Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

PR pitches earn a 45% open rate and a 3% response rate; the top metrics for marcom and PR by segment; Europe is more satisfied with PR agencies than the U.S. What: PR pitching amidst the continuing media layoffs When: February 22, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. So, says Propel, which provides PR software. Is that good?

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Report Publicity Marketing Pitching 106

Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequest curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data. In my own defense, it’s the only one I’ve missed since I started writing the PR Tech Sum roundups 25 months ago. OnePitch feature recommends reporters to pitch.

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Pitching Report Software Survey 89

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Universal Information Systems pitches itself as a “concierge service” for all things media monitoring. The product name and press release position the tool as a writing assistant of sorts, “to create initial draft frameworks for press releases and outreach communications.” Social media tools offer AI to write social media posts.

Software 78

Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The more you know about your customers, clients, employees, and competitors, the better your planning will be. The trick to getting good content from an AI service is to learn how to write excellent prompts. Now is not the time to pull back on PR and marketing efforts. Now is the time for intelligent promotion. Rand Fishkin.

Trends 182

Trends Marketing Wikipedia Reddit 182

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 14, 2021

Software solutions are expensive, and buyers under pressure to make the right choice seek as much information as possible to vet the quality of a SaaS, AI, cybersecurity, or data product. Millennials are famous for desiring progressive employers who care for their employees’ experience and value a diverse and inclusive workplace.

B2B 334

B2B Company Case Study Conference 334

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.

Training 195

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 195

Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

The survey found: 57% are crafting pitches; 48% are writing copy for social media; 48% are writing press releases; 44% are using it for research; and 25% say they are using it for strategy and planning. Finally, about 40% either have no plans to use it, or simply aren’t sure. How does PR’s use of gAI compare to marketing?

Survey 152

Survey Software B2B Pitching 152

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 12, 2021

I often write about marketing surveys on these pages. For example, among businesses with 500 or more employees, 64% said tech spending would rise. On the other, IT projects have historically been pitched as yielding long-term savings. The remaining drivers stack up as follows: 39% said employee growth. 28% said software.

B2B 108

B2B Software Survey Study 108

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.

Training 370

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

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. Internal communicators must be savvy enough to turn dry content like company policies into info employees actually want to read.

Media Training 397

Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2022

It said these deals were bad for customers, bad for employees, and often bad for investors (LPs, not the fund managers). There’s another factor at play here too – and that’s the track record of M&A in PR software. It’s worth noting, that several prominent PR software providers white label TVEyes in their own solutions.

Software 85

Software Pitching Internal International 85

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Propel releases AI-based “media war room”; Muck Rack has AI recommending reporters to PR; PRophet partners to bring influencer marketing and media alerts; Did you know Gartner has a Market Guide for Employee Communications? Generative AI may get all the attention these days, but it’s not the only “kind” of AI.

Employee 141

Employee Software Survey Tools 141

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

1) I’ve modified the list to only cover those software providers that are in my assessment primarily or heavily focused on PR and communications. This is an effort to provide an impartial, but candid opinion, based on my experience on the vendor side and monthly research and writing. All-in-one PR software incumbents.

Technology 93

Technology Software Resources Pitching 93

Shift Communications

APRIL 1, 2016

SHIFT Communications, the premiere data-driven PR agency , announced today the release of the Heuristic And Recurrent Ontological Lexicon Deep-learner, or HAROLD, the world’s first artificially intelligent (AI), cloud-based PR employee. HAROLD’s creation represents the first AI employee of a virtual public relations workforce.

Employee 60

Employee Data-Driven PR Communications Software 60

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2021

Journalists respond to just 3.27% of pitches. million PR pitches sent through their software over the last 12 months and produced some interesting statistics. About one in three (35%) of reporters open a pitch within the first minute after it was sent. A majority 82% open a pitch within the first four hours.

Creativity 96

Creativity Study Ethics Publicity 96

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JULY 25, 2023

Even the best company with the best products and the happiest employees will flounder if the public doesn’t know about it. Especially for small companies that can’t afford a huge workforce, this can be a great way to get a lot done without completely burning out employees.

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Tools System How To Software 75

PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve sat through convention and forum talks where various oracles pronounced that: employees just want to be loved. Just look at the many different ways Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s work on death and dying , and her change curve turns up in jolly presentations about employee motivation. Do I practise a dark art ?

Employee 103

Employee Communications Internal International 103

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

These are both terrible terms, but I’ve adopted the latter as the moniker for these monthly roundups about the PR software vendor community – and I’m inclined to keep it. PitchBook says the company raised three rounds and grew to 210 employees. Cision settles claim by sales employees. AI-assisted pitches. “AI

Publicity 85

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85

Onclusive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Think of it as a sales pitch with robust data and justification. Software platforms like Onclusive provide PR pros worldwide with the ability to capture important market shifts, prepare for and manage crises, anticipate customer needs and deliver communications strategies that drive real business outcomes.

Resources 195

Resources Technology Data Tools 195

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While every other vertical market was, perhaps, overpromising what their AI whizbang could deliver, the traditional PR software vendors were largely silent. As I write this, I can’t recall a single announcement from an incumbent vendor that included AI in the last twelve months. This was true of every industry, except PR technology.

Software 122

Software Technology Advertising Advertising 122

PR Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

In the last PR Insider, I shared with you some of the results from the 12th annual Global State of the Media report compiled by Cision , a PR software and services provider. Once you’ve sent a pitch, a press release, or an article to a journalist, should you follow up if you don’t receive a response? After all, who knows?

Survey 78

Survey Pitching Newspapers Software 78

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Muck Rack is a PR technology platform that helps PR find relevant media contacts, facilitates PR pitching and provides media monitoring The big players in PR technology have largely achieved their growth through mergers and acquisitions ( example ). From here, you can create an alert for reporters that write about your refined search results.

Pitching 87

Pitching Media System Tools 87

Sword and the Script

APRIL 6, 2021

Meltwater said it agreed to acquire Linkfluence, a French company with software that uses artificial intelligence to mine social media for consumer insights. Linkfluence was founded in 2006 has 150 employees in seven offices, with headquarters in Paris. Its software is sold as a subscription-based service.

Media 106

Media SEO Analytics Analysis 106

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Twenty-nine months ago, when I started writing these monthly summaries , there weren’t many PR software companies talking about artificial intelligence (AI). It says “95% of office employees still claim email as their main channel of communication” and that some “workers claim to receive up to 121 emails per day.”

Software 93

Software Banking Technology Data 93

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

This can include the media, customers, employees, and the general public. Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic.

Interviews 104

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 104

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2017

Most new hires will get broad exposure to the range of essential PR skills, from writing to research, to media outreach, and their work may touch several different PR sectors, from financial to fashion. You may be a good candidate if you worked in graphic arts for your sorority or wrote pitches or planned events for a non-profit.

Skype 147

Skype Agency Meeting Software 147

Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

AI is something that is missing from most of the incumbent PR software tools. He cautions those writing pitches against using a tool like this for a cursory glance or pretending to have read his work. Shama Hyder writes a contribution for Forbes comparing Cision, Meltwater and Propel. Catch up time in AI.

Company 154

Company Tools Technology Software 154

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Against that backdrop, I’ve organized this year’s prediction roundup into the following categories: Predictions that have little or nothing to do with AI; Predictions that express caution about AI; Predictions that are enthusiastic about AI; Predictions from PR software executives; and One prediction from ChatGPT.

Writing 198

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 198

Buzzstream

AUGUST 12, 2020

¼ of reporters receive 51-100 pitches a week (Cision , Q2 State of the Media Report, 2020). . With 100 pitches you’re competing against, how do you make sure that your email doesn’t get deleted or worse, marked as spam? Does this person write on the topic you’re pitching? . If so, don’t pitch them your guest post. .

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Pitching Interviews Writing 62

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 29, 2019

He demonstrated the software and I asked questions – so my observations from this engagement – not a product test – are the source for this PR Tech Briefing. Many PR pros will cut and paste a document into a CMS to publish a release – and then cut and paste it again (and again) as they pitch it. click any image for higher resolution).

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Pitching Analytics Enterprise System 64

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. Employee communication will continue to be a major focus for many CCOs. Data-driven strategy will increase in importance for employee communications.

Marketing 196

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 196

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

AI algorithms are now generating personalized product recommendations, creating automated email campaigns , and even helping to research and write articles or social media posts. Imagine your grandpa trying to download software on his new iPhone, and you get the picture.

Communications 40

Communications Marketing Technology Data 40

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Agility PR Solutions launched “their reimagined media monitoring software” this month. The use cases are plentiful, from search suggestions, as Agility says they’ve done here, to analyzing media coverage and notifying you of new reporter and influencers you have not reached out to but are writing about topics you are pitching.

Pitching 62

Pitching Analysis Report Video 62

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Each time an employee gets replaced, knowledge is lost. Employees are frustrated with aspects of their work. Predominantly left-brained industries, like software development and internet startups, further popularized the methods of Toyota. It is simple: participants first write their ideas without discussion on Post-it notes.

How To 60

How To Software System Employee 60

PRSay

MAY 18, 2016

For example, we recently used our software to measure conversations on social media about the Democratic and Republican nominees for the 2016 presidential race. An internationally sought keynote speaker, her writing has appeared in Forbes, CIO and VentureBeat, as well over 500 authored blogs.

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Data Meeting Measurement Guidelines 106

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

At the beginning of every new month, I take a look back and the news and notes stemming from the software developers that make tools for PR pros. 3) Fewer Reporters Write a Higher Volume of Shorter Articles, says Onclusive. b) Is Your Press Release Pitch Guilty of Information Overload? Here we go…. via BurrellesLuce.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2015

That blog is published in support of a single software and technology division, among many divisions, for a giant company that is one piece of an enormous holdings company. Deliver value, not sales pitches. . Writing and developing content on a consistent basis is like exercising. Consistency is truly pivotal.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Brand Branding Marketing 60