Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I can’t tell you how many pitches I received that were so bloviated, they would have made Alec Baldwin jealous. My query made it clear that I wanted examples of success, and how it was being measured. But many of the pitches I received included words to the effect, “so and so can discuss , let me know if you want to interview them.”.

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The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I worked in PR and did a lot of traditional pitching and working with journalists and media people. With inbound, journalists can browse stories that are relevant to them in their own time rather than be spammed by pitches in their inbox. They get thousands of email pitches per day. Measurement can be quite interesting here.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 30, 2018

For a better understanding of the mechanics of PR, from creating media pitches that work to delivering a well-crafted results report, no one does it better than the Cision Blog. Check out ones like this for fixing your influencer marketing or this post on advances in PR measurement. Better Writing Blogs. The Cision Blog.

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OnePitch

APRIL 14, 2022

Within this interview, we break down real examples of how she landed top-tier coverage, what worked, and her tips for replicating it for your own pitches. Read below for the entire interview with Cortney Williams: 1.) What’s the best pitch of yours that resulted in coverage and what elements made it successful?

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Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

If not, complete the following exercise: Write down all of the questions you are asked in new business—aka sales—meetings. Write down all of the questions your customer service department is asked. Write down what your domain authority is, which is listed in the left-hand side of the box, right underneath your website’s URL.

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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. If the event includes boldfaced names, there may be opportunities to pitch them for interviews ahead of time. Write a thorough post-event report. .

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Solo PR Pro

APRIL 27, 2021

If you think you’ve found the perfect client for your services and want to send them a pitch, or someone is contacting you directly to form a working relationship, it’s crucial to fully vet the opportunity before putting together a proposal. Using this process has enabled me to write fewer proposals, and achieve a much higher close ratio.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The endless media pitch calling and subsequent rejections were exhausting. Client Turnover — can lead to instability and the need to perform new business pitches constantly. Perhaps the best way to learn about agency life and a particular employer is to set up informational interviews with current and past employees.

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Also, of course, I have measured a lot of comms programs over many years. Before you write or say anything, walk—if not a mile at least around the block—in your audience’s shoes. See, “ The Challenge of Measuring Trust: Learn How Marathon Oil, Microsoft, and Georgia-Pacific Do It.”) Write once, use everywhere.

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

In contrast, the President of FedEx in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Kawal Preet, speaks to a business audience about the big tech trends shaping tomorrow’s supply chain in a third-party interview. Contently has a feature to solicit ideas from your freelance team called pitch requests. Measure your results.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Those guys preach “data-driven PR” so that PR professionals and brand marketers get smarter about how and what they measure when a campaign comes to a close. Turning PR into a measurable science means there is no longer room for personal preference. This is the challenge my friends at AirPR are solving, one data dashboard at a time.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In addition, this same disruption – led by the 2024 election, the speed of misinformation and continued economic uncertainty – will require a strong measure of GRIT. Performance marketing has led the community to this wild notion that B2B marketing should only engage in measurable tactics. Audiences know the difference.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali MeasurePR: Paywalls, Pitches And Prognoses December 23rd, 2010 Tweet On Wednesday, we held this year’s last #measurePR Twitterchat. The progression of #measurePR this year has been fascinating.

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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. But it can still provide large returns on investment by generating earned media coverage that doesn’t cost anything but your time and can elevate your client’s profile with one well-placed article or interview. Regional Foundation.

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Cision

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In this interview, Steve discusses what he learned from working in television news, the skills needed for successful media relations and how to improve your pitching strategy. Either we are great writers or story pitchers or we excel in maximizing the distribution of stories and measuring their impact. That’s a great question.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2017

Write more and write better. Good, error-free writing is under threat today. It seems the need for speed in writing and editing is taking its toll. One of the best ways to improve your writing is to create the ideal environment in which to write. We constantly find horrid examples committed by journalists.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Want to write for Cision®? At Cision, we discuss earned media, identifying and building relationships with influencers, crafting campaigns and monitoring and measuring impact. 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.

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Cision

MAY 4, 2016

Before you pitch a journalist, you must think about how your story adds value for your audience. In this interview, Rich shares the similarities between journalists and communication professionals, the steps to developing a successful media strategy and how to build strong relationships with journalists. Read closely what they write.

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Tip of the month: “Take someone in finance to lunch and learn how you make money ” This is just one of the amazing tips from the Queen of metrics Katie Paine in this interview on PR News. Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. Could just one metric measure PR? A standard in article scoring?

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ISEBOX

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

They interview their clients and staff and will educate, entertain and inform with their content. Pikers write press releases about a new executive hire or a product color change. Pikers write a boring story, and hit “send” on a traditional wire service, and then wonder, “why didn’t I get coverage”. 4) You don’t measure.

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

Spoken words and video must match, so reporters either have to write/talk to the video or find a video that matches what they’re saying. SF Mayor Frank Jordan inviting two radio reporters on his doorstep in to interview him while he took a shower. Along with my duties for BCN, I do a little freelance writing.

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Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 19, 2009

As media relations professionals, we pitch all the time. Do Not Make It All about You: Ask about what the reporter is writing (or what the date prospect is working on)…and better yet, what else they read. This will get you to interview (date) 2, rather than leaving you dead in the water after the first. We sell ourselves.to

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Bad Pitch Blog

JUNE 14, 2009

Social media is not a joke, and anyone who thinks it is should not be pitching SM executives. The lady who sent it has seen that BPB is on the Power 150 and felt that I would want to interview her client, the so-called expert. This pitch is just stupid. Cause I feel kind of badly for everyone involved. Here now the facts.

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Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

And unless you’re tracking and measuring their performance, that cost can quickly become a money pit. In turn, be sure to ask for consistent measurement and analytics that clearly demonstrate how PR is impacting the business (and thus, your investment). And it is, but it definitely comes at a cost. That depends.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 30, 2021

As one of the only chances you have of getting your campaign seen by a journalist, subject lines are arguably the most important part of a pitch. We’ll start with the most important aspect, which is crucial to your pitch standing a chance of getting picked up. It’s also crucial to understand sectors when pitching pieces.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 11, 2016

We dream of getting picked up by major mainstream media, landing interviews in renowned industry publications, and having influencers click and share our news on social media. Engagement can be a tricky stat to measure, as it can encompass a large number of actions. Audience Demographics. Follow her on Twitter @dcapriato.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 2, 2018

As Generation Z attends college and begins to enter the PR workforce, what better time than the present to reflect on how measurement has been taught and implemented by two generations prior. They let me take hold and run with social media, campaigns and the like where I learned early the value of measuring and evaluating #measurePR.

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It was pure magic the first time I read an article in print that was the result of a story I pitched. Back then, if you called enough reporters, you would eventually find a couple willing to listen to your pitch – and perhaps one or two that would write a story. This is nirvana for a media relations professional.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The good news is I interviewed six of them initially. So we brought on someone who we also liked during our initial interviews. She has been proactive about upcoming events and promotions we are contemplating so as to plan her pitches. And don’t be afraid to seek proof of effort (who are they pitching?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It helps you understand what a journalist feels like when you start receiving completely off-topic pitches. Last week on BNET, I talked about the two critical elements of the perfect media pitch ; the subject line, and the first paragraph of the email. Once you’ve been blogging for a bit, you’ll start being pitched.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck January 27th, 2011 Tweet In the genes? I can’t tell you how many pitches I received that were so bloviated, they would have made Alec Baldwin jealous. And that was it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

To land a position in the PR course at RMIT, students need to sit a test to ensure that they have the necessary general knowledge , writing skills and linguistic motivation to be a PR grad. This, for successful applicants, turns into an interview (which is where I came in). Not as common is a genuine interest in the things around them.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

He has also been a marketer and accepts an occasional commission for business writing. I suspect many of the award winners wouldn’t hold up if their effectiveness was tested and measured. Unfortunately, a lot of content marketing has become plain marketing as an only slightly veiled pitch.

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Karen Freberg

JUNE 6, 2017

However, personal branding only gets you through the door to the interview, but you still have to show evidence on what you have to offer that makes you the best candidate for the job because of the skills and knowledge you have been able to build on in your education and experiences. Okay, hold my coffee. Who am I to judge on that account.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I wasn’t going to talk analytics or measurement ( Chuck Hemann , K.D. Music like Jimi Hendrixs has provided a tremendous amount of inspiration for me on so many levels * work * excercise * acting * writing * and much more As far as Im concerned, theres always some room for music in a persons life. So what does this all mean for you?

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

In an interview with TIME Magazine last November, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said multimodality in the company’s new models will be one of the key things to watch out for in 2024. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. Download the report! Eapen, Daniel J.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Lamont Johnson with The Art Department typically invoices $800 to write and distribute a press release on wire services such as PR Newswire and PRWeb. Without wire distribution, Johnson charges $500 to write the release and send it to his own proprietary media contacts. just local media pitching, solely trade media, etc.).

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