Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 19, 2012

>screen does the blurry transition to note we''re considering the changes< Publishing: Content management platforms have decentralized publishing. This has changed the roles in publishing as consumers and brands can now participate in a world once reserved to the fourth estate. Consumers prefer sharing content to creating it.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

By Seedepth The media industry and journalism are experiencing significant change. News outlets have been struggling for years to balance advertising, sponsored and editorial content. We interviewed a few PR leaders in Boston to get their takes on journalism and changes we might see in 2017. It may be irreversible.

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Journalism Report Enterprise Interviews 50

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s not news that social media has taken the business world by storm, changing the way consumers research their purchases and creating an unprecedented opportunity for brands to build one-to-one relationships with their brand’s biggest fans. This is the PR industry’s bread and butter, most often referred to as publicity or media relations.

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Cision

APRIL 22, 2015

Last week, Cision’s journalism facing brand Help a Reporter Out (HARO) attended New Media Expo in Las Vegas. We received tons of great info on content creation , storytelling and writing, so below we highlighted some of the best takeaways: 1. Writing is appetite. Content is habit. Click here to tweet this! ).

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Cision

JULY 26, 2016

In this interview, David discusses the importance of good writing skills, how technology has transformed the industry and how to stand out in today’s crowded marketplace. PR, social media, digital and marketing will continue to overlap, and the line between editorial and advertising will also continue to evolve.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Over the past 12 months or so, I’ve easily reviewed and written about more than 20 such PR surveys from the PR sector (there many more about marketing). Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Content marketing and media relations need each other.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Is this a sign of the future of PR (and journalism)? ” The bottom line, though, I think (but of course I’m biased) is that strong writing will continue to be the most important skill for both journalists and PR professionals. I definitely think that it is. And, in fact, I think the bar is being raised here.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Most businesses rely not only on their brand equity, but market reputation and repeat clients. We witness this proliferating with very young consumer-facing companies on platforms that include Instagram and Snap, to almost immediate success. Search dominates. Now more than ever, headlines must communicate a story in 5-10 words.

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Cision

APRIL 4, 2016

If you’re like me, you probably greet articles about content virality with a healthy dose of skepticism. Of course anyone writing content or posting on social media hopes for the largest possible distribution, but the articles that purport to tell you how to make content go viral are oftentimes less useful than they intend to be.

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Cision

APRIL 28, 2016

How will your background in journalism give you an edge in this role? Platforms like Facebook and Twitter have really reset the way we consume information, but that makes finding the right story to tell and serving the audience all the more important. So audiences tend to ignore most content that comes in their direction.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 10, 2018

Pearlstein is a long-time reporter and editor turned professor says he was looking to write about “well-run company.” He found Clorox appealing because it has won some awards recently and he was “intrigued by the challenge of writing about a company in a ‘boring’ industry like consumer-packaged goods rather than tech or finance.”.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

Yes, according to the study: “Over 58% of consumers say they at least sometimes trust what a company says about itself on its owned channels more than what a reporter says about that company in a news article.”. So, given the results which one is better – PR or content marketing ? Is owned media trustworthy?

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2016

In this interview, Eileen shares her thoughts on the challenges of creating meaningful content, the importance of listening well to build relationships and the need for strong writing skills in public relations. By clearly defining and limiting messaging, companies can influence consumer views and enhance their brands.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 13, 2020

In fact, many news consumers are having a hard time getting a break from Coronavirus coverage that seems omnipresent. The doctor later recounted the incident on her Facebook page, writing: “I burst into tears. Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing.

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Barokas

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

According to Curata, only 42 percent of companies have hired a designated content strategist executive. This means that the time- and energy-intensive task of strategizing, writing, editing, distributing and tracking content, and the success of those projects, sits on the shoulders of teams that are likely spread too thin.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. But, a number of stats and reports lately (not to mention consumer behavior trends in general) have got me thinking: We may be well past the tipping point.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics. It’s no surprise, 70 percent of society wants to learn about products and services through content and not advertisements. Content Marketing is no Longer a Shiny New Object. But What Makes Content Marketers Successful?

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Beyond PR

JANUARY 4, 2018

Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing. Know that there are tools that solve the content and earned media measurement challenge. Challenge #4: Disconnect Between Content and Real-World Behavior.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

Freelance journalism is harder today than it was years ago. Yet, Erik’s perspective isn’t only limited to journalism. He has also been a marketer and accepts an occasional commission for business writing. Or experts in direct marketing who could bring the combined experience of many campaigns and testing to bear.

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Journalism Content Marketing Creativity Leadership 61

Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 7, 2019

Increased reliance on these smart speakers — for news, listening to music, and searching for information — means PR pros need to incorporate “speakable content” into client communications plans. Meredith Eaton of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry provides these tips to best position client content to be found via voice search: 1.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. Avid podcast listeners consume an average of five a week – listening for four hours and 10 minutes (chart nearby used with permission by The Marketing Companion ).

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David PR Group

AUGUST 4, 2014

My last post focused on how storytelling needs to return to marketing , but we also need to develop our distribution channels so our story is widely consumed by our target audience. We wanted our so-called partners to write or broadcast stories about our clients. How do you do it? As always, a few tips: Find a p artner.

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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. be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. Smart marketers pour some digital ad spend into PR.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 15, 2015

Instead of launching the site and hiring marketers to do content marketing, we brought on bloggers and writers who helped us create a rich foundation of smart, informative travel guides , cruise reviews, consumer how-to articles and Visual Lists , a new content format we’re pioneering.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Measuring genuine ROI and a marketing campaign’s long-term contribution to revenue takes time, and marketers need to slow down to do it.”. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn. 6) Relationships with people who have the ear of your target market. “It’s 16: Ted Seward.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Couple that with an endless to-do list of research, writing, media training and more, and it seems nearly impossible to keep up, let alone make sense of it all. The Kicker A podcast from the Columbia Journalism Review , this platform covers all aspects of journalism. New episodes are available every Wednesday.

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Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

So is native advertising (sometimes called brand journalism or, more generally, content marketing) a curse or cure all? Or does it confuse consumers and prevent them from getting unbiased news ? The upside of this content-rich era is that most of us are sophisticated and discerning news consumers.

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Cision

JULY 6, 2016

In this interview, Sheila discusses why brands need to clearly define their communication strategies, the importance of keeping your content fresh and why your audience is attracted to good writing and storytelling. What are you most excited for in your new role as content manager at Steinreich Communications Group?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 23, 2018

Though he worked “in marketing” he had never taken a writing class. Even so, he was inspired to pursue writing and creative work in his efforts to persuade. While he later promoted to creative director, among other marketing leadership roles, he says an appearance in AdAge was his first big break.

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Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Their content marketing and brand journalism has not yet evolved to a place where they are comfortable letting employees take the spotlight, allowing independent voices to ring out with options, truth and expertise. Instead of creating it, they now own the process to create it – something that is MUCH LESS time consuming.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Or the Longview Journal in the case of this particular announcement. Notified Coverage Books eliminate the need for time-consuming, manual steps to compile lists of coverage and to design your coverage reports by hand” the company said in a product sheet (opens in PDF). The organization switched from Cision according to the write-up.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 21, 2016

The same events company that is acquiring the Content Marketing Institute for $17.6 PR is a $14 billion market with roughly 5% growth, according to research from Holmes Report. He might have been right, but probably only about cars being sold to consumers. Need Help with PR, Content or Social Media?

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This tool has myriad features and uses, but I predominantly use it for both ideation and to assist with pitch-writing. For ideation, the ‘Content’ section (found in the top bar) shines through and is an essential piece of kit for those for whom ideation forms a significant part of their role. Prospecting. BuzzStream Pitching Workflow.

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ZudePR

JUNE 6, 2016

I'm writing a blog post on how the best communicators "go deep" and get stuff done. my day is somewhat at the mercy of the marketing industry. Sometimes, I feel like it would be so much easier to stop writing my Weekly Marketing Skinnies, but I can't – it's addicting to be in the know :O). Here's the email.

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Beyond PR

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

For content marketers, search engine optimization (SEO) should now be part of your regular vocabulary. That’s because the update immediately pushed bad content to the back of its results pages. Don’t rely on syndication networks to save your bad content. A Survival Guide for Content Creators.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 21, 2014

I see tepid interest in small pockets of consumer oriented businesses among the Fortune 500. The word “blog” is an unfortunate phrase that people in suits equate to a journal their 13-year-old pens from a tablet in the basement when they are grounded. How many choices in utilities does the average consumer have? Yeah, not many.

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