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'But you already have a CRM!'

Presspage

Unlocking innovation in Media Relations Elevating media and investor relations for PR and IR teams is one of the major missions for Presspage. We believe that standing out from the crowd is crucial when it comes to your relations with the media and your investors. And that was our issue with the old CRM.

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Behind the Headlines With Steve Majors

Cision

In this interview, Steve discusses what he learned from working in television news, the skills needed for successful media relations and how to improve your pitching strategy. Along the way, I met some tremendous people – folks I worked alongside in local TV who are now well-known nationally. Relate: Be a human being.

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Is Traditional Media Still Relevant in PR?

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

(And keeping in mind that a lot of news on social media originated with a reporter or media outlet.) Americans continue to hold local news in higher regard than national news across a variety of metrics regardless of political party affiliations, a 2022 poll from Gallup and the Knight Foundation shows.

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PR 101: Five Tips for Pitching USA Today

Cision

To cut through the clamor of the thousands of pitches and press releases received by the staff of Gannett’s flagship paper, consider the following tips. Cision’s Media Research team reaches out to thousands of journalists each day in an effort to enhance our knowledge base. Here’s a few tips we’ve compiled for pitching USA Today.

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Meet the Media: Jim Park, Freelance Editor at Heavy Duty Trucking & TruckNews

Bianchi Biz Blog

What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I get lots of pitches for stories on the automotive industry, which occasionally cross over, but it’s rare. There’s plenty of relevant material vying for my attention, so I’m likely not to respond to pitches that are not related to the industry I cover.

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Can a PR Software Vendor Provide “Guaranteed” Editorial Placements? [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 This is how you wind up with a press release on a local ABC news affiliate in Buffalo even though your tech client is in San Francisco. Million and Eyes the U.S. Are you kidding?

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25+ Essential Digital PR Tools For Any Team in 2024

Buzzstream

Media databases provide detailed information about media outlets, like contact info and past coverage. This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Or a food journalist for print media. Meltwater is a PR platform with approximately 400,000 contacts.