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. They’re from someone I don’t know, and whom I haven’t seen interacting with our community. If only it were that simple! It’s incredibly rare these folks hear back from me.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Utilizing public relations is a great way for your business to become more well-known in your community, boost your sales, and create better relationships with your current and future customers. Forming relationships with the people at your local radio, newspaper, and TV station can really help promote your business!

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In fact, time spent with newspapers is now down to 11 minutes a day (while time with digital sits at 6 hours and 35 minutes). In my client work, I’ve researched, pitched and worked with many NextGen outlets over the last few years. I want to be in the Wall Street Journal. I want to be on The Today Show!

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Landis PR

OCTOBER 11, 2021

You may have noticed that the “calendar” section in your neighborhood newspaper, online newsletter or event site is starting to populate with things to do. For additional pre-event news, we created and pitched two pre-Safety Summit announcements: . Related articles: How to Create Special Events People Will Love Entrepreneur.com.

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MaccaPR

APRIL 18, 2017

Now that I’ve morphed from journalist to public relations guy, I’m aware of how vital it is to target precisely the right reporter – so you avoid becoming the PR pro who pitches the launch of a new Caramel Coconut Cherry ice cream flavor to a reporter who is dedicated to covering Islamic fundamentalism in Qatar.

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Doctor Spin

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Social media, blogs, podcasts, and other online channels presented new opportunities for communication. Learn more : Digital PR ≠ Link-Building Subscribe and get a free ebook on how to get better PR ideas. But as the digital landscape evolved, so did PR.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Every part of the industry has had to recalibrate and figure out how to design, build, sell and advertise vehicles in this new environment. I recently did a piece that gave a behind-the-scenes look at how FCA’s user-experience team has had to fine-tune the new Uconnect 5 infotainment system during the pandemic while everyone works from home.

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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

29, Matt Charles, APR, presents a webinar titled “ How to Tell Your Organization’s Story to Get Media Coverage.” In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. If so, how? How is your local government benefitting the community? Keep it ethical.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 30, 2018

For a better understanding of the mechanics of PR, from creating media pitches that work to delivering a well-crafted results report, no one does it better than the Cision Blog. This awesome blog is a how-to for brands looking to package and distribute the best stories from within their organizations. The Cision Blog.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

OCTOBER 16, 2014

You’d have to go all the way back to the days of my early career when I was behind a typewriter and faxing news releases to newspaper editorial departments. There is no shortage of tools that can collect and filter information about your customers and market so you can creatively pitch to journalists to help them with their stories.

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Cision

JUNE 21, 2016

In this interview, Morgan discusses the importance of having a social presence, how to keep your digital community engaged and why the fundamentals of public relations will never change. Going into college I just knew that I would be a reporter at a newspaper. What drew you to the field of PR?

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PRSay

MARCH 30, 2018

You could optimize a news release, and Google News indexed it just the same as an article from a real newspaper! I’m NOT saying that press release SEO or Facebook community management or blogging or podcasting are bad — great tools that contribute to great outcomes. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here.

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Barokas

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Give me a new product or a service and I’ll give you a press release and several different pitch angles. You learn to value the art of the pitch (and subject line). Reporters always say they receive hundreds of pitches a day, but they aren’t kidding. You learn to how to write for an audience.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

I represent Crain Communications and Automotive News as chairman of the annual Automotive Golf Classic, which has raised millions of dollars over the years for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan. This event serves as an excellent way for automakers, suppliers, dealers and others to give back to the community.

Automotive 65

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PRSay

JUNE 5, 2023

Regardless of his work — creator and host of the acclaimed podcast “How To Citizen” and a founding partner of Puck, a new media startup — he skillfully combines humor and insightful analysis to explore the state of our nation and offer possibilities for its future. Are CVBs and other tourism groups pitching you now to come and visit?

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Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

Howard Stutz, vice president of corporate communications at Golden Entertainment, says brands’ messages need to be clear and comprehensible. In this interview, Howard discusses the challenges facing casino gaming companies, how to deliver an effective message and how to adapt to the immediacy of the media. Rapid Fire Round.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2019

The wide-ranging discussion covered: how to land your first job in PR; the role of a PR practitioner; the importance of continuous learning; opportunities in the North East versus other areas of the country including London; working for a start up versus a corporate organisation; the importance of mental health and culture.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In this interview, he shares the difficulties of military communication, the need for successful communication in all industries and how to use movies as a guide for PR. How did you get your start in PR? Learn how to build a brand journalism strategy with our free white paper! Is your content driving results?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Become A Public Relations Star December 14th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Mike Doman I recently had the pleasure of sitting on the admissions panel for a PR course. He also got a job out of it.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Page three of the FT, an hour on Sky News, wall-to-wall ITN coverage, Today, the World Service and the front or inside front pages of many of the world’s leading newspapers. How many PR agencies consider SEO when they’re coming up with PR strategies for clients? Business 2 Community. Econsultancy and another one.

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Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

Out of all of the professions in the world, how did you choose public relations? When I was a teenager, something like 13-14 years old, I was publishing a neighborhood newspaper on a typewriting machine. One day, a big American petroleum company came, and they invited me for a pitch in public relations. Maxim: It came naturally.

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Flatiron Communications

JULY 5, 2022

My role was to keep the startup founders’ strict two-minute elevator pitches flowing — for three hours — which worked out to roughly 17 presentations/hour, including interstitials! There is that group of people who just want to understand this without having to subscribe to a newspaper or listen to NPR. This is our audience.”.

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PR for Anyone

JUNE 29, 2021

How to Be on TV Shows: Think about what is going on in the world right now, what is trending, what holidays are coming up and think about how you can pitch a story around that. Why this pitch appealed to the media : The news at this time were mostly putting stories out that revolved around COVID-19 information.

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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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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

He thrives on new challenges and knows how to turn connections into relationships. On top of all that, she has also served as a DJ for the campus radio station, feature writer for both the student newspaper and yearbook, and as a sports nutrition PR intern. Logan is a natural communicator. Bobbie Whittingham @whittrob000 .

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 27, 2011

If you are not local, tell me how you think we can work together? We were looking for someone who could get the client placed in national publications as well as local press outlets like newspapers, to-do papers, community outlets, etc. How are you going to pull this off? Again, think of what your pitch says.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 10, 2023

That’s a letter grade of D and shows, “just because marketers know how to effectively drive accurate content marketing to the correct audiences doesn’t mean they’re giving their target audience what it needs.” When asked “Why?” the single most common answer (42%) was “the content was too general.”

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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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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.

How To 57

How To Instagram Social Media LinkedIn 57

Cision

MARCH 24, 2017

This week, this award-winning professional sat down with me to discuss his new PR role, a specific definition of success and how to create results that don’t always translate to a number, as well as the importance of truth and kindness in a difficult industry. The communication and PR industry is constantly evolving.

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PR Fuel

MARCH 17, 2020

It may be a literal space like a billboard or a section of a newspaper or magazine page. What you’re probably still wondering is how to get PR campaigns going that effectively use earned media. Build your reputation through positive news stories, community involvement, and good reviews. How to Get Your Story on the News.

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Publicity Small Business Advertising Advertising 70

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

With such a huge chunk of the audience online, it becomes increasingly important to reach them outside of the traditional ways of communicating (newspapers/magazines/TV/radio). Though the “what” to communicate remains constant, the “how” to communicate is constantly changing. Multimedia & crisp communication.

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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

No matter what you’ve heard about all that sexy social media stuff, you still need to know how to write in PR. Ideally, you majored in Journalism (or English) – or your PR or Communications program had a heavy concentration of writing-related courses. First, Writing Skills. Ideally, with agencies or larger organizations.

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Pinterest Writing Interviews Social Media 52

NewsWhip

JUNE 23, 2021

The hard part is building a culture that embraces technology that gets people at all different levels and all different corners of the company, excited about how to embrace insights to enhance their work. That’s really the hard part. And having the operational infrastructure to bring it together. Facebook is where advocacy takes place.

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PR Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

He told me of the time he went to pitch for a major lawnmower account. From this story, and many others, I acquired my learning that PR is about something bigger, something delivered in your actions, your living and doing as much as your next newspaper clipping. Now, I would call this role as managing Brand Character.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

In effect, the champion organization for the commercialization of content marketing, and by extension blogging, has perhaps, unwittingly, also demonstrated why this trend for publishing, community-building and audience development is so important. The gatekeepers are no longer the editors and reporters of magazines and newspapers.

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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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