Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

We focus on a few big general topics — talent, leadership, technology, operations — and a lot of issues are crossing those lines these days. Dealing with staffing issues touches on operations (dealing with worker shortages), talent (recruiting and training enough people) and technology (automating as much as possible).

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 5, 2015

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. I think it’s fair to say that interviewing tends to be an undervalued expertise in the communications industry.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

PR technology summary: new podcast monitoring option from Critical Mention; Cision updates its media contact database More than 100 million Americans listen to podcasts monthly, according to The Infinite Dial 2020 by Edison Research. This includes the ability to edit clips, and “speech-to-text technology” for searching keywords.

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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. Out of 1001 PR Pros interviewed, what percent used generative AI in the following tasks? Download the report!

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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

29, Matt Charles, APR, presents a webinar titled “ How to Tell Your Organization’s Story to Get Media Coverage.” The webinar is available for free to PRSA members. In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. Keep it ethical.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

I’m the editor-in-chief of SAE Media Group’s Truck & Off-Highway Engineering magazine and related digital products (e-newsletters, webinars, special reports, web content, etc.). What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Provide enough details to give a good idea of what you’re pitching and how it’s relevant.

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Solo PR Pro

APRIL 5, 2022

That’s because the kind of work I wanted as a sole practitioner was no longer strictly found in pitching and placement. It can mean just doing more professional development programs, whether they be in-person events, webinars or specialized coursework through organizations PRSA, ICBA or AMA. Bottom line? We want to hear from you!

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Often B2B marketers will use these to send white papers and pitch webinars but again thought leadership content is a good option here. If you summarize white papers or webinars and link to the gate in a blog post, then you have got the best of both worlds. 16% on marketing analytics. How this is done really matters.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2017

We are big fans of webinars such as those offered by Cision and PR News on topics ranging from Craft a Crisis Plan for High-Speed News Cycles to Breaking Down the State of the Media in 2017. Recently we took part in a webinar sponsored by Meltwater on Using Data to Achieve Efficiency and Accuracy in PR and Communications.

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

These include videos, webinars, podcasts, articles, and social media posts. 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.

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NewsWhip

JUNE 23, 2021

Watch webinar. 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. JUNE 18, 2021 | 11:30am EST / 4:30pm GMT. Read transcript. Brett Lofgren.

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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. Webinars became a big thing. Marketers thought it could all be done digitally.

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 19, 2015

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. I think it’s fair to say that interviewing tends to be an undervalued expertise in the communications industry.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 25, 2017

Many businesses, particularly technology companies, will arrange their yearly marketing calendars around these events. Some examples include: Solicit interviews with independent speakers and panelists. Interview partners or customers planning to attend. 12 Ways to Leverage Your Existing Investment in B2B Webinars.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In this interview, she reveals what it was like to work in the White House, the major communication trends that have affected the PR industry and how to adapt to those ever-evolving trends. Want to learn the new rules of media pitching? Join Michael Smart’s webinar on Feb. How did you get your start in PR?

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 24, 2017

An email, PPC or webinar campaign that performs amazingly on the first try, for example, is likely to have diminishing returns and higher in subsequent efforts. A PPC campaign might get you an email address but it takes a whole bunch of touches in between – blogs, emails, webinars, white papers, PR, sales calls – to close the deal.

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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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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Survey after survey shows that today’s journalists are being asked to do more than ever, in terms of covering broader beats and filing more stories across more traditional and digital platforms, doing more social media promotion and amplification of those stories, and creating more blog posts, videos and webinars, amidst shrinking newsroom staffs.

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Critical Mention

MAY 15, 2019

It’s a group with thousands of members, all pitching in to answer questions, share strategies, etc. We’re hosting webinars, courses, summits, and conferences. The specific technologies and applications will, of course, change. Q: When you founded WordStream, did you know it would take off to the level that it did?

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Shift Communications

MARCH 8, 2016

You might have called me a bit of an untraditional candidate when I interviewed, having spent many years in PR at a small, Catholic liberal arts and sciences college. In our job as PR professionals, we need to ask a lot of questions, especially given the intricacies of our clients’ technologies. Genuine Curiosity.

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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. I hosted a PRSA webinar back in July providing actionable steps to take.

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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

JANUARY 13, 2011

So pitching the merits of going paperless was a no-brainer. I contacted a small biz owner whose products I really liked, and had come across unexpectedly, to see if shed be willing to do an interview with me for either WUL, or. Meets the organization’s goals Your project needs to fall in line with your organization’s goals.

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