The Proactive Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

See what they write about. 20 years ago, when I started teaching PR courses, the number one complaint reporters and editors had about PR pros was that we’re lazy and we don’t do our homework. Since I now have a blog about PR and technology, I’m on lists like Cision. Do your Homework. Read their blog.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 17, 2018

1. Do your homework: Find out what is currently available on your topic, what angles have already been covered, and where you can fill a need or write about a new angle. An interview with her posted on the page raised this content from blah to important, and health bloggers and the mainstream media took notice.

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B2C Study Exercises Sports 157

5W PR

APRIL 8, 2021

If you do this, you just might get a phone call that requests an interview. Before Writing a Press Release. Once you know your purpose and the 5 W’s, you are ready to write. How to Write the Best Press Release? Don’t bother to write a press release that is not about something very interesting, new, or exciting.

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Engineering Writing Social Media Tools 128

Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

In this week’s blog, our Public Relations Global Network partner, Taru Tujunen from Ellun Kanat , writes about the business environment in Finland. It is not advisable to have an employee of a communications firm present in the interview situation. Sparring and training must be done carefully and in advance.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 20, 2015

Writing a press release and posting it on the wire doesn’t get your media coverage anymore. In fact, according to the 2015 Cision Social Journalism Study only 6% of PR pros still do that. This is a marvelous opportunity to connect with them online and discover what they’re writing about or looking for.

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Twitter Media Relations How To Media 100

Buzzstream

JUNE 30, 2021

As a journalist, I’ve seen and deleted thousands of PR emails over the years. As a Digital PR, I’ve probably produced all of the above. Therefore, unless a PR was getting in touch with me about a celebrity interview or exclusive, most pitches were completely irrelevant. Personalisation.

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Writing Pitching Study Data 71

ZudePR

MARCH 22, 2018

Have you always aspired to write a book? 1 The Seed is Planted #2 Doing the Research #3 Getting the Self-Publishing Mindset #4 What the Hell am I Going to Write About? #5 This SumoMe blog post told me that the seed I’d planted myself in 2015 – writing a book – was practicable. *By a first-time (self-publishing) author.

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Writing Google Blogging Exercises 83

Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

For most businesses though, measuring by output is not particularly useful, and yet there are organisations out there that still measure the value of their PR agency by the number of press releases they write. How much coverage did you receive for all those press releases and interviews that your agency secured?

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Measurement Analytics Google Agency 49

Garrett Public Relations

AUGUST 28, 2022

Let’s talk about media relations. It’s often what companies seek help with because they want to earn media coverage – which can help them build and maintain their reputation, increase visibility and draw new prospects and customers their way.

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Media Relations Media Reputation Tools 98

ZudePR

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

I feel like it’s the book if I had the guts to write my own book, that I would have written this.”. Interviews/further quotes/Press pics available on request. The time to do this would have been before embarking on writing the book. I absolutely loved it. DATE: Thursday 21 November. The Back Story.

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Financial Retail Blogging Writing 25

5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Throughout the years, one thing has remained the same: the purpose of a media kit is to act as a one-stop shop of information for a journalist or media source to write a feature on the company. How to get in contact, links to social channels, and the availability for interviews or consultations (if applicable).

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How To Media Guidelines Pitching 176

Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Before writing a press release, whether it’s your first or 100th time, it is essential to set clear expectations on what you want to achieve to understand better what you are writing. In an ideal world, these announcements will lead to interviews or, at the minimum, coverage from various target publications.

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Examples Product Launch Data Report 62

Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Get weekly exclusives (find a celebrity, conduct the interview etc.). So when writing your pitches, avoid including too much fluff or making them dig for the main story. “The Many PRs who represent experts, or experts themselves, will get in touch. . looks in her BrightonSEO 2020 talk, below, too. You get the gist.

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Pitching Writing Digital PR How To 164

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary ( PR Tech Sum ), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete.

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Technology Software Company Marketing 12

The Proactive Report

JUNE 11, 2016

The PR industry is still prioritizing traditional PR skills, such as writing, strategic planning and verbal communication skills over the newer digital skills needed today. Most disturbing is the omission of the need for PR talent to have visual content skills. . A survey by McGraw-Hill and Hanover Research.)

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Infographics Course Survey Agency 150

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Building Personal Brands As Part of Your Digital PR Strategy As PR professionals, we all tend to focus on corporate news, churning out those press releases and madly pitching… but how often are we focusing on individuals within the company and building their personal brands?

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Press Release Pitch Template Like those outlined in our digital PR tools post, many press release platforms provide distribution networks. I specialize in guest post writing and noticed that your site doesn’t rank for [keyword] while your competitor [competitor site name] does. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

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Pitching Infographics Survey Resources 87

Rock the Status Quo

JANUARY 22, 2015

As with any survey-style of research, answers are also skewed based on who was interviewed and their personal perspective, even timing when they took the survey based on what influenced them that specific day. Digital PR' It is very prone to misinterpretation.

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Agency Survey Customer Service Engineering 100

5W PR

JUNE 25, 2018

Aside from writing content, PR groups can reach out to audiences through social media marketing, video content, and images too. Optimize PR Content. For instance, PR companies might interview different members of a business about a certain topic or transform a recent article into video piece or infographic.

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Content Marketing Infographics Google SEO 60

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Another example is the benefit of ‘free learning’ I receive while doing the thought leader interviews for my weekly PR podcast. Ann Handley is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author (Everybody Writes), keynote speaker, and the world’s first chief content officer (MarketingProfs). “Writing makes me aware.

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Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

PR Conversations

JUNE 3, 2016

Why do you work in PR? I’ve always been curious about society and human behaviour and have always loved to write and create — doing public relations for social good is being paid to do what I spend all my time thinking about anyway. What is your idea of PR nirvana? What is your PR motto? A brilliant mistake.

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Government Social Media Local Corporate 40

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

It is simple: participants first write their ideas without discussion on Post-it notes. Raf Weverbergh , founder of PR agency FINN. Read more about FINN’s journey to becoming a lean PR agency in founder Raf Weverbergh’s 3-part blog post. Raf recently also got interviewed about this in the Wag The Dog Podcast.

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How To Software System Employee 60

Norton's Notes

MARCH 6, 2017

As Arun Sudhaman writes the for Holmes Report, agencies and organisations are able to evolve their model and structure in order to play a more central brand-building role in today’s criss-crossing media environment. The way PR professionals connect with audiences, however, has changed.

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