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Theory of Mind: A Superpower for PR Professionals

Doctor Spin

In Wikipedia. Source: Wikipedia PR professionals and communicators with a strong Theory of Mind can better understand their audience , create more compelling messages, and build lasting relationships. Tailoring pitches for diverse audiences. Organization Development Journal. In Wikipedia. 1 Theory of mind.

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Start Collecting Those 2015 Editorial Calendars, PR Peeps

Rock the Status Quo

It gives you the power to pitch exactly what journalists want at exactly the right time. I take it a step further, actually scheduling alerts in Outlook that remind me when/where to pitch, so the opportunity isn’t forgotten when I’m juggling a dozen balls in the air. Whooooooooot! It is a lot of work.

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Why Facebook & Google Can’t Afford to Legitimize Fake News Sources

Cision

In the 1890s, it was called yellow journalism and was a tactic designed by greedy newspaper publishers to sell more newspapers using scandalous (and not necessarily true) headlines. A PR rep might pitch a news publication without first getting the company’s lawyer’s okay, or getting approval on a quote she passes along.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. It included email (iContact), press releases (PRWeb), media relations (HARO), and social media (North Social and Engine 140), bundled in what was pitched as an easy-to-use and all-in-one product.

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The Press Release is Not Dead, But It Has Evolved

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

For the backstory on how press releases came to be, see the Wikipedia entry for Press Release – History Evolution of the press release As the media landscape changed, so has the press release. This is one of the reasons I tell PR students that a minor or emphasis in multimedia journalism and journalistic writing is a solid choice.

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Five Stories About The Media!

Bad Pitch Blog

You are reading the premier of a regular Bad Pitch Blog post, “Five Stories About The Media!” To say that Apple is releasing products in a cloud of openness … is not responsible journalism, even for an opinion creator. Both were targets of terrorists (check Wikipedia). Hello, participants in this experiment. See me shrug.)

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How to Get On in New Communications: Be Nice

ZudePR

Enlightened Self-Interest: The Pitch Email. An example of a hero of free authority: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia.” Ann Handley is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author (Everybody Writes), keynote speaker, and the world’s first chief content officer (MarketingProfs). They all share freely and all see the benefit.