ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 8, 2016

Like a radio broadcast, podcasts have a producer or two who make editorial decisions on what to include. Many of the rules for pitching a conventional radio producer also apply to pitching a podcast, but there are some subtle differences. Can you “see” the story on the radio? Ask this question first.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 18, 2020

Has anything changed with how PR pros and corporate communicators should approach TV and radio producers during this COVID-19 pandemic and economic meltdown? Prepare your spokesperson for virtual interviews. Roshini Rajkumar, WCCO Radio. Do your research before you pitch. Know the show you’re pitching,” says Runck. “We

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 10, 2022

I had no idea how important mindset was when pitching the media until I really dove deep with myself and now with my clients. I remember the first time I pitched, I was a nervous wreck! But then, as my confidence in what I was doing grew, that confidence came through in my pitches and my follow up and with that, came more yeses.

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PR for Anyone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Let them get to “know” you before you pitch and then, when you do pitch, knock it out of the park! Always be prepared for your media interview. Know who is interviewing you. By doing this, you will be asked back to television and radio stations and quoted again and again by writers.

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PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As you’re browsing, the song playing on the radio drifts into your consciousness. Especially when it comes to pitching in news. Raise your hand if you’ve considered pre-pitching news weeks before it goes live, and sometimes even before all the details are ironed out? As PRs we need to be tactful in how we approach pitching.

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PR for Anyone

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Why not take the media you receive – an article, blog, or radio or television interview, and send that to a prospective client or customer. Tell them you thought they might be interested in the topic and that you were interviewed on the subject. So pitch, pitch, pitch, and let me know all of your success stories.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 25, 2015

As I found editorial success for my agency’s clients, I was able to branch out and pitch radio and television broadcast opportunities. After all, back in the day, working with a newspaper reporter was completely different than coordinating with a radio show producer. Be flexible in your pitch.

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Melissa Agnes

DECEMBER 9, 2014

My friend and colleague, Deirdre Breakenridge, CEO of Pure Performance Communications , has launched an amazing initiative in collaboration with The Social Network Station , a radio show broadcasted out of Las Vegas, Nevada. The initiative is to empower women by giving them a voice and a platform via 50 Internet radio shows, called #50Shows.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 31, 2022

One team I was on spent days messaging, rehearsing, and scripting a client company founder, only to see one bungled interview after another. There a reason why we call radio silence after a new account pitch “ghosting” – because it’s horrifying. Ghosted by that nice prospect. The chemistry is good!

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 31, 2022

One team I was on spent days messaging, rehearsing, and scripting a client company founder, only to see one bungled interview after another. There a reason why we call radio silence after a new account pitch “ghosting” – because it’s horrifying. Ghosted by that nice prospect. The chemistry is good!

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But, as you’ll quickly see in this short interview, Dan is a whole lot more. And, he may be the first (and only) journalist to interview cats on TV! I was a radio news reporter for three years in St. I really appreciated my time in radio and print journalism. He’s a former journalist-turned-PR pro.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 24, 2020

One of my first interviews was in Examiner.com. She pitched it to her editor who loved it too and they wrote an article about me. Many are overwhelmed with emails and often forget your pitch came in, even if they loved it. It’s important to stay front of mind with them. Additionally, you never know where they might end up.

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PR for Anyone

AUGUST 29, 2020

You wouldn’t want to get your first big break on a national outlet and then bomb the interview. Testing the waters on local television is a a smaller audience and allows you start slowly and get comfortable with how a television interview really works. And I take you through the whole process of pitching the media.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 8, 2023

My first jobs after college were in radio production (both news and entertainment), and I eventually became a radio reporter at WGBH in Boston covering education in 2018. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I respond well to pitches that have a “why.” Any pet peeves with PR people?

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5W PR

AUGUST 27, 2020

Delivering stores to radio, television, and online audiences through live coverage, SMT has become an important public relations strategy that helps an audience to have a behind-the-scenes understanding of a brand. At the same time, live interviews are the most cost-effective approaches to engage with important audiences around the globe.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Just ask Reed Pence, host and producer of the award-winning national radio magazine Radio Health Journal. “An An embargo can be very helpful if I get the release early and have the opportunity to do interviews well in advance of the embargo date,” he said. You don’t want to play favorites.

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Stern + Associates

MARCH 3, 2023

He made effective use of the still fairly new medium of radio, and was able to better temper his voice for it than most of his peers. We advise clients to go into any interview with a similar multi-step plan and call to action. FDR was, among other things, a master of public relations.

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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. Oh, and formerly a WCCO Radio talk show host and KFAN-AM Radio news director. That kind of PR pitching reveals a shot-gun approach. Those PR people who worked in radio, TV, print – they get it.

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MaccaPR

JUNE 28, 2016

Use bridging techniques to get the interview back on track.” All good advice for media interviews, backed by PR best practices. It can help them focus, recall important corporate information to relay during the interview, and even make better decisions about how to respond to unexpected questions. We advise, “Tell the truth.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Whether it’s a podcast, presentation, press conference, event, radio or television interview; vocal abilities matter in PR – though not many of us were born with a sonorous NPR-ready sound. A Guest Post by Jessica McClanahan, Graduate Student, American University, PR Expanded Blog Contest Winner.

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Landis PR

MARCH 27, 2023

As Major League Baseball opens the season this week, we invited award-winning journalist, Susan Slusser to be interviewed for “Meet the Media.” Covering baseball, it’s all about the new rules right now, especially adding the pitch clock to a sport that is famous for having no clock. Susan Slusser Happy Opening Day!

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PR Insiders

MAY 7, 2021

If your interview with USA Today just appeared in print and online, you shouldn’t expect your phone to ring incessantly the next morning with people wanting to employ your services. When we talk about the media, we think of newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio. The ROI of publicity isn’t as instant or as cut-and-dried as advertising.

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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. Now it’s time to make your strategy a reality.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Building a brand community and/or family on social media is now just as important as obtaining an interview in national magazine. The use of “hyper-focused” pitches will be helpful as well – finding the appropriate media connections and pitch one or two producer/editors at the most you with which you connect.

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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. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Do a little research on if the brand you are pitching would care about the news. Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am ….

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

The two-day series featured interviews with industry experts on the topics of ADAS and autonomy, along with virtual demonstrations of AEye’s CES Innovation award-winning 4Sight LiDAR. I did more traditional news, weather, sports, and farm reporting during my time in AM radio at KJAN. I hope the NAIAS organizers do it again!

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Writing media pitches for data-led stories or studies is very different from writing a media pitch to promote the launch of a new product, service, or event. Maybe you’re wondering what your pitch should include. Or are you struggling to figure out how best to structure your pitch? What is a Media Pitch?

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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. These posts help PR writers come up with more relevant story angles and media pitches and craft them in a way that is more likely to gain journalist attention.

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Mora Communications

OCTOBER 23, 2017

If they’ve been covered in a radio or magazine interview, or on TV, many simply wait for sales to materialize right after the fact. Use your TV and radio appearances and magazine and newspaper articles to land other media. Share links of interview, features and stories. Coverage Leads to Coverage.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Consider the following: Demand for media attention is high: Most top-tier writers now receive 100, 250 or 500 pitches a week for 5 story spots. My pro tip: Write 10 subject lines for each pitch. Pitch early–literally! I’ve had better luck pitching early in the day vs. later in the day. Much, much tougher.

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Konnect Agency

MARCH 15, 2021

As public relations professionals, we sometimes know the sinking feeling of sending out countless pitches and getting no responses. With a witty hook, a captivating story angle, and a solid brand – why the radio silence? Relevant pitches yield more responses, and more responses yield more potential for press placements.

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Barokas

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Based on our in-house experience pitching podcasts for our clients, the initial process starts out the same – understand your story, identify target media and craft concise, personal pitches for each of those decision makers. Freakonomics Radio. TED Radio Hour. Turns out it isn’t all that tricky. Dear Sugars. Stranglers.

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Public Relations Sydney

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

They come in all shapes and sizes, cover all sorts of topics and are definitely worth considering when pitching yourself for interviews. Podcasters constantly need great content to fill their shows and are on the lookout for interesting guests they can interview. What better way to showcase […].

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 30, 2022

When someone sees you on TV or in an article or hears you on the radio or on a podcast, you have instant credibility… instant authority. . #3 – publicity is what we call “earned media.” ” Someone else is using you as an industry expert so you’ve earned that citation. This is the power of media.

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Prakkypedia

JULY 10, 2016

But a lot of my work is in media pitching – which for the PR novice, means sending a story idea to a journalist in the hope of gaining coverage. I get to know what individual journalists might need and prefer, and tend to send them personalised media pitches which could help them in their jobs. and so much more. That makes me smile.

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Prakkypedia

MAY 31, 2015

save your media coverage to mention during public presentations and pitches for work. If you’re the guest at a radio studio, take a photo of yourself behind the mic or with the interviewer. It means it’s time to do the following: share your media success on your website. share your media success on your social media channels.

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PR Fuel

JULY 14, 2021

Radio shows. For example, you might want to interview a CEO, stakeholder, or project leader. Develop Your Pitch. You’ll also need to learn how to write a strong, compelling pitch. Your pitch can encourage journalists to continue reading your press release. Keep your pitch email short and sweet.

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