Stern + Associates

MARCH 3, 2023

That’s why the speech embodied three important lessons of how to communicate effectively that we use in our own profession, whether in composing written content, providing guidance to clients in media interviews or drafting the pitches that secure those interviews. That’s why storytelling is at the core of everything we do.

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 5, 2015

The reason PR fails at storytelling often has nothing to do with understanding the makings of a good story or writing expertise. Instead, the root cause can lie in the interviewing process for sourcing the content. I think it’s fair to say that interviewing tends to be an undervalued expertise in the communications industry.

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 19, 2015

The reason PR fails at storytelling often has nothing to do with understanding the makings of a good story or writing expertise. Instead, the root cause can lie in the interviewing process for sourcing the content. I think it’s fair to say that interviewing tends to be an undervalued expertise in the communications industry.

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OnePitch

APRIL 14, 2022

Today, she currently serves as ARPR’s HealthIT Practice Group Director, overseeing the management and strategy of her agency’s robust – and growing – healthcare technology client roster. 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.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 3, 2019

An interview with Maja Pawinska Sims is a rite of passage for anyone in the PR industry. Like many agency types making their way in the industry I pitched her stories. The use of new technology is creeping in to PR practice, but we’re not seeing this happen at pace, or across the board. Paul Holmes has written about this issue.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Even if your new SaaS platform is the coolest and most disruptive tech ever, it’s not wise to focus solely on its features and benefits, and it’s worse if the pitch is drowning in jargon or technical terms. Consider how these DTC (and traditional) companies use storytelling as a powerful PR and marketing weapon.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Automakers and their partners in the aftermarket are improving on battery technology seemingly every day and range anxiety for most EV drivers isn’t nearly what it used to be. Lately, I’ve been focusing on the medium for storytelling and trying to take the most advantage of the tools at my disposal. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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The Hoffman Agency

AUGUST 10, 2021

During my studies I have written various pieces relating to artificial intelligence, 5G and other forms of technology as these are my areas of interest. This is how I found The Hoffman Agency; I emailed the team requesting to interview them and being the amazing people that they are they were up for it!

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Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

In this interview, Neil discusses his background as a journalist, what it’s like working in the technology industry and the changing role of the media. Instead, they pitched me on a position they had open. I guess I’d have to say it’s just been keeping up with the pace of the whole technology industry.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This week, we’re wrapping up our blog series about building a perfect pitch with an overview of how to measure your success, optimize your strategy and nurture your media relationships for the long-term. You’ve done the research, crafted your powerful pitch, and sent your media campaign out into the world.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Staying relevant and up-to-date with the latest technology, trends and techniques will set you on the right path. I’ve learned that you have to make changes in your thought process and within your organization to make creativity a part of your workflow, moving storytelling to new visual and interactive levels. You cannot be complacent.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Overview of Tech PR Tech PR is the strategic use of communications and relationships to build the reputation of a brand or business in the technology industry. Tech PR also involves securing media coverage and amplifying content through storytelling to reach the right target audience.

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5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Technology Public Relations (Tech PR) involves managing and enhancing the public image of technology-related companies and products. Tech PR professionals work to generate favorable publicity, manage crises, and position technology brands as industry leaders. This is especially effective for consumer technology products.

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Cision

AUGUST 9, 2016

In this interview, Brandon shares why brands shouldn’t focus too much on competitors, how to streamline your pitches to journalists and how social media can help your brand in a crisis. I thought to myself: “Everything we do is storytelling!” If you can pack your pitch into 140 characters, do it.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The PRTech ecosystem only included a small swarm of companies when we first started AirPR, and now it spans more than 80 , including things like corporate newsroom publishing platforms (Pressvine), visual storytelling tools (Canva), and measurement and analytics tools (what we do).

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It also involves us as PR professionals knowing the particular journalist we’re pitching it to — what’s their passion area and what are they focusing on right now? Securing coverage in top-tier publications is Definitely Not Easy — be it national newspapers, industry-leading trade magazines, technology and lifestyle “super-brands.”

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Ishmael's Corner

JUNE 8, 2015

Every field of communications, whether it pertains to film, technology, non-profits or sports, hinges on the ability of public relations and marketing to “sell” a story and idea to journalists and consumers. In public relations, this lives in the art of pitching. 2) Know Your Audience. 3) Believe in Your Message.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Tactically, we feel data storytelling is going to be a key pillar in 2024 – so now is a good time to build the infrastructure to be able to pull that data, analyze and present it on a regular and timely basis.” PR people and the clients they represent may see a return to the good old phone (or Zoom) interview.

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Flatiron Communications

JULY 5, 2022

My role was to keep the startup founders’ strict two-minute elevator pitches flowing — for three hours — which worked out to roughly 17 presentations/hour, including interstitials! I split my time in the vast Enercare Center between hosting duties, interviewing select attendees for this publication, and catching a few of the sessions.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The company’s pitch was a 90-second animated video and a sign-up form. In terms of technology, I think the next piece in the journey to keep engagement moving is interactive video. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed. That’s it. It was originally published on our sister site, The Freelancer.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

This is your monthly summary of all the news out of the PR technology community. For reference, here’s a list of PR technology companies I’m watching. Signal AI announced the launch of AIQ , the AI technology behind the company’s media monitoring platform. 6) Quick hits in PR technology. Give our services a try.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

I’m excited to see where we grow with technology across the board and how electrifying America will continue to take shape. The more people I get to interview, the merrier. I’ve been in journalism for 12 years, with a large part of that being in broadcast and digital storytelling. What story or stories are you most proud of?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 23, 2019

But that’s not how things work— not when there are dozens of notable deals pitched daily. Per my colleague Richard Etchison, “an exclusive typically means offering a key tidbit, news item, or interview to a single journalist with the understanding that he or she will be first. See this post for more PR storytelling tips.

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PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Ageism, the practice of sunsetting experienced pros , has been with us in the work force for many years but today has become a routine practice in technology and many other industries. Craft a Narrative to Make People Feel Something As Patti and Scott both emphasized, we are all storytellers. Oh how times have changed.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Instead, it’s continuously evolving as we adapt to new online platforms, changes in the media landscape, and new technologies. The primary goal of a press release— to gain public attention — hasn’t changed much, but our methods and formats have advanced in recent years with emerging and new technologies.

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Cision

DECEMBER 27, 2016

“Personalize Pitches” – Adriana Stan. This might have been the biggest theme from 2016 interviews — if you want a journalist to respond to your PR pitches, you need to explain why the news is important and relevant. “Never assume you have all the answers” – Nick Gourevitch.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Every week, I use Evernote for creating blog posts and interview responses; recording the articles and the answers to questions. Many of the programs you work on today require images, because you know that a picture is worth a thousand words and visual storytelling is powerful. I discovered. appeared first on Deirdre Breakenridge.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

In an interview with TIME 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. Out of 1001 PR Pros interviewed, what percent used generative AI in the following tasks? Storytelling : Storytelling is becoming an increasingly important part of PR.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

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. That inflection point in his company’s history and his personal reasons for deciding as he did became the basis for our storytelling.

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Creative PR means thinking outside the box—so while I believe in using traditional tools like a press release or a media pitch, make sure you get a bit creative by constructing your written communications as follows: Start with visuals: Visuals are becoming increasingly important in PR. Rethink writing: Michelle Messenger Garrett.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Note: see my interview with Tom here – Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script No. Note: see my interview with Sophie here – The Interim CMO as Change Agent; Off Script #19: Sophie Shiatis. Note: see my interview with Ted here – Over-reliance on Marketing Automation Depreciates Leads; Off Script No.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 22, 2018

If you’re into the technology marketing scene, chances are you do too – because he’s everywhere. Each month Off Scripts interviews someone with a fresh perspective on marketing – details on how to get involved are at the bottom of this post. The technology that was supposed to set us free has done something quite different.

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PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

If you want to hear personal interviews with the songwriters behind Top 40 greatest hits, dive deep on the music of movies , or re-watch The Office alongside two of the show’s stars, there’s a podcast for that. He also wrote The Win Without Pitching Manifesto and Pricing Creativity: A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour.

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NewsWhip

JUNE 23, 2021

Partnerships with technology | Jump to text. We’re really committed at Kivvit to adopting the most innovative technologies, data and analytics, and integrating them into our work. But the technology is relatively there. The technology, the operations and the culture that makes it all run. Talking Points.

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Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Founder of Crenshaw Communications, Dorothy handles clients in CE and digital technology, retail, consumer products, and health promotion. After the first round of interviews we hosted “auditions” for finalists at a store and got great coverage, including WABC-TV. We had moms applying for their sons and women for their boyfriends.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement. In this article I explore how smart public relations practitioners are putting search at the heart of their campaigns and seeking followed links from the media sites they pitch.

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