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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

For earned media coverage, we carefully construct our pitches to follow the client’s intended narrative and the strategy that we think will resonate, but sometimes media take a different approach in a story. Because you have extra budget to spend on sponsored content, you have all the control.

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Cision

JULY 13, 2016

For example, let’s say we filmed a great video for a client. I’d arm them with a social strategy (and simple PR strategy if I wasn’t scoped to do it myself) and ways we could repurpose (with title cards, use as a media hook, etc.) What is your secret to media relations success? the asset for future use.

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Bad Pitch Blog

MARCH 14, 2009

According to SXSW the Platinum Track will “feature some of the most provocative individuals and ideas in music, film and interactive technology. I’ll be bringing the Bad Pitch to Pittsburgh on March 27. PRSA Pittsburgh is hosting my presentation “Pitch Smart: New Media Relations Rules for Web 2.0

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Bad Pitch Blog

JULY 29, 2007

Tons of media are on this network, similarly finding their way and figuring out how it might benefit them. DISCLAIMER ONE: Don''t sign in and start pitching. But as you''re learning Facebook you''re learning more about your editorial contacts (and their work) than the basic information provided by media databases.

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Bad Pitch Blog

JANUARY 23, 2007

It may seem odd to conjure up Springsteen lyrics in a post about the Sundance Film Festival. Let’s start with a pitch that landed in my inbox today. -- Sundance Coverage available Mr. If you would like photos or footage from Sundance Film Festival please email me your information and it will be supplied.

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Bad Pitch Blog

JUNE 6, 2007

More accurately, The Bad Pitch Blog won an Award of Commendation in the Blog category for the 2007 PRSA Bronze Anvil Award competition. The judges felt that your entry deserved recognition as an example of outstanding achievement in public relations tactics. And thank you for participating in The Bad Pitch Blog.

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Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

Want to improve your media relations? Read Cision’s free “State of the Media 2016 Report!” Instead, they pitched me on a position they had open. As I mentioned, I’ve done all sorts of things in media. I’m a big film buff; and talk about a good storyteller. And they told a good story.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

So, do you pitch to an editor in the hope they pass the story to a freelancer? Pitch to a reporter, but then go to a freelancer later if the journalist isn’t interested? Pitch to a reporter, but then go to a freelancer later if the journalist isn’t interested? The age of social.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I love when PR people give a story pitch, or suggestion for the interviews, but please do not tell us which questions to ask, or to follow only a set list of questions. Why is this a story I want to cover, not just a story for continued marketing purposes.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

It can be time-consuming to plan media outreach for local and national networks, cable news, podcasts, streaming television, public radio, and social-only video; however, a satellite media tour (SMT) can help. Your Pitch Team. Your Media Strategy Partner. That’s not all, though. 

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

He mastered media relations managing information for national outlets like ESPN and Sports Illustrated. His popularity and ability to inspire students has played a critical role in the success of the school’s investor relations club where he has steadily grown his knowledge and responsibility.

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Creative PR means thinking outside the box—so while I believe in using traditional tools like a press release or a media pitch, make sure you get a bit creative by constructing your written communications as follows: Start with visuals: Visuals are becoming increasingly important in PR. Wouldn’t you love to pitch a story like that?

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

I handle our media relations, whether it’s local consumer news or national industry pubs, I work to build relationships and create partnerships that can help enhance our brand. This includes strategy, pitching, building talking points, media training staff and distributing through applicable channels.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 26, 2006

This pitch might remind you of Sex in the City. It reminds the Bad Pitch blog of Clueless. Thursday evening there is a special event for the film and fashion industry at Fizz. NAME film | fashion | music pr - Is Rellatio hiring? But let’s set that aside and simply evaluate this from a pitch perspective.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

You remember those predictions just two years ago heralding the Death of Public Relations? We’ll never forget the panic in the PR world as tens of thousands of journalists (aka our PR pitch targets) at newspapers, TV stations and magazines were laid off. Exhibits C, D and E: Invasion of the Ad Blockers!

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