Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I’m the founder and president of my own company , Newcomm LLC, which provides automotive technology content, consulting and conference-programming services. I also work with clients on conference programming and event strategy. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? Fun assignment!

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2017

B2B reporters today don’t do media interviews like they once did. There’s only so much time in the day which means fewer interviews are conducted. If you are fortunate enough to secure an interview, then you certainly want to make the most of it. Below are ten proven tips for successful media interviews.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Being Lazy with List Prep Creating your target media list for CES pitching comes with more levels of pre-planning and research than creating lists for other news announcements does. While buried in a deluge of pre-show CES pitches, a journalist’s response to you might not be immediate. And maybe you will!

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

4) Emphasis on professional journalism. 10 Fundamentals for Successful B2B Media Interviews. Second, PR needs to think about the video elements – and I don’t mean pitching video – but rather the capacity to be interviewed on video. what is unstated is 75% of reporters may see these as a fact of life. Comment: Amen.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 22, 2021

It’s exciting to think about being featured on a tech segment on CNN or landing feature coverage in The Wall Street Journal , Wired or Automotive News. While buried in CES pitches, a journalist’s response to you might not be immediate. And that is not to say you won’t! Cutting Corners with Media Relations Groundwork.

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

I don’t have hard statistics or success rates, but anecdotally as president of the Publicity Club of New York , I’d be surprised if one in one hundred PR-driven story pitches actually results in a story. The quality of the pitch itself has degraded over the last few years.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

It’s exciting to think about being featured on a tech segment on CNN or landing feature coverage in The Wall Street Journal , Wired or Automotive News. Journalists are absolutely bombarded with thousands of pitches, invites, interview offers and “exclusives” from exhibitors and attendees from the industry sectors they cover.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As noted I enjoy the educational side of journalism. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I’ve been involved in journalism for the past 16 years and got started completely by accident. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Keep it relevant!

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? We also participate in conferences so I spend some of my time working on presentations and webinars. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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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. For your reference, here’s a.

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MaccaPR

MAY 23, 2018

What could the producers and editors of The Wall Street Journal , “The Dr. Oz Show,” BuzzFeed, Parents magazine and NBC’s “Today Show” teach you about successfully pitching a story to the most sought-after media outlets in America? PERSONALIZE your pitch – to the person and publication you’re pitching. Get to the point.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 3, 2021

I also speak to all things automotive at conferences and as co-host of the Wheel Bearings podcast. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Pitch anything even remotely automotive. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

In 2021, at the Women in Trucking annual conference as managing editor of HDT. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I really appreciate when pitches include a line about why it’s important that your client presents that story.

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Flatiron Communications

JULY 5, 2022

It’s been three years since Web Summit’s sister tech conference, Collision was physically held at Toronto’s Enercare Centre. The first showcased “Impact Startups” selected by conference organizers for their adherence to some of the UN’s 17 Sustainability and Development Goals (SDGs). Impact Startup Stage. ContentMakers Stage,jkl.

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PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

If you want to hear personal interviews with the songwriters behind Top 40 greatest hits, dive deep on the music of movies , or re-watch The Office alongside two of the show’s stars, there’s a podcast for that. He also wrote The Win Without Pitching Manifesto and Pricing Creativity: A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 20, 2018

The company was awarded a contract to provide a mobile event guide at a big conference and delivered on a Palm device. While most of us take conference registrations, badge scanning, and conference apps for granted as attendees, there’s a lot more to the underlying technology. PR, marketing, sales and journalism.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 28, 2014

[Editor’s Note: Peter actually “blames ADHD for most of his success,” according to his TEDxTimesSquare biography , and speaks often on topics of ADHD, including at the recent HubSpot inbound marketing conference.]. Stand out from the other pitches. Interviews Media Relations Event Marketing' One example?

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

The inaugural lockdown conference was educational and a hell of a lot of fun. As a candidate, think about how you can apply curiosity at different points throughout the recruitment process; whilst job hunting, in your covering letter / email and during the interview itself. Here’s what’s next.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Note: see my interview with Tom here – Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script No. Note: see my interview with Sophie here – The Interim CMO as Change Agent; Off Script #19: Sophie Shiatis. Note: see my interview with Ted here – Over-reliance on Marketing Automation Depreciates Leads; Off Script No.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 22, 2016

These two weeks are more than a conference, a festival or gathering – it is a true “experience” that puts every one of your five senses to the test. In case you missed it, the below SHIFTxSW blog series was created to help guide you through your time here in Austin: SHIFTxSW part 1: Interview with Hugh Forrest.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Her interview here is nothing short of exceptional. If you are a lawyer, I’d bet you lunch your marketing team will read this interview and nod their heads in agreement. See these related interviews: Legal Marketing and Snake Oil; Off Script #21: Larry Bodine. We are always looking for good people to interview about.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Melissa Thibodo is the whole package – she is incredibly bright with PR strategy, she is among our top student writers and editors in the journalism school, she has unparalleled relationship building skills, and she has a strong foundation of real-world experience. She’s done an extensive survey and in-dedpth interviews.

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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. And that was it.

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Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

The world-renowned PR expert Maxim Behar was interviewed for MeTV , the first Indian / South Asian TV Channel from Australia, by Sukruti Narayanan, the MeTV Director of Public Relations and Business Growth. But I was such a big fan of journalism, so I became a correspondent, travelled all over the world and met a lot of people.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It helps you understand what a journalist feels like when you start receiving completely off-topic pitches. Last week on BNET, I talked about the two critical elements of the perfect media pitch ; the subject line, and the first paragraph of the email. Once you’ve been blogging for a bit, you’ll start being pitched.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

He lives in Dallas with his wife, Rhonda, and has a strong track record in media communications, both “old” and “new,” with organizations such as Vonage and the Wall Street Journal Online. Not only was the audience engaged, but they really began to grasp what I was telling ‘em. So what does this all mean for you?

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Enlightened Self-Interest: The Pitch Email. Another example is the benefit of ‘free learning’ I receive while doing the thought leader interviews for my weekly PR podcast. 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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