Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Public relations agencies are expected to pitch for free, follow ambiguous processes, and contracts are frequently awarded on the basis of intangible metrics such as chemistry and creativity. The issue was recently highlighted by the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) which suggested that the issue had got out of hand.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2018

While pitching the national publications should definitely be a part of the overall PR plan, no B2B tech campaign can afford to ignore the opportunities that trade media afford. Trade pubs are a community network. Digital and print trades in a given sector are tantamount to a virtual business community. How trade coverage wins.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

One of the ways to achieve this is by harnessing the power of in-person community engagement and event marketing. Establishing community-engagement goals When businesses embrace a community focus , they can gain a variety of benefits. Nevertheless, effective community engagement won’t take the same shape for every company.

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OnePitch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

On this week’s Pitches That Placed, we are highlighting a pitch that landed an exclusive in TechCrunch due to its relevance, flexibility, and explanation of company history. Let’s see more on why this pitch worked: Let’s take a look at the actual pitch that placed: . Looking for more tips on how to pitch TechCrunch?

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 14, 2019

ET, #PRStudChat (sponsored by Spin Sucks ) community members gather for a Twitter chat on “How to Get Strategic with Owned Media.” During the Twitter chat, Megan will be addressing the following questions, but we encourage all community members to weigh in with their ideas and share their perspectives too. About Spin Sucks.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2023

This means my last summary of PR tech news was in early June – and in the eight weeks since, there’s been a number of annucments from the solution provider community. The PR software community has taken note and they are responding. You can instruct the AI to make your customized pitches pithy or “elaborative” as you might need.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A B2B PR firm looking to promote a specific idea or story might think first about pitching large, mainstream media outlets. By understanding what compels an outlet’s audience to keep returning for new stories, we can better shape a pitch to hook a writer’s attention. But not every story is national news. Go narrow, but go deep.

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B2B Media Pitching Leadership 366

Cision

APRIL 10, 2015

Many PR pros who aim to get coverage in high-visibility media outlets and at a national level often overlook great opportunities available in their own communities. We’ve got three reasons why you should build up your niche community: 1. Want to pitch your brand into local and national outlets? Accessibility. Familiarity.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 2, 2023

Short PR pitches – 150 words or less – had a better response rate (5.89%) than long pitches (1.46%) – 500 pitches or more, according to data analyzed by Propel. That brings us to the first story in this month’s PR tech sum – which covers news from the vendor community over the last month. We might be all AI-ed out.

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Solo PR Pro

OCTOBER 26, 2021

What would help you to pitch smarter — to better target your media list and pitch journalists the way they want to be pitched? When Jered and his team first launched OnePitch in 2017, it was set up as a kind of “reverse HARO” where journalists could opt in to receive regular pitches.

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OnePitch

JULY 28, 2022

If you’re considering pitching Anita refer to these 4 tips you can implement within your media outreach. You can also watch Anita’s videos loaded with information surrounding her pitch tips, relationship-building advice, and more on the OnePitch YouTube channel. Pitches = startups & founders. Here’s what Anita shared: “??TechCrunch

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Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Public relations agencies are expected to pitch for free, follow ambiguous processes, and contracts are frequently awarded on the basis of intangible metrics such as chemistry and creativity. The issue was recently highlighted by the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) which suggested that the issue had got out of hand.

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Cision

MAY 13, 2016

It’s no secret that bloggers often hold more influence power than traditional media contacts, so pitching them the right way is crucial. And when you find a niche blogging community, like the dad blogging communities across the Web, tailoring your pitches to their preferences is that more important.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 25, 2015

As I found editorial success for my agency’s clients, I was able to branch out and pitch radio and television broadcast opportunities. So, as a blogger for the past seven years and a podcaster more recently, here are my five tips for pitching success and how PR stands for “Personal” Relations: Know about me, but know more about my community.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 15, 2020

For some, it might be to learn new skills, such as what you might execute with the PESO model; for others, it might be to add revenue streams, such as online courses, virtual events, or books; and for others, it might be finding ways to be incredibly helpful, both through content and community building. Addressing COVID-19 When Pitching.

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Cision

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Pitching is like a science project. Each pitch is an experiment. In order to discover what works best, you must continue to test your pitching techniques. The dependent variable in this case is your writing, the independent variable whom you are pitching. Make a note of who accepted your pitch, where it was used and when.

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Pitching Report Social Media Measurement 120

5W PR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Typically for this time of year, businesses and marketers would be focusing on pitching and marketing things around the holiday season. All of this means that public relations experts should be creative in creating and pitch stories to the media outlets and the public.

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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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Pitching Report Software Survey 88

Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 23, 2014

To celebrate the end of another year for Rock The Status Quo, I’ve put together a quick eBook for you with my top seven most popular blog posts on pitching media. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for a successful year – and a warm welcome out to the hundreds of new subscribers that have recently joined our blog community!

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Cision

JUNE 9, 2016

So many entrepreneurs and small business owners think just pitching their product or service is enough because it’s that good. Around Father’s Day, I pitched his story to Entrepreneur – not the Beebo. If you really want to stand out, include relevant video in your pitch and subject line. Well I have news for you: it’s not.

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 3, 2020

Agency teams are working on their pitches for the Skidz account. I’m following a team as it prepares its pitch response. CREATIVE TEAM: use scamps in the pitch deck showing a woman pointing a phone at a man and seeing his pants - this is countercultural and should be in line with the ASA’s guidelines on gender stereotypes.

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5W PR

AUGUST 7, 2020

There are plenty of ways that businesses showcase themselves to an audience, with the most popular one being the elevator pitch. However, the elevator pitch can be daunting to many, given that the person has very little time to explain the idea, and the company and then get into the product or the service that the business provides.

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Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Timeline Brief sent to agencies 24 February Proposals to Skidz 28 February Pitches (Skidz office) 3 March Agency appointed 10 September Post script If you’ve read this far you’ll appreciate that this is satirical post and a bid to poke fun at daft briefs. We want to be surprised and delighted. We want a pro-active, can do agency.

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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. The vendor community that serves PR has published a handful of reports over the last few months. The company’s measures are based on the pitches sent through their systems.

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OnePitch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It’s February, and love is in the air. We often share the PR mistakes or journalist pet peeves, but there’s a lot to love about PR and media relations. Recently, OnePitch held a meet-up event with journalists and PR professionals in New York City. We asked the question: “What do you love about PR?” Here's what they had to say:

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Rock the Status Quo

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Rock The Pitch #14. A pitch hit my inbox yesterday from a writer. It wasn’t a bad pitch, just mediocre, but it did have obvious signs that the person sending the pitch didn’t do his basic homework before pitching. The Pitch: Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 5:53 AM. To: Carrie Morgan .

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Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 1, 2014

PITCH submission comes from Lindsay Bell, the fabuloso content director over at Spin Sucks. There is a certain irony that, as PR professionals who earn a living based on our pitching skills, our own industry blogs are smothered with a constant deluge of bad pitches. His pitch worked. His pitch worked.

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Presspage

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

That means the journalists you’re contacting are overwhelmed with pitches; many of them poorly thought out or irrelevant. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Personalize your PR pitches.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

We’ve got tips from Dao on what and how to pitch tasty treats and stories. Post-graduation, I spent a year in hospitality and nightlife PR, then returned to Time Out as assistant food and drink editor and eventually was promoted to digital community and commercial editor. How do you prefer to receive pitches?

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Cision

JUNE 6, 2016

Recently, my team at Communications@Syracuse asked 25 communication professionals for their takes on the most crucial elements of a PR pitch. Responses included qualities such as relevance, personalization and brevity, but one of the key themes that emerged was the importance of making sure your pitch is timely and on topic. .

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Presspage

JUNE 26, 2018

That means it’s a hub of academic activity as well as a resource for a community that is both a tourist attraction and center of industry on the Gulf Coast, Eddleman says. Quick Takes enables users to post notable matters they wouldn’t pitch to news outlets, due to lack of local column space or airtime. ”

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

PR professionals should create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Relationship building takes time. Have we missed any responsibilities of PR? Comment below to add onto our list.

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Presspage

AUGUST 5, 2020

Combining the powers of email marketing with an attention-grabbing PR pitch is a winning approach when it comes to major campaigns. A targeted email pitch allows you to reach a wide audience of journalists in an instant, whilst making sure it’s relevant to their ‘beat’ List segmentation done right. Final thoughts.

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Presspage

AUGUST 5, 2020

Combining the powers of email marketing with an attention-grabbing PR pitch is a winning approach when it comes to major campaigns. A targeted email pitch allows you to reach a wide audience of journalists in an instant, whilst making sure it’s relevant to their ‘beat’ List segmentation done right. Final thoughts.

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Pitching Local Newspapers Policies 78

PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Know who you pitch. In an interview for this article, Keyris Manzanares, a multimedia reporter at Virginia Public Media, said she often receives email pitches from PR people. You might not go with whatever they’re pitching you,” she said, “but it might spark a bigger conversation about that story.” Understand newsworthiness.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

What are some best practices for pitching and working with this community of bloggers? What social media platforms do you find most useful for pitches? We’ll listen to any pitch that comes our way, but we want those pitching us to understand that this is no longer just a hobby for us, but a business as well.

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OnePitch

MARCH 7, 2024

On the very last day of February, we gathered in Los Angeles for another edition of our “Coffee with Publicists,” a morning coffee hour where our Pitch Posse (our community of sharp publicists) meet and swap ideas.

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