ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. Here are some compelling reasons why tech PRs should embrace the trend. Data-driven pitches win points with journalists. Journalists look for pitches that are backed up by data in the form of charts, graphs, tables, or interactive infographics.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Infographics remain high on the marketing list of tactics. This week I looked at Google search data for the word “infographic” (and variations) and found interest continues to grow at a steady pace. This was true for both the one-year and five-year trends. This was true for both the one-year and five-year trends.

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Cision

MARCH 8, 2016

As journalism trends continue to evolve, communication professionals do not remain unaffected. But with so much constant change, how can your brand keep up? Here are three trends you need to follow and why doing so will help you better reach your audience: Want more insights on the latest media trends?

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

I’ve spent the last ten years helping companies grow their digital presence with digital PR, and I’ve seen first-hand the impact and value digital PR can drive for a brand’s growth. This post will help you understand everything you need about digital PR to decide if it’s right for you and your brand. What is Digital PR?

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Sword and the Script

MAY 5, 2020

Propel says PR is sending more pitches; Muck Rack adds podcast contacts and broadcast monitoring; several PR tech vendors publish survey results “Welcome to May. PR is sending more pitches during COVID-19 The average PR pros appear to have sent more media pitches during the Coranavirus pandemic than before it’s occurrence.

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Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 21, 2014

That being said, here are a few dozen “do’s and don’ts” to help you in your pitching and writing efforts. Remember that most consumers wouldn’t care if 80 percent of brands disappeared tomorrow. Thoroughly understand the audience before you pitch or write. Focus on writing quality – even in the pitch.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 19, 2015

It seems every few years I hear this but the retro-trend never actually see it materialize. The irony of automation, which is frequently pitched as building tighter relationships with customers, often only serves to put distance between a business and its customers. 82% of customers try to resolve the problem with the brand.

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Cision

MARCH 29, 2017

Based on the report’s findings, the Cision team put together this infographic that provides the latest media industry statistics and tips for communicators looking to improve their relationships and success rates with influencers as well as their earned media opportunities.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

As PR pros, we’re all about captivating crafting content that resonates with target audiences, fuels brand loyalty, and drives results. These insights form the foundation for our infographic – a must-see for any PR pro! But reaching the right people with maximum impact? That’s where traditional media comes in.

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Cision

JANUARY 18, 2018

As a refresher, earned media refers to any site or blog (even social media mention) where a journalist, blogger, or influencer talks about your brand without being paid to. If your PR team is doing its job to get your brand talked about online, you can enhance those efforts by baking them into your content marketing. And that works.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Its value proposition lies in offering a centralized platform that enables users to discover journalists, pitch stories, monitor media coverage, and measure the impact of PR campaigns. The lowest pricing tier is $129/mo.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Its value proposition lies in offering a centralized platform that enables users to discover journalists, pitch stories, monitor media coverage, and measure the impact of PR campaigns. The lowest pricing tier is $129/mo.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

If PR professionals understand what it means to re-purpose content, it might be because there’s a new “pitching tips” blog post or article at least every week. Many of these cover the basics, for example: do your research, know the reporter’s audience, and pitch a story, not a product. There’s probably a good reason for that.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Building relevant links can help you rank better for key terms, increase traffic, and build brand awareness. Not every tactic will fit each brand, and each requires a different amount of effort to see success, so we’ve highlighted this in the breakdown below. Here are some real-life examples from SaaS brands.

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5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Media kits are an excellent way to introduce the brand to people who may be unfamiliar with it, such as influencers, event attendees, journalists, or prospective clients. While a media kit is a collection of information about the brand, not all media kits will look the same. Evolution and History of Media Kits.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The spammy approach is not a true option– even though it can work – not only because it’s rapidly becoming less effective, but because you’ll heavily damage your brand. (You Should I pitch to everyone in my database? While some people may tell you something like, “Pitch Everyone! Tailor your pitch to the blogger.

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 10, 2022

As long as it's coming from a genuine place, you can land some solid pitches. Being a successful PR pro requires having a pulse on the current state of journalism, trends that are on the rise and figuring out how you can adapt. With journalism resources stretching thinner and thinner, your pitches need to be laser-focused.

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Cision

APRIL 7, 2017

Kristin Daher, the President and founder of Powerhouse Communications , spearheads the creative communications agency providing a wide range of media relations, brand strategy, and social media services with a specialty in the foodservice and franchise space. I become a mini-expert on the journalist I’m pitching.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

However, by combining the creation of newsworthy content campaigns with the importance of building brand awareness, we are able to gain linked client coverage on these platforms. Building awareness of your brand/products/services and boosting your credibility. Improving their brand awareness and reputation. Supercharging SEO.

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Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Bob Evans , who I used to work with at Oracle and highly respect, brought up some good points on Twitter this week about the issues he recently encountered with PR professionals flooding his inbox with irrelevant pitches. Also, we recently rolled out Trending Influencers , which shows how influencers are trending on specific topics.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week’s post covered the trend of data-driven storytelling in PR. Social monitoring and listening not only give us a heads up on customer service issues or negative PR, but they can illuminate industry trends and customer behavior. Media love poll-results story pitches, especially when accompanied by visuals like infographics.

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5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tech PR professionals work to generate favorable publicity, manage crises, and position technology brands as industry leaders. Corporate PR: Manages the overall image of a tech company, including its values, culture, and achievements, to build a positive brand perception with stakeholders. This can include investors or customers.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For example, IoT devices for the home can factor into smart pitches on fall clean-up and prep stories. Some of the best pitches tie a client product or service to pop culture coverage. These can be turned into fun, quick and newsworthy pitches that capitalize on current trends and predict longer-term ones.

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Cision

MARCH 8, 2016

Are you pitching reporters but not receiving responses? When reporters go through their daily pile of pitches, they look for fresh angles that will engage and inform their readers, not reiterations of an already discussed topic or drawn-out explanations. Go beyond identifying trending topics and breaking news. Visualize Stories.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Prospecting and Blog Discovery Tools The first step to blogger outreach is finding blogs to pitch. Or, you can filter by author if you want to identify specific content by an author to reference in your pitch. Visit Duration, all of which can help determine whether or not a site is worth investing your time in pitching.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Prospecting and Blog Discovery Tools The first step to blogger outreach is finding blogs to pitch. Or, you can filter by author if you want to identify specific content by an author to reference in your pitch. Visit Duration, all of which can help determine whether or not a site is worth investing your time in pitching.

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Reputation Us

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Content Considerations Rather than shamelessly pitching goods and services with ordinary sales copy, be sure to present facts, statistics and stories with your content marketing that enhance consumer knowledge. Methods include blog posts, whitepapers, product reviews, ebooks and articles to images and infographics, videos and audio.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

With digital convergence, PR and media communicators are no longer just the traditional writers of press releases or distributors of media pitches. New PR serves three pivotal roles to build your corporate brand and support your sales and marketing organizations: PR is digital storytelling through content and social amplification.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Prospecting and Blog Discovery Tools The first step to blogger outreach is finding blogs to pitch. Or, you can filter by author if you want to identify specific content by an author to reference in your pitch. Visit Duration, all of which can help determine whether or not a site is worth investing your time in pitching.

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Cision

APRIL 13, 2017

And that’s exactly where the goals of journalists and brand communicators intersect. Armed with this insight, it’s in the best interest of brand communicators to ensure their news release helps journalists do their job, in the face of limited time and resources. Companies have a story to tell, and the media needs to tell a story.

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Cision

JANUARY 22, 2016

With so many brands reaching out to journalists every day, only a select few will get a response, and even fewer will actually get coverage. So what can you do to set your brand apart from the masses? Quality content grabs the attention of reporters and influencers and gives your brand a solid reputation.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

All brands want mentions in trusted third-party media outlets. What are you already doing to establish thought leadership and build brand awareness? What are you already doing to establish thought leadership and build brand awareness? Here are four steps to pitching reporters and getting coverage from your upcoming conference.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Quill transforms data into automated, human-sounding Intelligent Narratives that offer brand insights to improve every aspect of communication. PRs can then reach out to pitch “thought leaders,” authors and other spokespeople to any number of shows looking for talent or topic-specific expertise.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Talkwalker – Uncovering Unlinked Mentions Whenever a website lists your site or brand without linking, this is a valuable opportunity to reach out for a backlink. To uncover unlinked mentions using the social listening tool Talkwalker , you can set up free alerts for your brand or specific keywords.

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Buzzstream

MAY 19, 2022

Here’s the thing: creating surveys is very expensive, and your success in pitching surveys for links is often heavily influenced by other news events of the day. Like a large firm doing their due diligence on a potential investment, your work starts before gathering survey data or pitching anything for coverage.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Talkwalker – Uncovering Unlinked Mentions Whenever a website lists your site or brand without linking, this is a valuable opportunity to reach out for a backlink. To uncover unlinked mentions using the social listening tool Talkwalker , you can set up free alerts for your brand or specific keywords.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Talkwalker – Uncovering Unlinked Mentions Whenever a website lists your site or brand without linking, this is a valuable opportunity to reach out for a backlink. To uncover unlinked mentions using the social listening tool Talkwalker , you can set up free alerts for your brand or specific keywords.

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