Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 3, 2016

The May edition of #measurePR brought together three fabulous guests who were ready to share their smarts on measuring media relations. Anne Isenhower a media relations expert and social media enthusiast who works with nonprofits and Fortune 500 CEOs. But it’s huge. June #measurePR Announcement.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Measurement Media Analysis 40

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Earned Media/Media Relations. Far from just managing a digital Rolodex, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix. Internal communications, which also falls under corporate communications, is more nuanced than simply casting out an email.

Media Training 397

Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

The PR community needs the competition. The company caught my eye when it said it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a reporter’s pitching preferences. The idea is helping PR understand how reporters prefer to be pitched and improve your chances of coverage. That sounds promising. Propel Raises $4.5 Million Seed Round.

Software 89

Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 89

Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Media monitoring tools scan various sources (print, online, social media, TV, radio) for mentions of specific keywords or brands. PR professionals use this data to assess sentiment, measure reach, identify emerging issues, and adjust communication strategies accordingly. How Do You Measure Media Coverage?

Viral 52

Viral Crisis Communications SEO Reputation 52

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Recommendations suggesting contacts to pitch. Predicting a pitches chances of earning coverage. Notified by Intrado gets close.

Technology 169

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 169

Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The practical handbook has its roots in the #PRstack community that Frederik Vincx and I developed. The community published two guides to tools in public relations and has been inactive since 2015. It has been published by #FuturePRoof and follows the crowdsourced format and learning design of previous projects.

Tools 52

Tools Handbook Publicity Analysis 52

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I was out of school and had several years of experience as an executive assistant, including a stint as the admin for a publicly traded company’s investor and media relations director. I began to tire of the days spent faxing (yes, I’m old) press releases one at a time to manually created lists of media contacts and 9 p.m.

Agency 88

Agency Energy Crisis Management Industry 88

Sword and the Script

MAY 4, 2021

Klear CEO Eytan Avigdor says his product uses “algorithms and artificial intelligence to help customers identify relevant influencers, manage influencer relationships, and measure the impact of those relationships – something that Meltwater has done for traditional media relations for many years.”.

Tools 100

Tools Survey Pitching Analytics 100

PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. Earned media demonstrates credibility, since the organization doesn’t pay for the placement. If so, how?

Storytelling 163

Storytelling Media Nonprofit Government 163

Cision

APRIL 14, 2017

While PR has always been a challenging and evolving field, the media landscape today makes it necessary to stay agile and attentive. How did you get your start in PR/Communications? I stumbled into a media relations role in a financial PR agency and knew instantly I liked life in, and around, media.

Reputation 177

Reputation Measurement Exercises Pitching 177

Cision

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Steve Majors, vice president, communications at Communities in Schools, says in order to find opportunities and tell your brand’s story effectively, you need to make good connections. How did you get your start in PR and communications? What are some of your tips for improving media relations? Take them to coffee.

Television 120

Television Public Affairs Pitching Healthcare 120

Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

For many of us, it’s what attracted us to media relations in the first place. It was pure magic the first time I read an article in print that was the result of a story I pitched. In this post, I’ll share what I believe to be the two most effective media relations tactics for 2013 (hint: it’s all about inbound and real-time).

Media Relations 52

Media Relations Media Pitching Writing 52

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

AUGUST 2, 2023

Related read: The Power of Great Storytelling and Why it’s Crucial to PR Pros Local relevance and community engagement benefits Broadcast media, particularly local television and radio stations, maintain a strong connection to their communities.

Radio 74

Radio Television Media Local 74

Stephen Waddington

MAY 5, 2019

Facebook privacy, improving your media relations game, report on organic engagement, Comms School on content, and Metia recruitment drive. Land a media relations pitch with SEO and social audience data If you want to improve your media relations game I recommend reading the 2019 Cision Global State of Media Report.

Privacy 60

Privacy SEO Pitching Instagram 60

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 20, 2017

We need submissions from across its communities. You’ve two weeks to pitch. Ten days in and we’ve had almost 20 pitches for the CIPR’s anniversary project, covering a wide variety of topics. All pitches will be reviewed on merit and in the wider context of the book. Your invitation to contribute to the project.

Public Affairs 68

Public Affairs Pitching Community Guidelines 68

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

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. As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. “We Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . PR grows more in demand.

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tools and Tactics Public Relations: PR uses tools such as press releases , events, community involvement, web- and social media publishing, and interactions with the news media to earn public attention and goodwill. It also involves crisis communication to mitigate damage to the company’s reputation.

Publicity 52

Publicity Marketing eBook Public Affairs 52

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

How can you tell if your media relations efforts are having an impact? PR measurement has long been the Achilles heel of the industry. Measuring behavior is harder. The company works with adtech networks to do for media coverage what adtech is doing for advertising. Even surveys don’t really cut it.

Publicity 90

Publicity Media Advertising Advertising 90

Stephen Waddington

JULY 26, 2017

Modern press offices have evolved to work across all forms of content and media. The skills of a team have developed to include: listening and monitoring; creative; content development; production; community management; and media relations. Workflow: tools, content, creation, pitch, post and amplification.

How To 84

How To Reddit Media Pitching 84

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.

Pitching 63

Pitching Analytics Enterprise System 63

Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Strategies used in tech PR include thought leadership, social media management, strategic partnerships and community engagement, content marketing, media relations , and influencer marketing. By using data-driven insights, tech PR professionals can create effective campaigns that deliver measurable results.

Strategy 62

Strategy Brand Branding Technology 62

Shift Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

With editorial staffs evolving and new brands popping up every day, the media have a constant barrage of news, trends and pitches coming their way, let’s remind ourselves about the relationship aspect of media relations while the rest of the world attempts autonomy.

Consumer 83

Consumer B2C Viral Fashion 83

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

And today, successful PR goes beyond press releases and media kits, even though those two strategies are still relevant. Modern PR heavily involves using social media, collaborating with influencers, showcasing thought leadership, managing blogs, and organizing community events.

Video 109

Video Marketing SEO Social Media 109

Solo PR Pro

APRIL 5, 2022

There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. When I left the media relations agency I cofounded after 16 years, I realized I would need an expanded skillset to attract new clients. That’s because the kind of work I wanted as a sole practitioner was no longer strictly found in pitching and placement.

How To 104

How To Fashion Banking Industry 104

Presspage

APRIL 11, 2019

A PR strategy is used to help your business organize its public relations (or media relations) activities and make strategic decisions about the best way to communicate with its target audience. These goals can be quantitative or qualitative in nature, depending on what is the most reasonable way to measure your success.

Strategy 76

Strategy eBook Consumer Fashion 76

Cision

JUNE 17, 2015

Social media strategist Nichole Kelly moderated the session, asking everything from how to get clients on journalists’ shortlist to which metrics USA Today uses to measure their success. Jeff Dionise, Beryl Love , Patty Michalski and Susan Page provided attendees insightful pitching tips.

Mobile 120

Mobile Print Trends Twitter 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Earlier this year I started tracking some of the PR tech vendors and summarizing news from the community here once a month. All the sessions were recorded, including the panel I participated on for media relations. PR Week published a story about a new vendor out of Tel Aviv that’s has launched what it pitches as a CRM for PR.

Analytics 68

Analytics Report Technology Pitching 68

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 6, 2015

5 Media relations is our mainstay. The majority of respondents (76%) indicated that they still spend some or most of their time working on media relations. #6 billable by… pitching. Measurement is low on the list of skills that get PR pros hired. PR = Media Relations.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Measurement Survey 40

Bad Pitch Blog

JUNE 19, 2006

Just when you thought we were all Bad, here''s Glinda the Good Pitch. Glinda is a badge of honor bestowed on some of the good pitches we get. Oxfam brings us an interesting case study on social media relations’ ability to raise awareness. BPB: What was your social media angle/pitch?

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Social Media Media Case Study 40

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Increasingly, larger PR consultancies won’t be up against the usual suspects at pitch, it’ll be full service agencies covering a number of disciplines. Media Relations Blog. Business 2 Community. IC AG Public Relations. 4: Get involved with debating the topic on LinkedIn forums and Google+ Communities.

SEO 120

SEO Engineering Content Marketing Agency 120

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 3, 2015

My community came up with some good ones. Gini Dietrich : Mass pitching even though a bunny dies every time it happens. Lukas Treu (also again): Trade media relations/bylined articles. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™.

Facebook 40

Facebook Community LinkedIn Google 40

Prohibition

JULY 19, 2018

Write media pitches about a firm and send them onto journalists. Plan and execute media events. Crisis public relation strategies. Social media promotion and responses to negative comments online. Influencer relations. Community management. Influencer relations – take a look at Influence.

Publicity 48

Publicity Advertising Advertising Tools 48

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.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 20, 2017

A Guest Post By Corina Manea, Chief Community Officer for Spin Sucks, & Founder of NutsPR. Like it or not, social media gave us a fantastic gift: The gift of professional development at our fingertips. You manage your brand’s community on social media, interacting with people, talking and listening to them.

Community 244

Community Social Media Measurement Course 244

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck January 27th, 2011 Tweet In the genes? I can’t tell you how many pitches I received that were so bloviated, they would have made Alec Baldwin jealous.

Pitching 111

Pitching Facebook Interviews Twitter 111

ZudePR

JULY 20, 2016

I’m a 43-year-old traditional-media-relations-guy-turned-digital-PR. When I’m not doing a good job for clients, I write about digital PR/marketing for publications including Social Media Examiner , SEMRush , PR Daily , PR Moment , MuckRack , and Business2Community. 4: Get Involved in Communities I’m a runner.

Digital PR 60

Digital PR SEO Small Business Blogging 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In addition, this same disruption – led by the 2024 election, the speed of misinformation and continued economic uncertainty – will require a strong measure of GRIT. Great communicators will have the mental toughness and swift ability to pivot that is necessary to respond to this chaotic world and keep PR and marketing on course.

Writing 192

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 192