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. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market. The story generated millions of positive news impressions for the brand and this truly special employee.”. Client: Blink.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

I’ll never forget working shoulder to shoulder with the Minnesota Somali community to raise money and pack meals for their people during the East African famine. I was attracted by FMSC’s need for a solid communication infrastructure. Staying on the leadership topic, what local leaders did you look up to during your career, and why?

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Unlike other video promotions, Dollar Beard Club don’t use a wide range of cleverly shot footage or scripted content – instead they project a confident sales pitch through an explainer video which is simple and effective in describing their product and hooking their target audience of young men. Starbucks – A Year of Good.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Many PR pros will cut and paste a document into a CMS to publish a release – and then cut and paste it again (and again) as they pitch it. Today, the company pitches its product in three parts: Managing contacts; Publishing content – what it calls “stories”; and. You can send these pitches to a list of reporters, or pitch 1:1.

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Beyond PR

APRIL 26, 2016

Although you may not have a dedicated PR department, one of the easiest ways to spread the word about your company is by establishing relationships with the local media in your area. Before you can begin pitching the media, though, you have to know who they are. Participate in community events. Partner with a charity.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2019

Danielle Whitfield, Media and Public Affairs Executive, Newcastle Airport @daniellemalvina Northern boomerang: brands to Newcastle Christian Cerisola was motivated to move into PR after working for a provincial newspaper and receiving poorly targeted pitches. He described breaking a story about a pornographic video pirating ring.

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Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 14, 2020

We asked our Solo PR Pro community what advice they would give to someone about to start their solo business. My advice would be that the fastest and least expensive way to generate leads is to speak locally through workshops.Chamber of Commerce. Local colleges partnerships. Know How to Find Business. And meetup groups.

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PR Breakfast Club

JUNE 29, 2014

It takes a special environment to enable employees to promote their ideas both internally and to the editors and others being pitched. It is critical that employees feel that they belong to the organization, not in the sense of possession, but in the sense of belonging to a club or feeling valued. Creativity. Team Spirit.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Today, she works for ALM Media , a publisher which grew its roots in trade publications for the legal community, but now owns titles beyond just legal including financial services, insurance, and consulting. I’ve learned what our journalist’s lives are like so that has helped me with understanding how I pitch external journalists.

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Ethical Voices

MARCH 14, 2022

Then a couple years ago with Stagwell and Mark Penn, I founded a company called Prophet, which is the first SaaS platform for PR people that uses AI to predict media interest, sentiment and spread before you pitch. I am just finishing my term as president of my temple locally. How do you recommend people facing work through it?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. Strengthening community-building and connections.

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5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Internal Communications: Ensures effective communication within the company, keeping employees informed about company developments and fostering a positive internal culture. PR specialists pitch stories, arrange interviews, and share press releases to secure positive media coverage for the company or its products.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

She hopes to combine her experience in human resources and her passion for public relations into a career in internal communications. While researching the communications needs for a local free health clinic, Jennifer realized that the clinic’s core challenge was the shortage of volunteer healthcare providers.

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Cision

MAY 18, 2017

Where these two networks excel, though, is that they all have communities that are open for the public to join and engage. Facebook Groups and LinkedIn Groups provide literally millions of broad or niche communities for you to search for and then search inside for potential conversations. Favorite a user’s tweet. Retweet a user.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 This is how you wind up with a press release on a local ABC news affiliate in Buffalo even though your tech client is in San Francisco. Million and Eyes the U.S. Are you kidding?

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MAY 25, 2023

It is designed to be used along with Paine Publishing’s: 8 Quick Tips for Finding the Perfect Communications Measurement Vendor Checklist for Picking the Perfect Communications Measurement Vendor , and No Bullsh*t PR Measurement Glossary for what’s what. If you need local press, however, your choices are more limited.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

I handle our media relations, whether it’s local consumer news or national industry pubs, I work to build relationships and create partnerships that can help enhance our brand. This includes strategy, pitching, building talking points, media training staff and distributing through applicable channels. Winona feels like home.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 12, 2014

I did part-time gigs filming football games for coaches, volunteered for the local cable access channel, landed an internship at WCVB Boston, which at the time was the #1 ranked ABC affiliate in the country and I had a reel of documentaries and creative projects compiled over many late nights the last couple years of school. I networked.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

Broadening contact lists and building even more robust connections can be accomplished through active participation in numerous community events, such as workshops, seminars, or conferences within specific industries. Sometimes, it just takes a little community spirit. You can connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

16) Social media fragments into niche communities. It will continue to split and fragment and silo itself into like-minded communities with incrementally less access for marketers.”. 21, 2019, the New York Times published a story, “With Local News in Retreat, The Community Fabric Frays.”

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Beyond PR

MAY 18, 2017

Where these two networks excel, though, is that they all have communities that are open for the public to join and engage. Facebook Groups and LinkedIn Groups provide literally millions of broad or niche communities for you to search for and then search inside for potential conversations. Favorite a user’s tweet. Retweet a user.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Enlightened Self-Interest: The Pitch Email. For me, as a local government employee, there are clear political boundaries. “I share to be part of a community. The free articles are the start of working relationships and mean I’ve never had to pitch for work, so are worth my time. And they all blog.

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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

You may want to take on a client of your own to start gathering work examples – consider helping out a family or friend with their business, or volunteer for a local non-profit organization or church. You should be able to show examples of stories you pitched and placed, or campaigns you worked on and generated results for.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The more you foster these types of relationships, the more successful you will be when you pitch. 7 Tips for a Better Pitch. Successful PR people know that pitching is a science. Here are 7 simple tips you can put to use today to improve your pitches. You need to personalize your pitch.

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Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The internet is a conversation The internet provides a means for people to connect and communicate with each other, irrespective of location. These include shareholders, media, staff, suppliers, customers, and the local community. At this basic level of modernisation the investment requirement is often low.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

It’s an issue that she’s sought to promote over the past two years through the #FuturePRoof community. Finally, there’s a growing community of practice between academics, teachers and practitioners, around issues such as diversity, gender and fake news. Unfortunately the same isn’t true for local media. 10 Communities as media.

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