Beyond PR

APRIL 10, 2017

Using Cision’s proprietary research of thousands of travel journalists, we have come up with six tips that will help your travel pitch get noticed in a flooded inbox. Not All Travel Pitches are Created Equal. Pitching travel stories blindly causes an overflown editor’s inbox and an ignored pitch. Think Like a Journalist.

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Prakkypedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

I’ve worked with a lot of clients on getting columns (print and online) published, so they can take part in topical debates and share their views and values with the wider public. Pitching means contacting an editor, producer or journalist and ascertaining if they’re interested in using that content. Again, crickets”.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 22, 2017

Electronic communications have made writing so easy that we don’t put as much thought or effort into the task anymore. At least not to the degree we did when we had to sit in front of a typewriter or hand write a note with a bottle of white-out nearby. Email has made our writing lazy. 1) Words matter in communication.

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Writing B2B Analytics Reputation 61

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 2, 2022

I am the senior editor at Charged – I write daily blog posts, as well as articles for the print magazines, and do copy editing. I’m also a contributing writer for EVannex – I write a weekly blog post. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Meeting Media Travel Interviews 81

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

And being a best-selling author can’t hurt when pitching bylines or features to the media. Whereas it was once important for a book to be printed and distributed by a traditional publisher, today self-publishing is a perfectly acceptable route. Two blog posts each week becomes a permanent SEO-friendly knowledge base.

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It explores how they can be used in generative and reductive productivity-boosting applications, from writing and pattern recognition to summarising large documents. Writing a book about a fast-moving area of technology has challenges. The contributors all responded to a blog post in late August.

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Tools Handbook Publicity Analysis 52

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It also allows for pitching through the platform, which checks off distribution. based PR tech players that offer a contact database, some level of pitching or distribution, and media monitoring include: Cision. Muck Rack adds print monitoring through LexisNexis. Muck Rack added print media to its monitoring package.

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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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Meeting Writing Pitching Case Study 98

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 4, 2017

How hard is it to write some short articles on a subject you know well? Understanding what the decision-makers want before you begin writing is a major timesaver. Many prefer to receive a pitch and an outline first, though some will look at a completed article right off the bat. Write for the audience.

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B2B Guidelines Writing Pitching 136

Bad Pitch Blog

JANUARY 13, 2016

But, as we mark the 10th birthday of the award-winning Bad Pitch blog, we wanted to lead with swagger, good news and bad news. Thanks to buzzwords like big data, the cloud, social media and more, it’s harder than ever to send a bad pitch. These same words make it easier than ever to send a bad pitch. The good news?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Critical Mention adds a media database; Talkwalker acquires Nielson Social; Watch out for fine print in media monitoring contracts As a term, earned media made a big splash in search trends in late 2004 or early 2005…and then interest waned. c) What makes a great pitch?

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Media Relations Media Print Software 145

Shift Communications

MARCH 15, 2022

So, publishers are re-imagining their value proposition by broadening their content channel and format strategy in a few main ways, according to the report: They’re not just focusing on print or online articles. They’re investing in audio (ex: podcasts) and video (especially short form) to help fill in their content model.

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Strategy Media Journalism Banking 103

Cision

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Editorial Guidelines: Establish writing standards to ensure consistency across content. Printed and digital materials: sales collateral. Leveraging your owned media, publish blogs about the new look, update your web copy to reflect new messaging, and post messages on social media to communicate it. Informative? business cards.

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Corporate Brand Branding Guidelines 270

PRSay

AUGUST 8, 2018

It’d be an entire roadmap of content, blog topics and email promos. For example, if you’re pitching a year-round story about car safety, you can write a tip sheet or create a video on the importance of seat belts. During Autism Awareness Month in April, you can share relevant content or pitch stories throughout the month.

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Pitching Interviews Video Report 126

Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Media monitoring tools scan various sources (print, online, social media, TV, radio) for mentions of specific keywords or brands. company website, blogs). The Associated Press (AP) style guide provides guidelines for writing press releases, ensuring consistency in language, formatting, and punctuation. sponsored posts).

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In that case, if you send out one email promoting your content – a new blog post for example – 70% of your subscribers didn’t open it. Everyone hits up the same list and the glamour of it has long since worn off unless you are writing them a check. Read more: How To Promote Your Blog With 107 Content Promotion Tactics.

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Content Marketing Pitching Social Media Internal 110

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Consider the following: Demand for media attention is high: Most top-tier writers now receive 100, 250 or 500 pitches a week for 5 story spots. Treat subject lines like you’re a copywriter at a big ad agency and you have to write a killer headline for a new ad. My pro tip: Write 10 subject lines for each pitch.

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Media Relations Pitching Media Report 100

5W PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Always create press releases in the form of an authentic news story rather than writing it like an ad. You can also have physical coupons that are sent out in the mail, included in print ads or posted on bulletin boards. Videos can be distributed across social media as well as on your own business blog or website.

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Strategy Product Launch Brand Branding 88

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I’ve found that employers expect not just one skill like writing, but design skills as well.”. From print to digital. Communicators have moved from being the newsletter writers and PR pitch people to truly becoming strategic advisors to our organizations.”. Harder to pitch. More internal comms. Design skills required.

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Communications Crisis Internal International 119

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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Automotive Journalism Interviews Engineering 86

Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

People sometimes ask us why we out our own on The Bad Pitch Blog. Our traffic logs show that bad pitches get more traffic than our how-to articles. When a pitch is outed, it’s being cached in Google…multiple times…as people pass these stories around like joints at Woodstock. We''re hoping for a bad pitch intervention.

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Pitching Case Study Print Google 68

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Universal Information Systems pitches itself as a “concierge service” for all things media monitoring. Factmata uses AI to identify and track narratives online through articles, blogs, tweets and other social chatter, highlighting the ones that could either help or hurt brand reputation and value.” The company raised $6.2

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Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 16, 2018

More than 80 members submitted almost 100 pitches, and 45 were selected. The CBI’s Director General, Carolyn Fairbairn writes about this issue and the opportunity for practitioners to help drive the UK’s place in the world post-Brexit though skills, innovation, infrastructure and competitiveness. and via Amazon Kindle for £4.95.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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Blogging How To Print Facebook 68

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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Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Since I pitch Ad Age , his email caught my attention when it landed in my LinkedIn inbox. His subject line, " Bacon and Egg Man, My Second Novel, On Sale Now ," made me assume he sent me a bad pitch. Read the site and recent issues before pitching." Ken''s much better at drinking than he is at writing." Blog about it.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As lead editor for Work Truck , I am responsible for content planning for both print and digital, feature writing, news reporting, manage our brand’s social media efforts, eNewsletters, event planning, and am also the content technical lead, helping with editorial technical and SEO efforts. What story or stories are you most proud of?

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Meeting Media Journalism Education 93

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. On the day of the woman’s retirement party there were four broadcast stations and a number of print/online reporters on-site. Travel Channel’s blog Roam , Felicia Feaster: Travel Gift Guide . “I Ali Parisi, Account Coordinator.

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Print Media Travel Wireless 60

5W PR

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Always create press releases in the form of an authentic news story rather than writing it like an ad. You can also have physical coupons that are sent out in the mail, included in print ads or posted on bulletin boards.In Videos can be distributed across social media as well as on your own business blog or website. Conclusion.

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Strategy Marketing Trade Shows Video 133

Presspage

JULY 25, 2018

Yet ill-considered pitches keep flooding the inboxes of the dwindling number of journalists. Write a snappy subject line for your email, says Elise Copps of Hamilton Health Sciences. Write snappily Use active voice, not passive. How to stand out? Here are a few tips: 1. Avoid Ciceronian sentences and Faulknerian flamboyance.

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Wikipedia Writing Video Report 103

Beyond PR

MARCH 22, 2018

“Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. You craft the perfect pitch and reach out to the influencers who have served you well in the past — as well as some new ones who cover your space and seem like a good fit for your audience. Online – websites, blogs, online media sites. Just measure it in inches.”

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Media Radio Newspapers Print 75

Sword and the Script

APRIL 19, 2016

That was the outcome good media relations pitching earned. A 20-minute call with a print reporter still might yield just one or two quotes in the final story. A PR pro that takes copious notes can easily take what was not reported and transform it into blog posts, contributed article, or even a different media pitch.

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Media Relations Media Interviews Pitching 60

Mindful Marketing

JUNE 22, 2015

Sure, budgets are smaller, print is moving to digital-only and some high profile journalist moves out of the industry have made headlines. Journalists have complained for decades that there aren’t enough good media experts in PR who can write or sell a quality story, understand the journalist and get the pitches right.

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Media Relations Measurement Report Media 50

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Because I twitch at the utterance of business cliches, it feels like an electric shock jolting through my body to write that the media industry was going through “unprecedented change” at the time. Although editorial rooms were being gutted and print revenue was dropping, it was an opportune time to be young and cheap labor.

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Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2006

But the Bad Pitch blog tries to provide timely, relevant content. Write Less: Write what you want to say, then (to roughly quote Pulp Fiction) take your blow torch, pliers and get medieval on it. The more you edit, the better your pitches get. Creating tight, effective pitches will become second nature.

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Bad Pitch Blog

MARCH 21, 2007

Michael Beno from Ruder Finn sent me a simple, straight forward pitch today. The pitch is relevant to what I write about at my other blog. Maybe he took the time to read my blog and confirm that I''ve been writing about car marketing and advertising since before Oprah gave a bunch away (along with big tax bills).

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