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Is Traditional Media Still Relevant in PR?

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

These insights form the foundation for our infographic – a must-see for any PR pro! Wrap up This isn’t to say we aren’t acutely aware that the news industry continues to grapple with evolving media ecosystems, trust issues and financial troubles. 7 Reasons Traditional Media is Still Relevant in PR 1.

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6 Ways To Break Through The Noise In PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Public relations professionals are always seeking new ways to get their clients’ stories out – from pinning down the right message to crafting a perfectly tailored journalist pitch. Have an engaging pitch. The art of writing a pitch is one thing, but having the journalist actually engage with the pitch is a different beast.

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Behind the Headlines With Alexa Miller

Cision

In this interview, she discusses why financial brands are hesitant to embrace PR, how to improve your pitching strategy and how to best engage your audience. What are some of the biggest communication challenges facing financial brands today? 1 secret for finding success in media relations is to learn the reporter’s world.

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Where Do You Find Data For PR Storytelling?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Media love poll-results story pitches, especially when accompanied by visuals like infographics. We helped a credit-union client with a financial literacy platform team with a trade group to develop a national financial literacy study, white paper, and speaking tour. Quality data may already exist.

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The Battle for Trust: 18 Comms, PR and B2B Marketing Stats Summarizing 2022

Sword and the Script

Some 70% reported video has a greater impact “over other content formats such as infographics, e-books and white papers” in raising awareness of a business problem. Many respondents believe part of a company’s valuation is driven, in part, by non-financial factors. I’m open to pitches on these, but please read this first.

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How Your News Release Can Help the Media Do Their Job

Cision

Don’t make journalists go digging for multimedia or supplemental financial data – they may decide your story is not worth the effort. In Cision’s 2017 State of the Media Report , more than half of respondents said a pitch that lines up with their past work and interests is what drove them to pursue a story. Target your audience.

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Cliff Notes to Effective Media Relations: A Summary of 3 Surveys of Editors, Reporters and Journalists

Sword and the Script

The best pitches are short emails in the morning. 93% of reporters prefer 1:1 email pitches, although 19% said mass emails and newswires are okay. Most journalists (65%) prefer to be pitched before 11 a.m. 73% of journalists are OK with receiving a follow up to a pitch they didn’t initially respond to. Credible sources.

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