Cision

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Brands can improve their PR pitching with a variety of tools and changes in approach. A good media relations campaign involves reaching out to those who are already inundated with a variety of pitches in their inboxes, making it essential for your campaign to stand out and be easily digestible.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Tying media relations activities to key calendar milestones is a time-honored PR tactic, because it works. From Labor Day to New Year’s Eve, fall holidays probably offer the best occasions for media coverage, but the approach needs to be relevant, respectful, and creative. Dos and don’ts for holiday media pitching.

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

In fact, they ranked third after retail and brand sites—well above online magazines and news sites. If you’re launching a new product or service, it therefore makes sense to include blogger outreach in the marketing mix. If your product falls into a niche, blogs are a terrific way to get the word out to your target market.

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The Hoyt Organization

JANUARY 25, 2024

This means the market volume will reach $102.90bn by 2028! With such rapid market growth comes increased competition, making it crucial for cannabis businesses to have an effective brand strategy. A brand strategy is a long-term plan that outlines specific goals and objectives for a brand and how they will be achieved.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

PR pitches earn a 45% open rate and a 3% response rate; the top metrics for marcom and PR by segment; Europe is more satisfied with PR agencies than the U.S. What: PR pitching amidst the continuing media layoffs When: February 22, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. The company’s measures are based on the pitches sent through their systems.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 16, 2020

Of all the media relations insights the best one is this: be relevant. The vast majority of media relations hinges on relevancy. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML]. 2) Volume of PR pitches received. 3) Best medium for PR pitches. 4) How long should pitches be?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

As such many of the PR tech vendors have brought features to the market for this purpose. 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. Earned media is sexy. c) What makes a great pitch?

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PRSay

OCTOBER 30, 2018

It seems like every few months I see a tweet ripping into a bad PR pitch. The blogger portrayed the pitch as comically superficial. Granted, this is a blog that’s well read among the startup’s target market — millennials. And that’s why the first thing I ask when looking at any pitch is: “Who is the target, and why?”.

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Business Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A successful pitch to press is fundamental for a company's thought leadership status and brand awareness. In this article, our PR experts with decades of experience in the DACH media landscape will share some best practices when pitching to media in the DACH market.

Blogging 195

Blogging Marketing How To Pitching 195

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

A recent study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the USC Center for Public Relations found that marketers plan to increase staffing and overall spending on public relations over the next five years. Here’s a “cheat sheet” to help brands get a leg up on the PR universe this year.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2018

Every B2B tech PR person dreams of the splashy feature that will help make their company brand instantly recognizable. Just as some celebrities are famous for being famous, big-media notoriety can build the ego without building the brand. Pitching trade press can be easier than nailing a story in a large media outlet.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 14, 2023

Former PR agency leader is a building software product focused on improving PR pitches with two different types of artificial intelligence I’ve started to use ChatGPT to rewrite and suggest alternate headlines. Stagwell has experience supporting other similar software companies including the influencer marketing platform Koalifyed.

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Software Media Relations Pitching Media 85

Prohibition

JUNE 25, 2020

It’s the age old challenge for start-ups, PR execs and marketers. Is there really a hard and fast way to pitch to a journalist successfully? We recently discussed how to pitch to journalists during the pandemic – which has been a whole new challenge within itself! How should I be pitching to journalists?

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Axia PR

JANUARY 6, 2021

Earned media coverage should be important to your company. Pitching the media can be daunting, especially if it isn’t something your employees do regularly as part of their job. Earned media coverage should be important to your company because it builds a brand while advertising supports it.

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PRSay

APRIL 16, 2020

However, PR pros can still pitch relevant stories to travel media, according to an April 14 webinar hosted by Kellie Jelencovich , PR manager at Travel Leaders Group and president of PRSA’s New York Chapter. Like many parts of the American economy, the travel and tourism sector has been hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown.

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Business Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Many private enterprises are also looking forward to setting up factories and expanding product sales into developing overseas markets. At the same time, they are eager to establish their popularity and reputation overseas and enhance their brand and product image.

Enterprise 297

Enterprise Internal International Blogging 297

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For the past few years, video marketing has become a dominant tool for captivating audiences and expanding brand awareness. Public relations (PR) can be one of the solutions available for marketers and business owners to support their video marketing campaigns. We’ll delve more in-depth into PR and marketing.

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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. Another example is the YouTube brand safety crisis.

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OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this month’s profile, we are talking with Megan Garbe , the Vice President and Director of Consumer Media Relations at Fahlgren Mortine. Tell us a bit about your day-to-day and your role as the VP, Director of Consumer Media Relations. What information do you always make sure to include in a pitch?

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Konnect Agency

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As we celebrate the spooky season, it’s essential for marketers and PR professionals to avoid falling into the haunting traps that can sabotage their efforts. Mark yourself as “safe” this spooky season and make sure you don’t succumb to these haunting marketing mishaps.

Marketing 52

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5W PR

JUNE 15, 2022

Most cannabis brands make the mistake of not honing in on their PR efforts and simply hoping that they’ll be good enough to generate positive results. However, even with a little bit more effort, cannabis brands can use PR to streamline the buying journey while generating positive media coverage. Media Relations.

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5W PR

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A couple of decades ago, media relations meant keeping in touch on a regular basis with the assignment editor of the local TV station and the city editor of the newspaper. In today’s world of social media, media relations is so much broader. What’s Different? Is it casual or more formal?

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Agility PR Solutions

APRIL 15, 2021

There are plenty of ways that brands and corporations can land great media placements in big publications and generally get great media coverage, even with a limited marketing and PR budget. The post Crafting a winning PR strategy from purpose to pitch appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2017

Working in media relations is not for the faint of heart or the easily discouraged. “Engaging journalists on Twitter is a great way to stand out from the masses of PR pros clamoring for their attention,” PR pro and media-relations trainer Michael Smart says. Non-pitches. Weekly newsletter updates.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

B2B marketing should take a little slice of the display ad budget and invest in media relations, genuine content marketing (not marketing content) and paid distribution of related assets from both . Both have a deserved place in the marketing mix. In other words, pitch a story , not a product.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Public relations vs marketing—what are the differences? Public relations (PR) and marketing are closely related, but few know the differences. Some organisations have Communications Departments for their public relations needs and some have Marketing Departments for their promotional needs.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2021

That starts with planning earned and branded content around the schedules of target publications, as well as key dates, milestone events, and industry happenings. Planning is vital to successful pitching and one essential component is the humble editorial calendar. A successful PR campaign is a strategic one. Measure Performance.

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Earned Media & Media Relations In the old days, sending out press releases and then managing a Rolodex of media contacts could help PR pros to land earned media. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix.

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Stern + Associates

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There tends to be a rivalry between sales and marketing teams. Sales often sees marketing as out-of-touch with what’s really happening on the frontlines. Marketing can view sales as focused only on individual deals rather than the big picture. But sales folks should understand how marketing supports sales.

Marketing 62

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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. OnePitch feature recommends reporters to pitch. In a video tutorial, the company says it will start making recommendations after you’ve sent three or more pitches.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Earned Media & Media Relations. In the old days, sending out press releases and then managing a Rolodex of media contacts could help PR pros to land earned media. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix.

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Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one. It was a very humbling experience.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 10, 2018

A while back a reporter I had been pitching threw me what I thought was an unexpected softball. The Sorry State of Media Relations. Then the story hinge swings like this: “Such is the sorry state of corporate media relations these days. The PR Opportunity for Brands as Publishers Tinker with Journalism.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A Q&A on Wedderspoon’s Market Takeover with Taylor Gallagher, Account Director, Consumer Team. So, Wedderspoon brought on SHIFT to help differentiate it and takeover the market during a key push period of cold and flu season. Give us the 1,000-foot view of the campaign? We have amazing clients in the Wedderspoon team.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Journalists get a more well-rounded story and brands get earned media coverage. Through HARO, you or your brand can become the go-to source about a particular topic. You can also use the service to build rapport with journalists and strengthen brand reputation, with the possibility of growing quality backlinks.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The earned media landscape is evolving. To better understand this evolution, the Public Relations Global Network – our network of more than 50 hand-selected public relations firms servicing key markets around the world – surveyed its 18 U.S. And in the meantime, keep pitching for those valuable earned media hits!

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