Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 25, 2015

When I started out in PR, my focus was building relationships with the media who were mostly print journalists at newspapers and trade publications. As I found editorial success for my agency’s clients, I was able to branch out and pitch radio and television broadcast opportunities. Be flexible in your pitch.

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2016

A successful public relations pitch has the potential to elevate your brand in a way advertising simply can’t. When a reporter writes about you, it’s an unbiased look at your brand, whereas advertising is heavily slanted in your direction. But a good pitch starts with finding the right reporters. Their Publications.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

This is actually pretty hard for me, since I tend to want to write a story on almost every interesting piece of news I see. I got to write a story on a local stray cat that had been “adopted” by a bed and breakfast. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you or your publication?

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PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This is what you use to attract and pitch the media. 2) Niche what you do and pitch around that. This is a free media query service where media outlets are looking for sources and quotes for national magazine articles, television shows, newspapers, and blogs. It’s how you get the journalist to read your email pitch.

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Presspage

AUGUST 5, 2020

Combining the powers of email marketing with an attention-grabbing PR pitch is a winning approach when it comes to major campaigns. A targeted email pitch allows you to reach a wide audience of journalists in an instant, whilst making sure it’s relevant to their ‘beat’ List segmentation done right. Final thoughts.

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Presspage

AUGUST 5, 2020

Combining the powers of email marketing with an attention-grabbing PR pitch is a winning approach when it comes to major campaigns. A targeted email pitch allows you to reach a wide audience of journalists in an instant, whilst making sure it’s relevant to their ‘beat’ List segmentation done right. Final thoughts.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2021

Which topics do you want to own — or keep on your own website or blog — and which ones are you going to use for contributed content — or use in your earned media efforts? . You’ll see Spin Sucks is on the first page of results — and that we’ve encouraged others to write about it. Just like in school, gold stars are good!

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

“Nail the elevator pitch.”. I came to the name after incorporating my initials — ‘MAS’ is Spanish for ‘more’ — and ‘ink’ references pen-to-paper; writing your story to build and manage your communications. Mika: Nail the elevator pitch. Mika: TMI (The MAS Ink) is the name of my new boutique PR firm. We keep things simple.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 31, 2020

So, instead of us trying to pitch reporters on our time, which is normally what happens, what's happening now is we are getting in front of them on their time. You may consider writing blogs that are relevant to worldwide happenings so that more people can find you online, or you can use social media platforms like Twitter.

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PR Fuel

JULY 5, 2020

Although social media and content writing has its place, these methods are better at reaching consumers instead of news organizations. Read on to learn how to choose the best press release writing service for your business, and how you can tell the difference between good and bad press release writing! Writing a Press Release.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

2) If I’ve published a briefing , product review or substantive blog posts on any company mentioned here in the past, I list those as well. This is an effort to provide an impartial, but candid opinion, based on my experience on the vendor side and monthly research and writing. Resources: newsroom , company blog , news search.

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5W PR

MAY 4, 2022

As blockchain technology continues to gain popularity across different industries, journalists are becoming overwhelmed by the number of pitches they get from companies in this space. Most of them don’t even understand what blockchain is all about, so they are unlikely to write about something they don’t understand.

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PR Fuel

MARCH 22, 2022

Then, write your press release with that publication’s target audience in mind. If you want to ensure your release is picked up, dedicate time to the writing process. Explore media outlets outside of newspapers, too. For example, you can also look at social media influencers, radio programs, magazines, and blogs.

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PRSay

JANUARY 19, 2017

the number of pitches they send out) with working hard at their jobs. Here’s the thing—most of the pitches I receive for Spin Sucks are ice cold. If you’re sending cold pitches to journalists without building relationships with them first, you’re wasting your time. If only it were that simple! Keep this up every week.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

reviewing all the news alerts I have set up for my clients and their industry competitors and fielding urgent emails before devoting the rest of the morning to writing and other client work. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. if I can help it. Michelle Kane, VoiceMatters, LLC.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 14, 2011

This is the exact email exchange between a PR “pro&# who pitched me on a food-related product that took place beginning last week and culminating yesterday. If you’re not interested in following up, please don’t keep pitching me the same thing over and over again. I show that you wrote for several blogs.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s everything from becoming a regular contributor on a media website to having a newspaper or trade publication write about you to appearing on the noon news to talk about your company. Owned media, aka content, is content you produce that lives on your website or blog. Shared Media. Owned Media.

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Cision

AUGUST 17, 2016

I write a lot here about the importance of press releases , as well as how to write them , but don’t get it twisted: there’s far more to a successful press release than simply writing and publishing one. But I’ve already covered writing killer headlines , make-’em-move calls to action and juicy quotes. Distribution.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Start research and writing a byline for my Trustmark client. Much of the work I do for them revolves around B2B media relations with HR publications, podcasts and blogs. We’re pitching a lot of bylines to these kinds of pubs, and in many instances, I’m on the hook to take the first stab at the draft.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve known Lin Pophal for years through her work as a writer for eContent , HR Executive , and others; have pitched her client stories and my own thought leadership topics (I’m in her eContent story on content curation tools ). ” Run an ad in a newspaper and it needs to be labeled as an ad.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. The deluge of PR pitches.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Forming relationships with the people at your local radio, newspaper, and TV station can really help promote your business! It’s also important to pitch stories and ideas to the media whenever your business is having a special sale, event, or advertising campaign. Learn How to Write a Great Press Release.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The Wall Street Journal’s MoneyBeat blog embedded a copy of his memo which reads: “We can afford to lose money – even a lot of money. We can understand a bit why Buffet invested in newspapers – he still reads them – and you have to admire a gentleman that can quote his old memos in his new ones without losing an ounce of cool.

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PR Fuel

JANUARY 17, 2022

In today’s blog, we show you how to distribute a press release, so you get the best value for your money. Use a Professional to Write and Distribute Press Releases. Consider using the services of a professional press release writing service. These agencies are knowledgeable in writing different types of press releases.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

If you read an article about an individual or organisation in your favourite magazine or newspaper you’re likely to view it far more favourably than if you heard the information direct. The Daily Telegraph was the first UK national newspaper to go online in November the same year.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

Campaigns might involve pitching a quote from a thought leader to a journalist writing about a related topic or creating and pitching content highlighting data from a commissioned industry survey. Traditional PR may encompass online media but mainly focuses on newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV.

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Cision

JANUARY 19, 2017

To make your voice heard, use strategic, targeted pitching techniques and broadcast authentic stories that will resonate with your audience. With today’s media being so fragmented and competitive, what works better is strategic, targeted pitching of interesting media angles to select journalists. How do you measure that success?

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PR Fuel

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This guide will discuss how to write a press release and how to effectively send one to people who want to learn more about your company. Promoting your company’s presence on the web via social media, websites, and blogs. The end goal of a press release is having journalists write about your news. This includes: Blogs.

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Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

company website, blogs). The Associated Press (AP) style guide provides guidelines for writing press releases, ensuring consistency in language, formatting, and punctuation. It expresses an opinion on a specific topic and appears in newspapers or online publications. How Do You Pitch the Media ? sponsored posts).

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PRSay

JUNE 18, 2019

How has social media and content moving online changed the idea of hard-and-fast style (with more people tweeting, texting, messaging, blogging, etc.)? Of course, many of those texting, tweeting, messaging, blogging, etc., Writing in AP style means they’re speaking the language of the people they are pitching.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If you’re a corporate communications or public relations executive in Minnesota, the status of our state’s largest newspaper – the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune , with more than 250 editors and reporters – is always of intense interest. There’s a challenge because we have to put out 7 newspapers a week. Think again. www.maccapr.com.

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PR Fuel

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

So how can you ensure that more journalists read — and accept — your press releases and PR pitches? What about blogs? Newspapers? For example, a blog post may not have a name on it if it’s written by a staff member. If this is the case, see if you can find similar blog posts with names attached.

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5W PR

APRIL 8, 2021

Before the internet, press releases used to only get sent to journalists, and if they were considered to be subpar by the newspaper, they would never get published. Before Writing a Press Release. Once you know your purpose and the 5 W’s, you are ready to write. How to Write the Best Press Release? Newsworthy.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This is part of the reason we created our Meet the Media blog series. I want to write stories that thoroughly explain what’s going on and how it impacts them.”. Pro Tip : When putting together a story to pitch, consider what human element you can offer to the reporter. I also look for innovation, a strong character and impact.”.

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Barokas

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

As a reporter, I was often tasked with writing 1,500 words on a nonsense subject. If you can write that much on why army green complements horizontal stripes, you can spin a story out of anything. Give me a new product or a service and I’ll give you a press release and several different pitch angles.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. It could be a way to cut through the clutter since reporters are deluged with pitches. As always, click any image for higher resolution. >>>

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Prakkypedia

JULY 10, 2016

Every day is different and projects can include issues management, event management, web writing, publicity stunts, drafting columns, researching niche publications, organising stakeholder meetings. It might mean a newspaper article for my client; a radio interview; a TV station visiting their worksite; or their guest blog post published.

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