ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 13, 2022

Here are some tips to both landing media interviews and making sure they’re successful. If you’re tackling an industry event without a full PR team facilitating outreach, pitching and planning for press interviews can be daunting. Plan Well and Double-Confirm. Securing media interest is only the first step.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 6, 2017

In this two-part series, we chatted with the entrepreneur and highly sought-after keynote speaker about the three essentials to pitching media, his unconventional way of preparing for media interviews, his ADHD, love of skydiving and, of course, fake news. I was at a Ritz-Carlton hotel once, where I was running out of toothpaste.

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Cision

MARCH 30, 2016

In this interview, he shares the pitch that got him the most coverage, his strategies for building relationships with the media and why social media is so important. We worked with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to quickly engage the media, keep the story current and create an international dialogue on trophy hunting.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 19, 2009

I was fairly taken aback, however, to see someone actually texting a pitch to a well-respected freelancer who laughed all the way to my inbox. Thought I’d share it with you because this is the lowest of the pitches I have seen all year. Notice the funny use of the capitalization for one word – W - instead of the other hotels mentioned.

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Ethical Voices

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I first met him when I pitched him for a client, and we soon discovered we both went to Syracuse around the same time and had friends in common and wanted to talk about ethics. The cost of their flight and hotel have got to be covered. Check out the full interview, with bonus content here. . I’m a bicyclist.

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