

Business Wire

And with fake news pitches blanketing media outlets around the world, catching the attention of reporters and introducing them to your organization is harder than ever before.

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3 Media Relations Opportunities for 2023

Stern + Associates

The question is what are the solutions to these challenges and – more ambitiously – what are the inherent opportunities of the transformed media landscape? This leads us to our top 3 media relations opportunities for 2023. That’s why the core of our media relations strategy isn’t the pitching or writing but the storytelling.

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The Best PR Agency Asset: Flawless Media Contact Lists

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For a PR agency team, few things are more important than having media contacts at the ready. In fact, a media placement strategy with the perfect balance of quality and quantity is one of the unsung secret of great PR and media relations. Media contacts aren’t magic….they’re But media contacts aren’t magic.

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