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Pitching Business and Technology Contributors: Q & A with Freelancer Anne R. Gabriel

Cision

Moving fluidly between the worlds of journalism, business technology writing, marketing and PR, she does everything from writing editorial for C-Level IT publications to providing marketing support for organizations ranging from start-up to Fortune 500. How do you prefer to receive pitches? Can you be pitched via these channels?

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Meet the Media: Nick Manes, Finance and Technology Reporter at Crain’s Detroit Business

Bianchi Biz Blog

I am the finance and technology reporter at Crain’s Detroit Business , covering the startup sector in Ann Arbor and Detroit, as well as the region’s banks and lenders, such as Rocket Mortgage and UWM. I get a lot of pitches about a company being started and that’s the news hook being offered. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Ivy Le’s Good Pitch Lands Ink in The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Bad Pitch Blog

We asked for good pitches and you listened. The deepening credit crisis, which prompted coordinated rate cuts last week by the Federal Reserve and other central banks, is likely to hurt business investment and hiring nation-wide. You Pick the Best Pitch Ivy’s pitch is the first of several we’ll be posting in the coming weeks.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. Conversely, those companies who show respect to their people – both in working conditions and pay – will continue to thrive and receive the positive accolades and media coverage which comes with supporting all those on their payroll.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Stu Opperman, APR

Solo PR Pro

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. Stu didn’t know much about PR, but had a vague understanding of media relations, having been on the receiving end of pitches during his time producing talk shows.

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Meet the Media: Erica Schueller, Editorial Director, Commercial Vehicle Group at Endeavor Business Media

Bianchi Biz Blog

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? Besides a brief stint at a community bank in 2009 (thanks to the recession), I’ve always worked as a business-to-business editor reporting on some aspect of transportation. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Or, riding my bike.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

It included email (iContact), press releases (PRWeb), media relations (HARO), and social media (North Social and Engine 140), bundled in what was pitched as an easy-to-use and all-in-one product. Cision acquires Gorkana , a UK-based provider of media intelligence and news. 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana.