ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 13, 2023

Writing still matters. Content skills go hand-in-hand with communications, but even in the video age, coherent and persuasive writing is at the top of the list. Effective writing strengthens media pitches, powers sales presentations, and is often the basis for successful thought leadership. Raise your voice.

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PR Fuel

JULY 14, 2021

Learning how to write press releases can help you reach and appeal to your target audience. Here are the nine tips you need when learning how to write a press release. Before you learn how to write press releases, it’s important to consider what you want to write about. Not sure where to start?

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Writing How To Media Guidelines 76

Marketwired

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Whether you’re writing last-minute seasonal blog content or already gearing up for a new year of media pitching (and if you are, we applaud you), a little inspiration can go a long way around now. So, we’ve rounded up the 8 top-performing writing posts from our blog from the past year to help you out.

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PR for Anyone

OCTOBER 18, 2021

How to Be on TV Shows: Pitching a story that almost anyone can relate to is a great way to have your story picked up by a news anchor. Why this pitch appealed to the media : This was relevant because of the aging population and what is known as the sandwich generation. Media outlet that was pitched: WBALTV , News11, Baltimore MD.

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Financial Pitching Banking Retail 130

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 5, 2022

Asking a colleague to review an email before I send it or to make sure I’m on the right track when writing a pitch is a huge help. Using Google Drive is a huge help in staying organized because there is no need to dig through documents. Yes, I was the type of person to write notes in class rather than using a laptop.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We generally suggest you pitch your expertise or story within an hour of the query going out, as that is the typical time frame journalists make up their minds about sources. However, if that is not feasible, you must still pitch within the published deadline. Be Brief HARO pitches should be short, at most 300 words.

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Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 12, 2023

AI has assisted practitioners with spelling, grammar, reading level and writing quality in the past ten years. Spelling, grammar, reading level analysis, and writing quality tools have all been incorporated into word processor applications. It enables practitioners to understand stakeholder interests and make better-informed pitches.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 11, 2017

How to submit a pitch. CIPR members interested in contributing to the project should read the contributors’ guidelines (opens as a PDF) and submit a pitch by 3 November, 2017. You should be comfortable using cloud based tools such as DropBox, private Facebook communities, and Google Documents. Thanks for stopping by.

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

PR professionals should create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Writing & Editing of Miscellaneous PR Assets Everyone expects PR pros to assist in writing content for the media.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 11, 2020

Journalists are finding less value in press releases with only 3% saying they heavily rely on the document for their writing. Quality writing rises to the top. For PR professionals, adding a portion of the release to the pitch can add just enough beef to hook in the right journalist. Here’s why.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Now more than ever, public relations recruiters prioritize writing skills. But some just entering our profession may be surprised by what type of writing a typical PR position requires. PR writing may not be what you think. On any given day, we can be asked to craft media pitches, bylined articles, PR plans, or blogs posts.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

PR professionals are expected to create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Writing & Editing of Miscellaneous PR Assets. Relationship building takes time. Data Journalism.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Tell us about your new book and why you decided to write it? Writing a book about a fast-moving area of technology has challenges. I’ve used them to extract the key arguments from a research paper, interrogate weaknesses in plans, areas of risk in financial documents and an activist perspective of reports.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The PR pro sends thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engages with reporters on social media, sends swag (when appropriate), maintains relevant media lists, and manages all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Writing/Editing of Miscellaneous PR Assets. Relationship building takes time. Owned Media/Content Strategy.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Are you looking to write a press release for your company, but aren’t quite sure how to do it? Check out this guide to learn how to write a press release. Check out this guide to learn how to write a press release. Before we talk about how to write a press release , let’s talk about what exactly a press release is.

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PRSay

MARCH 29, 2023

Artificial intelligence chatbots such as ChatGPT, which can write texts and summarize documents, stand to improve — rather than replace — the work of communicators, said Aaron Kwittken. Kwittken said that PR professionals could use AI to predict the reporters who will be interested in their pitches.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

A business case is a document that outlines the value or benefits your company will gain if you pursue a significant business investment or initiative. Think of it as a sales pitch with robust data and justification. Join us for a webinar on How to Build a PR Business Case and Secure the Investment on October 26th.

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Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Many wish to continue to write off public relations and kick it to the curb – by coldly saying that the profession and/or its trappings are dead. In addition to that, it is a helpful tool for many journalists who really are asking for more information than a simple, pithy email pitch provides. But that does not impress me.

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Writing Pitching Report Industry 177

Cision

JANUARY 5, 2017

Sometimes, despite our very best efforts to write down our goals, we tend to skip over creating a documented PR content strategy. Without a documented content strategy in hand, you’re left creating random pieces of one-off content that may or may not support your business objectives and the goals you’ve set for your PR efforts.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 30, 2019

Without exposure to this industry, it is easy to assume that a PR fledging, like myself, devotes their time to traditional and tangible tasks such as drafting press releases and pitching them to the media. Of course, writing press releases and pitching stories to media outlets is an important part of any PR role.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I currently write for Automobile magazine, Autoblog , Popular Mechanics , TrueCar , PCMag.com , WardsAuto , SAE Engineering and others. But I’m proud of any story that helps people learn and understand the topic I’m writing about or is if helps a consumer make a better purchase. Blind pitches on a subject I don’t cover.

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Automotive Meeting Media Mobile 85

Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Yes, we''ve even received good pitches through this site. Which leads me to this pitch from a second degree connection. My first boss taught me that a pitch should focus on the audience, the recipient or both.but not on you or the topic you''re pitching. It''s about writing subtleties. and "The Bad Pitch blog pwns.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 30, 2019

Without exposure to this industry, it is easy to assume that a PR fledging, like myself, devotes their time to traditional and tangible tasks such as drafting press releases and pitching them to the media. Of course, writing press releases and pitching stories to media outlets is an important part of any PR role.

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Please do not cut and paste or upload documents to any web-based tool without checking its data management policies and asking yourself whether you trust the vendor. The functional public relations role of producing words and pictures such as press releases, articles, quotations, media pitches, and social media posts can already be automated.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

But, we can infer a great deal from a few key documents from Google (and some good old-fashioned common sense). Unless, the football blog is writing something like “Top Tailgating Tips from Professional Chefs”.) If you see that your target site shares a lot of map content, create and pitch some map content.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 5, 2021

Meltwater lists on a Swedish stock exchange; startup Propel hits 50 customers; Vetted launches – it’s like HARO or ProfNet with no pitching. As I write this piece, it’s currently trading at about $6.50 It’s “algorithms analyze 500 million documents” and “12 trillion searches every day.”. Welcome to 2021!

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It explores how they can be used in generative and reductive productivity-boosting applications, from writing and pattern recognition to summarising large documents. Writing a book about a fast-moving area of technology has challenges. It has taken three months to produce from idea to manuscript, layout and publication.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

An overwhelming number of the startups I cover have recently gone public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, so I spend a lot of my time now closely following and writing about that transition. They let me write while I did that, and I’ve been with them ever since. Be as clear and concise as possible.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

For this series of articles, I won a first-place writing/reporting award from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. Over the course of about four years, I spent Sunday afternoons with him, documenting his stories and anecdotes. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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PR Fuel

JULY 24, 2018

Determine the chronology of your business story before writing it. The language, idioms, and examples you use in your business story will likely vary depending on whether you’re writing for million dollar home buyers or Kindergarten teachers. Simple Advice: Write Like You Speak, Reporters Will Listen. Just write like you speak.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 11, 2018

It’s also a good idea to consider data visualizations as a supporting document for some awards to substantiate the numbers. Because the entries often explicitly list required elements, it might seem that a dry boilerplate document is called for. Choose awards wisely. That’s not as challenging as one might assume.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Over the last five years, we’ve created a social media playbook document that makes this a lot easier! Start research and writing a byline for my Trustmark client. We’re pitching a lot of bylines to these kinds of pubs, and in many instances, I’m on the hook to take the first stab at the draft.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s also important to pitch stories and ideas to the media whenever your business is having a special sale, event, or advertising campaign. Learn How to Write a Great Press Release. Writing a great, catchy, and informative press release is key to spreading the word about your business and the services you offer.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

Any public relations agency today needs nearly instant resources — from details on media preferences to data that informs our pitches and programs. Alerts for topics relevant to a client’s business can make a big difference in securing quick wins and nailing ideas for proactive pitching.

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Landis PR

JUNE 26, 2023

From generating press releases and social media posts to crafting personalized pitches, AI-powered tools are reshaping the way PR professionals work. AI-powered tools can automate tasks such as writing press releases, drafting media pitches, and creating social media content. This is relatively common.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 19, 2017

From there, it’s important to time the dissemination of attendee invitations, press releases, media alerts and post-event pitches with precision. The document will include all pre-event tasks, times and project owners up through each element of the event itself, the full script, and post-event work. Have a full event run-through.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Want to write for Cision®? Know who you’re currently writing to, and who you want to reach, then impart that information to all your contributors as you create your contributor guide. Will you accept content from anyone with a good pitch, or would you prefer them to be experts in your field? Headline writing tips.

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