Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

Muck Rack focuses on public relations management Muck Rack announced “Public Relations Management” which promises a “unified platform” across the company’s “media database, monitoring, analytics and collaboration tools built for PR teams.” In an interview with PRWeek, the company likened it to a CRM for PR.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

In its funding announcement, the company says it can also “measure ROI from earned media including traffic, form submissions, purchases and other conversions.” In an interview on this blog in 2021 , Propel Co-Founder and CEO Zach Cutler said as a former PR agency owner, he couldn’t find software that met his agency’s growth needs.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

As SHIFT and the entire industry continues to evolve there is always the question… Is traditional media relations dead? After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market. Finally, three months later, we got the interview on the books. Brittany Joyal, Account Executive.

Print 60

Print Media Travel Wireless 60

Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

Performance isn’t typically an issue in print — using prose to tell a compelling story is. There’s more time to report and (despite the shrinking news hole) more room in print/digital to provide detail and nuance. Wire services will do enterprise reporting, but they are primarily reactive. Oh, where to start?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Before discussing this issue further, video content can be in many forms, including product demos, explainer videos, interviews, testimonials, etc. If the campaign aims to promote a voiceover platform , PR can create campaigns highlighting the features through media coverages and pitch to voiceover artists for collaborations.

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Cision

MAY 3, 2016

Karen Paff, senior vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations, recommends doing your research and learning as much as you can about the journalists you target before you pitch them your story. What are some key components of a successful media relations strategy? For example, is this a wire or a print story or both?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2017

If you don’t believe that video is the predominant medium for communicating today – check out just these five stats: 82% of Twitter users watch video content on Twitter. YouTube has over a billion users, almost one-third of total internet users. 45% of people watch more than an hour of Facebook or YouTube videos a week.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 1, 2018

That left me alone managing the press, doing 40 to 50 interviews a day, with six or seven satellite trucks here, and writing news releases. Those 40 or 50 interviews I would do in a day would be out of 70 or 80 phone calls. I walk in and they’re chasing me down like paparazzi: “We want an interview, we want an interview!”.

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Cision

JUNE 17, 2015

Multi-platform news and information company USA Today currently ranks first in combined print and digital circulation as a result of their ability to transform and redesign their newsroom and stay ahead of emerging trends. Graphics and images stand out so much more on Twitter.”. We have to be where people are,” she says. “We

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MaccaPR

JULY 8, 2015

With the exit of former editor Steve Mollman, the MaccaPR blog was pleased to interview the new editor-in-chief of. I like connecting the dots, through interviews with experts who we ask, 'what do you make of this?'". How has social media impacted Minnesota Business magazine? "If Hire people for PR who have served in the media.

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Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Jon Sellors, RSA Group, UK head of media relations. Oliver Smith, technology, media and telecoms reporter, City AM. Alex Pearmain, former head of social media and PR at O2 and Telefonica, now director at Brands2Life. That includes face-to-face, print, radio, TV and today online including Twitter.

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OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this month’s profile, we are talking with Megan Garbe , the Vice President and Director of Consumer Media Relations at Fahlgren Mortine. Read below for the entire interview with Megan: . Tell us a bit about your day-to-day and your role as the VP, Director of Consumer Media Relations. Want more blogs like this?

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

One crucial reminder is that due to the incredible power of social media it is essential to remind brands and spokespeople of the need to manage their online voice and reputation. Building a brand community and/or family on social media is now just as important as obtaining an interview in national magazine.

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Journalism Social Media Radio Fashion 78

Cision

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Selected for an exclusive interview with the Fortune 500 executive! My Twitter profile says I live in Northern California. In my case, you can find my coverage areas on Twitter and my website. The invitation seemed interesting at first. One of a handful of journalists! That’s when I saw the specifics. I’m based in the Bay Area.

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Cision

JULY 14, 2016

In this interview, Lauren discusses how to multitask effectively, her exciting plans for the Harley-Davidson Museum and the challenges brands face today. The media marketplace is ever-changing and it’s imperative for travel brands to stay current. Lauren Kaufman, senior vice president at Spring, O’Brien & Co.,

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Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It was great watching them at their craft, being so close to crazy stunts and actors, and interviewing the directors between takes. You can follow John on Twitter and LinkedIn. You might also be interested in: Meet the Media: Sean O’Kane, Senior Reporter at The Verge. Meet the Media: Alexa St.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I assign articles to our in-house and freelance staff, work with our graphic artist for our print layout and designs, and work with our sales and management team to ensure our content meets our editorial mission and help with sales. You can follow Mary on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

she said recently in an interview conducted by email. Know a PR, marketing or sales leader with compelling ideas fit for print? See these related interviews: The Blurry Edges of PR; Off Script #11: Kevin Hartman of LTPR. Fresh Ideas: Media Relations: Back to the Basics.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

FleetOwner , part of Endeavor Business Media’s Commercial Vehicle Group, which serves commercial truck fleet executives and operations managers. As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. You can follow Cristina on social media here: Twitter.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. She always improves my work. That’s thanks to you.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 16, 2022

My first article on the project also holds a special place in my memory as it was the first big article I wrote after I started in B2B journalism in which I had come up with the idea and it wound up being the cover story for a print issue. You can follow Sara and Power & Motion on social media: Twitter: @TechnlgyEditor.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As lead editor for Work Truck , I am responsible for content planning for both print and digital, feature writing, news reporting, manage our brand’s social media efforts, eNewsletters, event planning, and am also the content technical lead, helping with editorial technical and SEO efforts. Bianchi PR’s Meet the Media Recap.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The best and brightest public relations teams have guidelines to achieve the best media relations results. Break these rules; improve media relations. These can include writers and editors for different sections of a magazine or newspaper, or more than one segment producer for a TV interview.

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Stuart Bruce

JUNE 24, 2015

There appeared to be an acceptance that PR is synonymous with media relations and ‘earned’ media, perhaps with a bit of ‘owned’ thrown in and Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc means we’ve started to get a grip with ‘shared, but ‘paid’ is something new.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Compared to digital marketing and advertising, which has only become more automated over time, our methods — particularly the generation of earned media — are exquisitely inefficient. Even top PR and media relations professionals need to refresh their methods with new tools and technologies. Use new tools.

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PRSay

JUNE 11, 2021

On social media, what creative tactics did the team use to tap the faculty’s expertise? During the pandemic, we used several tactics on social media to ensure our information was easy to understand for the general public. How did you manage the barrage of media requests, which topped 40 per day?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2018

Several studies suggest businesses plan to invest in public relations in 2018. Specifically, media relations, or earned media, is poised for new prominence. To that end, what you do with a mention earned in the media is every bit as important as getting it in the first place. Give our services a try. Talk to Us !

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Beyond PR

JULY 26, 2016

When you open up your earned media strategy, you’ll find a mix of print, television, radio, digital and other channels. When deciding whether a virtual media tour is a smart option for your brand, Risa encourages communicators to consider the following benefits: Satellite media tours save on travel and time.

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Bad Pitch Blog

JULY 8, 2008

Anyone following Brian Morrissey on Twitter may assume he hates PR people. While answering our questions he notes he was “on a conference call while writing a story and updating Twitter on the awful cliches (he’s) hearing.” BPB: Your Twitter feed is brutally honest about your bad PR experiences. Again with the Twitter?!

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Print Pitching Twitter Advertising 43

Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

The report is jam-packed with information about the current news media environment and how most journalists prefer to work (particularly around areas like social media and working with media relations professionals). If media relations is part of your job, I highly recommend you review Cision’s report in detail.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Mobile Pitching 40

Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

The report is jam-packed with information about the current news media environment and how most journalists prefer to work (particularly around areas like social media and working with media relations professionals). If media relations is part of your job, I highly recommend you review Cision’s report in detail.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Mobile Pitching 40

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

For business-to-business (B2B) campaigns, we almost always recommend LinkedIn and Twitter advertisements to reach business influencers and decision makers. Twitter - A few pointers for using Twitter to promote your content: 1) Don't be afraid to tweet about the content multiple times.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Media relations remains an important part of the execution of a public relations campaign alongside paid, shared and owned media. Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement.

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Cision

MAY 21, 2015

So, if you’re looking to get a daily dose of valuable info from the experts or get inspiration for starting a podcast of your own, here’s our top 50, ranked in order of Twitter followers: 1) Gary Vaynerchuk. Welcome to The #AskGaryVee show, where I answer your questions about marketing, social media, and entrepreneurship.

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Social Media Marketing Pinterest Media 120

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Twitter paid amplification? For example, “blogger outreach” is a high level task and “following a blogger on Twitter” isn’t. An example media relations workflow is set out below. Raf recently also got interviewed about this in the Wag The Dog Podcast. Copy/paste Twitter handle of a contact.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Who better to instruct us in social media marketing than this 25-year-old, 7-time Grammy Award-winning “public relations genius” (in the words of the Washington Post)? Yet the marketing genius that fueled Taylor Swift’s rise to mad levels of worldwide-stardom goes far beyond her mastery of media relations.

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Social Media Marketing Media YouTube 48

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Did you think that news-breaking rivals such as Twitter, BuzzFeed, Bring Me The News, MinnPost , Mpls/St. I remember being shocked years ago when the Star Tribune sent a reporter to cover a “Junkyard Pilates” class that our PR agency client was offering – she put away her notebook and took out a camera to shoot a video interview.

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Newspapers Journalism Real Estate Healthcare 48