ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 29, 2022

For a PR agency team, few things are more important than having media contacts at the ready. That may sound easy enough, but check out any reporter’s Twitter feed and you’ll probably see complaints about agencies who reach out to irrelevant or outdated contacts, or target their pitches in clumsy ways. they’re work.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Here are some of our scariest PR agency tales. Years ago, when I was confronted with the empty press room as a young Account Supervisor, my boss ordered me to call a few people back at the office and make them come out to impersonate reporters. (We The post The Best PR Agency Horror Stories appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Here are some of our scariest PR agency tales. Years ago, when I was confronted with the empty press room as a young Account Supervisor, my boss ordered me to call a few people back at the office and make them come out to impersonate reporters. (We The post The Best PR Agency Horror Stories appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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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. It seems reporters are more frequently being asked to cover general assignments rather than the specialized beats we saw pre-COVID.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Originally seen on O'Dwyers It’s a question that has confounded publicists and public relations professionals for ages: when would a pitch sent to journalists be most likely to yield a response? A recent study on pitching effectiveness released by Tel Aviv-based PR productivity platform Propel may shed some light on this subject.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

For top B2B PR firms , approaching reporters and tech influencers carries a great deal of responsibility. You want to make sure you’re representing both your agency and your client well, and a top-notch pitch is the best way to do it. When pitching top tech reporters, like most media, it’s best to be short and sweet.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A new research paper spotlights flaws in the how agencies win business. Public relations agencies are expected to pitch for free, follow ambiguous processes, and contracts are frequently awarded on the basis of intangible metrics such as chemistry and creativity. So, what can be done to address the issue?

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Landis PR

JUNE 6, 2022

As a PR pro, a decent portion of your job involves pitching the media. Your pitch can say a lot about you and your agency in terms of professionalism, so it’s essential to take the time to get it right. Here are some tips to perfect your pitch: Do your research. Here are some tips to perfect your pitch: Do your research.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

During that time, I learned a lot about the important — and ideally, symbiotic — relationship between reporters and public relations professionals. While I still don’t know the secret to getting a reporter to politely reject a pitch (rather than flat out ignore it), I do know what it takes for an editor to say “yes” to a story idea.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequest curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? OnePitch feature recommends reporters to pitch. Give our services a try. Paywall problems.

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PRSay

APRIL 9, 2021

As arduous as 2020 was, it did provide some inspiring pitch examples you can learn from. The common thread among these examples is one thing that these savvy pitching pros did: They exercised their mere humanity and asked their media contacts a useful question, but only after they proved to be worthwhile sources. Not these winners.

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Business Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

There’s a common thread to media relations around the world today: reporters need relevancy. Through a six-part guest blog series, regional experts from Worldcom Public Relations Group partner agencies share media relations insights and advice for connecting with journalists in Canada, China, Central and Eastern Europe, Germany, and the U.S.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 10, 2020

PR agency teams are always strategizing about how to tell stories that elevate a brand’s presence through earned media. Once the exclusive runs at an agreed upon date and time, the story can be pitched widely to the broader media targets. That’s one reason why embargo pitching is still relevant in today’s accelerated news environment.

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Wadds Inc.

JANUARY 26, 2023

The response rate to media pitches is less than three percent according to the latest Propel Media Barometer analysis of 500,000 pitches. Roxhill suggests that you need to pitch early if you want reach a news desk or business desk. Roxhill suggests that you need to pitch early if you want reach a news desk or business desk.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 3, 2021

Here’s a report from the May event and what’s coming up in June. The May edition of WaddsCon covered a range of topics from the COVID-19 impact on client/agency relations to the impact on print, and from measurement frameworks to professionalism in public relations. You can catchup with the replay on YouTube.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 20, 2019

The PR team or agency’s prime directive is to manage the reputation of the brand – and it does that from many angles. 8 things PR does beyond media pitching. A PR agency can conduct a brand perception audit to establish a baseline on which to build or change reputation. PR strategy. Brand perception audit.

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Cision

JUNE 8, 2017

Pitching is an integral part of the PR process and communicators are always looking for ways to build meaningful media relationships for themselves and their clients. Here are a few ways you can streamline your pitching process. Pitching to Canadian media? For example, Nardi Media, a boutique agency located in Washington D.C.,

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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. The functional public relations role of producing words and pictures such as press releases, articles, quotations, media pitches, and social media posts can already be automated.

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Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A new research paper spotlights flaws in the how agencies win business. Public relations agencies are expected to pitch for free, follow ambiguous processes, and contracts are frequently awarded on the basis of intangible metrics such as chemistry and creativity. So, what can be done to address the issue?

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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. What happens after the reporter says yes? How did we do?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 30, 2021

Every PR agency team appreciates the importance of relationships with key media outlets and personnel. The most successful agencies have contacts ready to go for any type of announcement or story, but making a connection with a reporter is only part of the equation. Occasionally checking a reporter’s recent work is not enough.

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Wadds Inc.

APRIL 26, 2023

Some observations and suggestions for public relations agency managers from our wheelhouse. Public relations agencies have either narrowly hit Q1 business targets or missed them by a small margin. The agency market has switched from being relatively buoyant at the end of Q3 2022 to a slowdown. The slowdown is impacting payments.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2017

Based on our experience, we’ve identified examples of when NOT to pitch that will help make clearer the line between self-serving nonsense and the stories journalists need. Avoid the following pitches, and make media contacts look forward to your ideas or contact you when they need an assist. Low-level personnel announcements.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 14, 2019

According to most people who work at PR agencies , especially tech firms, using the phone for media conversations is outdated. Hardly anyone thinks it’s useful to follow up, or worse, actually pitch a story by phone. Mind you, it’s the same email pitch I already sent. The email pitch they never read. Do you know?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

In a recent post , we showed why using the lowest hourly rates was the absolute worst way to choose a PR agency partner. For a number of reasons, the PR agency with the lowest rates usually ends up costing the client the most – in terms of wasted time, frustration and lackluster results. Why are these clues important?

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Five months into the pandemic, I sat down to talk to New York Times staff reporter Anahad O’Connor. Remember that before you get angry about the length of time it takes to receive a response from a reporter. “I Be sure to ask reporters the ways they would prefer to work together. And of course, stay flexible. “I

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 7, 2018

PR teams can take advantage of sudden extra relevance by immediately pitching a client as a news source to media hungry for pertinent expertise. Here are the PR fundamentals for reactive media pitches. PR tips for reactive media pitches. Some call it newsjacking. Combine automation with human monitoring.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 8, 2023

I am a tech and innovation reporter at Automotive News. Beyond AN, I was the lead reporter on a story about labor trafficking on U.S. I think readers really appreciate a multifaceted story with some subtlety rather than something one-dimensional, and it’s also more interesting for me as the reporter!

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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. This is actually a new role for the agency, one that I was thrilled to take on.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 16, 2021

Are you a college student or recent grad looking to gain experience in a top B2B technology PR agency? Monitor and track media; report trends, create reports as needed. Prepare pitch letters and assist with media outreach on behalf of clients as instructed. Help with social media content creation and report.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 15, 2020

Still, 49% of PR professionals in our survey reported that clients reduced their PR budget as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A friend and I were talking about what the next few years look like for agencies, and I hate to admit it’s not looking pretty. Addressing COVID-19 When Pitching. Popular Verticals to Pitch.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 15, 2022

Yet many don’t know what makes an agency a ‘great’ fit. Some companies fall victim to the “big budget, big agency; small budget, small agency” myth. Regardless of whether an agency is big or small, it’s the account team is usually comprised of a few dedicated team members who will deliver on the company’s objectives.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 29, 2022

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. Depending on the announcement, we may seek an exclusive, meaning one reporter has access to the news before others. Timing is key. Don’t take it personally .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 3, 2021

Being an intern at a top New York PR agency has exposed me to many things I hadn’t experienced before. A major goal of good PR is helping your client get more exposure in the media, and that means talking to reporters. It refers to a situation where the PR team offers first-crack at a story to one reporter and one reporter only.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Sherry, before your agency career, you worked as a reporter for trade publications as well as in local NYC TV news. I was a good writer, researcher and storyteller, and had been on the other side of both print and broadcast pitches, but I did not fully understand all the nuances of public relations prior to joining the agency.

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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. Media Measurement Reporting on established metrics isn’t enough today.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 30, 2017

Recently an editor acquaintance of mine told a public relations seminar that she didn’t care how PR pros pitched her as long as they didn’t waste her time. Yet getting your approach just right can still be daunting, so we thought it a good time to revisit the rules for successful story pitching. OK, seems simple enough.

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