Remote PR Jobs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Strong Writing Skills PR professionals are tasked with creating persuasive content that engages target audiences and effectively conveys key messages. From media pitches and press releases to event planning and crisis management, there are a myriad of duties that require careful attention and execution.

Crisis Management 130

Crisis Management Analytics Creativity Reputation 130

Sword and the Script

MAY 18, 2021

Fifty-three percent of journalists receive more than 50 pitches a week, and 28% receive more than 100 per week. Yet most journalists (69%) say only a quarter (or less) of the pitches they receive are relevant to their audiences.” Think about how much work that is: try writing a blog post every day – then add two more.

Study 170

Study Communications Survey Pitching 170

The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Generative AI prompts are a type of artificial intelligence-powered technology that can generate an array of information, as long as the prompts are carefully crafted. It uses existing data to create content, like first drafts of press releases, lists of resources, analysis of data, automated tasks and more.

Publicity 94

Publicity Ethics Analysis Data 94

Critical Mention

AUGUST 2, 2018

The impact of technology on public relations is accelerating. As such, PR pros must determine how they can best leverage technology to stay current. In the end, technology is at the heart of most organizations. To maintain a competitive edge companies need to effectively use technology that makes sense for their specific needs.

Technology 60

Technology Crisis Communications Pitching Software 60

Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

The survey found: 57% are crafting pitches; 48% are writing copy for social media; 48% are writing press releases; 44% are using it for research; and 25% say they are using it for strategy and planning. As I wrote this time last month , Notified, Muck Rack, and PRophet both offer gAI based on OpenAI technology.

Survey 149

Survey Software B2B Pitching 149

Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 12, 2023

AI has assisted practitioners with spelling, grammar, reading level and writing quality in the past ten years. New technologies become embedded into workflow over time. Spelling, grammar, reading level analysis, and writing quality tools have all been incorporated into word processor applications.

Publicity 105

Publicity Tools Exercises Ethics 105

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s PR pros must not only navigate, research and pitch in an increasingly complex media environment but also track (monitor) and measure the results in a way that resonates with stakeholders. You can even give PR CoPilot a custom prompt, and it will incorporate it into your press release or media pitch email within seconds.

Pitching 95

Pitching Print Measurement Report 95

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While traditionally PR work consisted of press releases, pitching, and occasional damage control, today’s PR teams must have a diverse digital skill set, including SEO strategy, social media savvy, data analysis and more. The core skills we need as PR professionals have also changed. Other skills and attributes are more timeless.

Analytics 170

Analytics Tools Social Media Trends 170

Sword and the Script

MARCH 5, 2024

I skipped this monthly column in February because there wasn’t anything to write about. The plugins can be used to help PR pros customize their pitches to a specific contact. Outputs include basic metrics “such as brand mentions, sentiment analysis, key issues, and competitive benchmarking.” Here’s a screenshot.

Software 127

Software B2B Pitching Data 127

Shift Communications

JANUARY 30, 2017

How to Pitch a Data-Driven Pitch with… Data! The final part of data-driven PR is to use our data, analysis, and insights to identify who would be most receptive to our pitching. Suppose we take our pitch about SEO, about how trust and linking have a relationship. Who should we pitch this story to?

Data-Driven PR 60

Data-Driven PR Data Pitching SEO 60

Buzzstream

MAY 16, 2024

I get email requests from guest bloggers who want to write on the BuzzStream blog daily. Some simply buy links on large guest posting directories, and others pitch quality content to get published on an external site. Guest blogging is when you write a unique article to be published on an external website.

Blogging 62

Blogging Google SEO Writing 62

Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

PRstack: AI tools for marketing, media, and public relations features insights from 20 practitioners and vendors on the latest AI technologies and tools and their practical application to help public relations practitioners work smarter and more effectively. Writing a book about a fast-moving area of technology has challenges.

Tools 52

Tools Handbook Publicity Analysis 52

Shift Communications

JANUARY 23, 2017

Crafting the Data-Driven Pitch. How do we take this statement, as well as the supporting data, and transform it from a simple sentence to a data-driven pitch? Before we begin the pitch construction, we must understand what the broad story of our hypothesis is in three parts: why , what, and how. We can’t pitch without them.

Data-Driven PR 60

Data-Driven PR Data Pitching Analysis 60

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Our team covers transportation and mobility, including electric vehicles, driver-assist technology and connectivity. I have been writing about vehicle infotainment centers and connectivity. I thought it was a thorough analysis of the state of the industry. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

Automotive 85

Automotive Report Meeting Radio 85

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

This summary of PR technology news – the PR Tech Sum – is back after a two-month hiatus. Kelp focuses on reputation analysis in sectors like health care, life sciences, aerospace and defense. Here are some interesting posts by or about the PR technology community that stood out to me this month: What’s in your wallet? “PR

Publicity 86

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 86

Sword and the Script

APRIL 6, 2021

I took a quick look back to review what was going on then, and thought the subhead accurately summarizes that snapshot in time: Some PR technology vendors have made pandemic-related announcements, but there’s a bit of “business as usual” too. Sentiment analysis by natural language processing (NLP) is imperfect, says Public Relay.

Media 108

Media SEO Analytics Analysis 108

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

Many of the PR technology vendors I track for the monthly PR Tech Sum put a greater emphasis on earned media than media relations in their messaging. Look for our session titled, “Earned Media Trends and Best Practices Revealed in an Analysis of the 2020 JOTW Communications Survey.” At the same time, the words vendors use have shifted.

Media Relations 152

Media Relations Media Print Software 152

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 2, 2017

Here are the top 10 tech blogs you need to read to prepare for promoting clients across a range of industries, including IoT, ad-tech, tech products and services and wearable technology. They’re useful for story pitching, new product research, and new perspectives from industry leaders. Stay on top of hot tech news every day.

Blogging 136

Blogging B2B Technology Pitching 136

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Don’t make research a sales pitch. This is meant to be a soft sell, not a hard commercial pitch. It’s a rare example of a client’s internal data analysis being more compelling than an outside survey or study. It’s important to develop research and data that speaks to core themes, messages and products.

B2B 147

B2B Data Retail Survey 147

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

As I wrapped up the writing on this post, I figured I had done three of these so far but surprised myself when I realized this is the fifth one. If you write a nice note, I might just give it to you. And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary…. However, Sean Czarnecki published an informative write up on the report.

Analytics 68

Analytics Report Technology Pitching 68

Offleash

JULY 19, 2023

News flash: We work in technology. Technology is always changing, disrupting, reshaping, and often improving how we work. At Offleash, we are leveraging AI-powered tools as we have any promising new technology: to provide efficiency, better data, and insights that we can learn from and pass along to our clients.

Crisis Communications 52

Crisis Communications Ethics Creativity Crisis 52

Flack's Revenge

APRIL 27, 2021

It is much easier to mass blast a pitch than take the time to read their stuff and personalize the approach. That said, sending and praying, optimistically, is not good; or is falling in love with your own ideas and pitches. Results: Pitches that hit home, better PR outcomes, stronger journalist relationships. How to do better?

Storytelling 177

Storytelling Pitching Interviews Agency 177

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

6) Technology that will change reporting. When asked which technologies are having the biggest impact on the job of reporting, the answers stacked up as follows (globally): 34% said “updated social media algorithms;”. 26% said “better and cheaper video production technology;”. A good place to start is with your own content.

Survey 102

Survey Report Media B2B 102

Flack's Revenge

MAY 14, 2019

If so, this could drive a pitch that lands. This means riding related breaking news, typically by offering execs as a source of color commentary or analysis. The client can help with a quick and incisive response that the agency can shop around, based on the client’s savvy and front row view of the technology and industry.

Survey 195

Survey Journalism Agency Data 195

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The addition of marketing, analysis, trade show consultation, managing professional organizational memberships and everything else has made every day a whirlwind of tasks, to-do lists and semi-controlled chaos.”. Technology has enabled me to do the work of five people and has enabled me to do that work in far less time.”. Email deluge.

Communications 124

Communications Crisis Internal International 124

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Once upon a time, many moons ago, I worked at a large PR agency as part of the consumer technology team. The endless media pitch calling and subsequent rejections were exhausting. Client Turnover — can lead to instability and the need to perform new business pitches constantly. When I began, I had no idea what to expect.

Agency 89

Agency Energy Crisis Management Industry 89

Landis PR

JANUARY 9, 2023

A currently free tool from OpenAI that was released to the public in November as a research preview, ChatGPT can be asked to help with everything imaginable, such as writing high school essays, crafting haiku, drafting cover letters for specific jobs, writing contracts, creating code for a new app, or explaining the theory of relativity.

Ethics 52

Ethics System Crisis Management Data 52

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

One thing is certain, this giant step in the technological revolution is here to stay and only growing more extensive and impactful daily. For the last several years, marketers primarily used AI for data analysis and predictive modeling. To the average consumer, AI likely snuck up like a mysterious, unknown entity.

Communications 40

Communications Marketing Technology Data 40

Bianchi Biz Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2020

But they are also moving more toward normalcy and are increasingly focusing on products, technologies, trends, business strategies and what lies ahead. We will continue to cover that, but we are starting to write about how Detroit automakers are moving forward. 4 – Technology Trends and New Design Innovations.

Mobile 73

Mobile Trends Automotive Technology 73

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic. Adaptability: PR is a rapidly evolving field, and PR practitioners must be able to adapt to new trends and technologies in order to be successful. How is technology being used in public relations? And in B2B marketing it already does.

Interviews 100

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 100

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 26, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI), has become a catch all term to describe technology that simplifies a task for a human being. Technology is impacting PR work in a variety of ways, including the simplification of tasks; listening and monitoring; and automation. All professions are being impacted by technology.

Ethics 69

Ethics Analysis Technology Data 69

Landis PR

JUNE 26, 2023

From generating press releases and social media posts to crafting personalized pitches, AI-powered tools are reshaping the way PR professionals work. AI-powered tools can automate tasks such as writing press releases, drafting media pitches, and creating social media content.

Publicity 52

Publicity Training Data Tools 52

Shift Communications

AUGUST 29, 2023

Here’s what happened next: The media boosted coverage, mostly around ChatGPT itself but also how the technology works, the risks, the influx of VC funding and more. Within six months “Corporate & Product News” jumped from 3rd to 1st in our analysis of top AI news topics by volume.

Survey 60

Survey How To Storytelling Corporate 60

Sword and the Script

MAY 12, 2020

Better organize your announcements and media contacts, make the “news” easy to find and stick to business etiquette; pro PR tips About a year ago I started writing a monthly summary of PR technology news. Push back – tactfully – on your leadership to provide answers, analysis, context and perspective.

Company 101

Company Survey Pitching Report 101

PR in High Definition

JUNE 11, 2020

With the recent news that Microsoft sacked twenty seven writing staff to replace them with AI algorithms, it seems appropriate to look at this prediction again: There’s a growing threat to journalism: robot writers. Surely a machine can’t write as well as a human? Associated Press and other outlets. I know what you’re thinking.

Journalism 90

Journalism Software Sports Analysis 90

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But it’s easy to imagine this technology being used in more subtle but dangerous ways, such as politicians ‘saying’ things that are not totally out of character but more extreme or subversive than anything they would really say. Audiences know the difference. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

Google Uses Weekly Podcast to Discuss Innovative Cloud Technologies Google’s About Google Cloud Platform Podcast , abbreviated as GCP, includes weekly episodes featuring technical discussions with cloud professionals about the innovations they’re pursuing to make Google Cloud better. Run a gap analysis. Create content.

Leadership 145

Leadership Content Marketing Healthcare Google 145