OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this month’s profile, we are talking with Megan Garbe , the Vice President and Director of Consumer Media Relations at Fahlgren Mortine. Tell us a bit about your day-to-day and your role as the VP, Director of Consumer Media Relations. This is actually a new role for the agency, one that I was thrilled to take on.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Occasionally public relations agencies tap freelance contractors to manage peak workloads during busy seasons or to bring specialist expertise to a project. Most agencies rely on a small number of trusted freelancers in whom they place their confidence, so they should feel comfortable with full transparency. Pay promptly.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Earned Media/Media Relations. Far from just managing a digital Rolodex, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix. Media Training. Social Media & Community Management. Relationship building takes time.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Here’s a commonly overlooked opportunity for building relationships with media: Help them with stories you didn’t pitch. Another example: An agency pro was working with a transportation writer. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Georgia Tech to help their media relations teams reach new levels of success.

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PR in High Definition

AUGUST 21, 2018

And it often makes me think that choosing an agency and running a pitch process can be a bit like a game of tennis. In the same way, picking the right longlist and shortlist of agencies is important – and if you haven’t played before, get a coach. In short, sweaty and exhausting but thoroughly rewarding when it’s done right.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Regular “touch-base” calls are a PR agency staple. A PR agency is typically brought on to do more than secure media coverage. If a brand is new to PR or unfamiliar with the ins-and-outs of media relations, it’s time to walk through key items like announcement strategies, timelines and anticipated results.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Regular “touch-base” calls are a PR agency staple. A PR agency is typically brought on to do more than secure media coverage. If a brand is new to PR or unfamiliar with the ins-and-outs of media relations, it’s time to walk through key items like announcement strategies, timelines and anticipated results.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2022

Here are some of the most useful ones for working in public relations. . Keep up-to-date media lists – Any good PR person knows a media list is essential for strong media relations. Or offer to take a stab at first drafts of bylines, press releases, or pitches. The more you do it, the better. .

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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’re living through COVID-19 and a presidential election year, and both eat up a huge amount of media bandwidth. Media relations deals with the news environment, which is by definition unpredictable. It’s PR, not ER.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 10, 2013

From what I have observed since I started working in this industry, practitioners and agency heads still place more emphasis on traditional methods of communicating and facilitating news and story ideas to the media. We love following up with them after pitching an interview/story idea. An intense debate.

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PRSay

MAY 17, 2021

Based on the report’s findings, here are ways we can better engage journalists this year and beyond: Pitch on Monday morning. We’re often told that Tuesday or Wednesday are the best days to send out press releases or pitch story ideas to reporters. Just 6 percent said they prefer to receive pitches on Fridays.

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Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I have a party trick at conferences and speaking events where I use a white paper as an input for a large language model and ask it to generate a press release, media pitch, blog posts and various social media posts. It enables practitioners to understand stakeholder interests and make better-informed pitches.

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Cision

MAY 3, 2016

Journalists can see right through your mass emails – and they’ll ignore you if they suspect you aren’t tailoring your pitches. Karen Paff, senior vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations, recommends doing your research and learning as much as you can about the journalists you target before you pitch them your story.

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PRSay

JULY 17, 2018

The most important thing I do in my business is pay very close attention whenever I speak with a Media Relations Master. One such throwaway line I heard a Media Relations Master say recently was, “I just make sure I get out of my office and go out and visit with people.”.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Maybe you’ve never worked at a PR agency. Or perhaps you started your career at an agency, moved client side, and are now considering a return to agency life. Either way, making a move to a top PR agency can have a tremendously positive impact on your career growth, but there are also a few things to consider.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 3, 2016

The May edition of #measurePR brought together three fabulous guests who were ready to share their smarts on measuring media relations. Anne Isenhower a media relations expert and social media enthusiast who works with nonprofits and Fortune 500 CEOs. Fragmentation of media means fewer eyeballs on each story.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Every public relations professional, whether they’re involved in corporate PR or work with a PR agency, is looking for a competitive advantage. I’ve been running for 40+ years and currently train to run two half-marathons per year. The Niche Knows: Five Key Benefits to Working with a B2B PR Agency. Stay with me here.

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Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Hiring an agency can seem pretty cool – having a dedicated team of professionals promoting you and your business all day sounds nice, right? So when is the right time to hire a PR agency? There are a plethora of tools to make it easy until you reach the pivot point to needing a full blown agency. That depends.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Digging into the significance of this day, on October 30, 1906 The New York Times published an announcement by Ivy Lee, also known as the father of PR, of a deadly train crash involving the Pennsylvania Railroad. My first PR agency boss, Bob Dorf, used to say that his inventory went down in the elevator every night.

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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. Not only do you want your spokesperson to succeed, but creating a friendly relationship with a journalist will pave the way for future pitches. But to a less experienced PR person, this role can feel awkward. Follow up

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

You had a vibrant and long career in PR, working in almost every possible setting–from corporate to agency to non-profit. I liked agency life because you could specialize in media relations and have the company of other professionals in marketing and PR. Like many in the media world, you made the jump to PR in 1989.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

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. More: 2020 Public Relations Salary Survey: How Much Money do PRs Pros Make ?

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Prohibition

APRIL 24, 2020

Be clear and concise when pitching to journalists during the pandemic. If the product that you’re pitching requires people to be outside to use it, involves travelling or requires multiple users it’s probably not appropriate to talk about. Be mindful and sensitive towards the situation.

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PRSay

MARCH 18, 2020

Whether you’re a health-care organization wondering about messaging or a brand trying to find a home for an unrelated story during this time, here are some tips for PR pros to successfully navigate this current news cycle: Know that this isn’t pitching as usual. Remember to keep your messaging useful, newsworthy and strategic.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Agency teams may think they’re in constant touch with clients as the emails fly back and forth, but that’s not enough. Misguided media relations strategy. Lack of preparation for a media interview. Some CEOs and others in leadership positions shun the idea of media training.

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PRSay

APRIL 2, 2020

Journalists are being bombarded with pitches, both related and unrelated to the COVID-19 crisis, so now is not the time to be mass-pitching anything. You should be extremely selective and strategic with who and what you pitch. Share some positivity. That doesn’t mean that you should be sitting on the sidelines either.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Each December public relations agencies spend time crafting pitches and byline articles capturing clients’ takeaways for their particular industry. It’s also very important to tap and train media spokespeople at the beginning of an engagement. 2017 PR Takeaways. Technology means continuous learning.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 18, 2017

Want your public relations to rule? Face it, the typical client-agency relationship can sink into a routine that, over time, becomes a little too comfortable. By the same token, there are some PR client-agency “rules of engagement” that can be chucked on occasion. Then be prepared to break some rules.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In the PR agency world , after weeks of fine-tuning messaging, crafting stories and pitching reporters, there’s no better feeling than landing a top media interview for a client. It signals that the overall public relations strategy is on the right track. Referring to other media interviews.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Continue crafting pitches around links to the virus, or if you’re working with an unrelated topic altogether, then be sure to give it the best possible angle to break through to the outlets you’re targeting. And I think it would be great for communicators and people in media relations to be mindful of that as well.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Does a startup business always need to hire a PR agency ? Mark Cuban famously advised young companies not to bring on an external PR firm, reasoning that an entrepreneur is the best person to handle media contact. I’m a Cuban fan, but like many PR agency owners, I disagree on this score. Prepare before you pitch.

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PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2020

Organic reach on social media was also still possible for brands. And people still faxed pitches! Incorporating these outlets into your media relations strategy can help you expand your influence with peers and prospective clients. If that doesn’t take your breath away for a minute, I don’t know what will.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2017

When considering an agency to handle reputation management and media relations for a company, consider these signs as indicators of the need to boost PR efforts. Intrepid PR strategists pitch an editor a trend piece on new IoT security or other products and voila, a round-up story with five or six brands appears.

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Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

PR professionals often reach out to journalists and other media representatives with information or news about their clients or organizations that they believe would interest them and their audience. Otherwise known as “pitching,” the goal is to secure media coverage for the client or organization.

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Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

PR professionals often reach out to journalists and other media representatives with information or news about their clients or organizations that they believe would interest them and their audience. Otherwise known as “pitching,” the goal is to secure media coverage for the client or organization.

Brand 52

Brand Branding Training Viral 52

Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

PR professionals often reach out to journalists and other media representatives with information or news about their clients or organizations that they believe would interest them and their audience. Otherwise known as “pitching,” the goal is to secure media coverage for the client or organization.

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Brand Branding Publicity Training 52

PRSay

JANUARY 1, 2020

Whether it’s updating your Cision listings with newer, more relevant journalists or building new relationships, it’s important to remember that pitching is more than simply sending out a story. PR pros need to spend time learning about the people we’re pitching to. What type of stories do they cover? What elements will they need?

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