Cision

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Here’s what journalists want to know that you need to include in your pitch. It’s nice that you got an award recently, but do the readers of ABC Publication really care? If the journalist doesn’t think so, you won’t get past him into print (or digital). Why’d You Pitch Me and Not Another Journalist?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Public relations (PR) can be one of the solutions available for marketers and business owners to support their video marketing campaigns. Modern public relations (PR) for marketing campaigns Public Relations (PR) is about building trust and genuine connections between brands and those who matter to them.

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Konnect Agency

JULY 6, 2022

Landing top-tier press around the holiday season goes beyond a beautifully written pitch and a client’s innovative product. An excellent PR agency will set the stage in the early Summer to align on long-lead outreach for print inclusions and navigate the busy news cycle in the Fall to break through the noise for short-lead placements.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 17, 2016

These may be the dog days of summer, but public relations teams everywhere are working hard to book their CEOs and others in enviable speaking slots at upcoming conferences and trade shows. We are no exception, with outreach occurring now in categories as varied as 3D printing, online advertising and wearable tech, to name a few.

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Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Online is where people go to have questions answered, but traditional media — radio, television, and print — is where people learn about what questions to ask. While online marketing and content production may be the trend, other forms of media still lead the charge when informing the public about what’s new and important.

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Wildfire

JULY 16, 2018

During the presentation a few themes emerged, not only on how you can grow a younger audience using broadcast, but also, how their comments can apply to other pitches for TV and radio. The numbers of broadcast content are quite similar to national print publications and many trade publications. Be creative.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 19, 2016

While those of us in public relations may differ over laptop types, or even the note-taking advantages of pen and paper, there are tech gadgets that offer great help to busy PR teams. Upload a story pitch or news announcement and connect with journalists interested in covering your story. Has the time come for PR and 3D printing?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 26, 2016

Find creative ways to make the standard announcement. Yes, real news and announcements merit media coverage on their own, but creative storytelling tactics can make a bigger splash and leave a more lasting impression. Here are some PR lessons we gleaned from some of our favorite Instagrammers. Appeal to the imagination.

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Cision

MAY 11, 2016

If you aren’t passionate about the product or service you’re pitching, journalists will see right through your pitch. I’m inspired by their creativity and enthusiasm to deliver results. . Brands should seek out communication professionals who are motivated by change and find creative solutions to keep their clients relevant.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 16, 2022

After 11 years at a publication focused on the design of heavy-duty equipment, I have recently moved to the publication Power & Motion. Since technology is the main focus for my publication, obviously any new technology is going to be of interest. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 26, 2016

Brand marketers often look to public relations to accomplish a great deal of “heavy lifting” in terms of creating awareness. The seasoned PR team knows how to reach media with a pitch that lets them know this subject matter will interest their audience, without reading like an ad. Augmenting a sales and marketing effort.

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2015

What he didn’t mention was that the publication was something of a throwaway – one of those free magazines that are stuffed into a seatback pocket or shipped to an organization’s national mailing list. Since she wasn’t part of the pitch team, she never understood what an uphill battle it was to get interest.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This is where the voice of the customer comes to play such a critical role in developing public relations strategies that are effective, efficient, and timely. Soliciting customer review videos on social media enables decision-makers to assess the customer’s experience and define creative, targeted solutions for improving the product.

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Solo PR Pro

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

So why expect your PR person to talk with a reporter and tell them to not print that statement you made to them in an interview? Consider looking at your communications and public relations counselors this same way. Why are you approaching this as (a pitch, a news release, a social media post, etc.) instead of another tactic?

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

To that end, you can use retargeting to pitch earned media as opposed to an advertisement. But it’s also new and creative thinking in a time when the same old tactics are less and less effective. A good print ad in the analog world could drive coverage too. 5) Cision Impact pricing and customers.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Each member of the team has a particular hit that they are extremely proud of purely based on the fact that good old creativity, industriousness and smarts resulted in a hit that wowed the client and broke through. So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. Take a look….

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Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Pushing products in your pitches won’t gain you any media coverage. If you want journalists to respond to your pitches, you need to explain why your news is important and relevant. Adriana Stan, public relations director at W Magazine, says being empathetic to the contacts you are pitching is the key to winning them over.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

That healthy habit came in handy in the first phase of my career as an investor relations professional for newly public technology companies in Silicon Valley during the 80s and early 90s. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. in order to make early morning workouts and then 8 a.m.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Although longer content like books, white papers, podcasts, eBooks, and video can take more time and effort than shorter bites, and it demands greater depth and creativity, it can prove very effective. And being a best-selling author can’t hurt when pitching bylines or features to the media. 6 benefits of long form PR content.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Pro Tip : When putting together a story to pitch, consider what human element you can offer to the reporter. Or this response from Brad Kuvin at MetalForming & 3D Metal Printing : “I’ve spent my career focused on the idea that our stories should help our readers perform their jobs better. What is the takeaway?”

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Writing media pitches for data-led stories or studies is very different from writing a media pitch to promote the launch of a new product, service, or event. Maybe you’re wondering what your pitch should include. Or are you struggling to figure out how best to structure your pitch? What is a Media Pitch?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

There’s exhilaration every time a public relations firm enters into an agreement with a new engagement. Presumably your account is being serviced by the same competent, experienced team who pitched your business. or even printing out a hard copy – the difference in format can be valuable to helping you edit.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. I love getting creative in the kitchen and entertaining for family and friends. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Editors are busy and flooded with emails and PR pitches all the time.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The social media scheduling platform Buffer “started pitching our best-performing blog posts to other blogs in case they’d be interested in republishing.” Indeed, a few posts from this site have been syndicated to trade publications like Ragan and PR Daily. 4) Pitch your content for a roundup. What about duplicate content?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Universal Information Systems pitches itself as a “concierge service” for all things media monitoring. Cision acquires Factmata “Cision has acquired Factmata, a social and news media monitoring startup,” according to BusinessCloud , a UK-based tech publication. as per 18 January 2023 and 135% to the last traded price of NOK 7.67

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 6, 2017

It can be an excellent means of public engagement, but it can also go spectacularly wrong. When the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) asked the British public what it should call its flagship £200 million research boat last year, responses varied from Hooty McOwlface to Mr Splashy Pants. Lessons in crowdsourcing.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Despite denials and indignation from journalists, money does talk at many prints, electronic, and online media sources; often in direct relation to the financial health and business prospects of its corporate owners. With public platforms, succeeding in a pay-to-play world mostly means advance planning.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 6, 2023

In this blog, we will detail the reasons why video should be an essential component of your public relations strategy, and how it can add real substance to your campaign. attention grabbing promotional video, pr strategy, public relations necessity. public relations campaigns, real time customer engagement. Drive Awareness.

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Doctor Spin

JUNE 28, 2022

I’ve been training spokespersons and pitching their stories since 2005. Many fantastic public figures have certain trademarks that allow them to stand out. I know of an excellent Swedish economics professor who often makes public appearances in his t-shirts, his long black hair and black-painted fingernails.

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OnePitch

MAY 12, 2022

From tech startups to startups at heart, most of our clients are private companies on the road to a big exit, like going public or being acquired, and they span the entire tech sector: cloud, enterprise data, fintech, healthtech, cybersecurity, clean energy and social media, among others. Should PRos only be pitching individual journalists?

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Presspage

JULY 25, 2018

You’d love to get that major publication or TV network to cover your event, embed your video or quote your chief executive in an economic forecast story. Yet ill-considered pitches keep flooding the inboxes of the dwindling number of journalists. How to stand out? Here are a few tips: 1.

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Cision

JULY 14, 2016

For as long as I can remember, I have loved art, writing and being creative. Knowing I had a way with words, I eventually wanted to find an industry that utilized those skills and allowed for creativity. While I excelled at all my classes, I would always rather write an essay than take a multiple choice test.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 9, 2017

I seem to remember having both print and broadcast media in attendance. A reporter from a regional paper responded to one my pitches asking if we’d offer complimentary tickets. That’s not a creative illustration, that’s the real! Is your agency bringing creative thinking to the table? 5) Clowning around at Walter Reed.

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PRSay

AUGUST 12, 2016

With the tremendous growth of social media in recent years, the PR landscape is continuously evolving and causing public relations professionals to adapt to the 24/7/365 news cycle we now work in as well as the instant, viral nature in which news breaks and spreads. News breaks in a split second today and spreads instantaneously via social.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2023

Through our private cloud tenant, we ensure that all non-public information used during the drafting process is kept secure.” ( Source ) Muck Rack. First is the new “PR Assistant” which will allow “PR professionals to draft press releases and personalize pitches.” Those pitches are limited to 200 words or less.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 31, 2017

People often ask how agencies come up with great ideas for public relations campaigns. Feeling creative? In routine sessions participants may come unprepared or be reluctant to share, relying on others to do the heavy creative lifting. Launching an attention-getting idea for 3-D printing client, WhiteClouds came to us this way.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 19, 2016

That was the outcome good media relations pitching earned. A 20-minute call with a print reporter still might yield just one or two quotes in the final story. A PR pro that takes copious notes can easily take what was not reported and transform it into blog posts, contributed article, or even a different media pitch.

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