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How to Pitch Consumer News with Megan Garbe, Fahlgren Mortine

OnePitch

While she’s focused generally on consumer PR over her nearly 20 years in the industry, she’s had deep experience in food and beverage, restaurants, and retail communications while working at everything from boutique to global PR agencies in Chicago and Columbus. What information do you always make sure to include in a pitch?

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PR Rock Stars: Life Time’s Dan DeBaun

Communications Conversations

Paul Business Journal reporting on retail and restaurants before I started my career at Life Time in May 2018. Of course, being exposed to so many local business leaders during my time at the Business Journal was a blessing. I spend a good chunk of my time on media relations and pitching. It makes the job really fun.

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How Executives From Lyft, Postmates and Microsoft See the Future of Tech and Small Business

PRSay

On a panel titled “The Future of Work: The Revival and Reimagining of Retail,” Vikrum Aiyer , vice president of public policy and strategic communications at Postmates, talked about how his company is working to help the small businesses they service. For Aiyer, who previously worked in the U.S. ” Public safety.

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PR Rock Stars: Best Buy’s Bianca Jones

Communications Conversations

which involves pitching story ideas like back-to-school and holiday shopping, but also handling stories about incidents in our stores. We have a team member assigned to each of our retail territories so our stores have a specific point of contact and we can build relationships with local reporters.

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Getting hired and ahead in marketing and PR

Stephen Waddington

Day to day I work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and Directors on a range of projects. There are 300 people working for the airport and more than 3,000 people on the site working for airlines and retailers,” she said. She urged encouraged students to hone skills in creativity, storytelling and pitching.

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Meet the Media: Carl Anthony, Managing Editor of Automoblog & AutoVision News

Bianchi Biz Blog

Dealerships are leveraging online business models that redefine the customer experience in automotive retail. Together with AEye, we completed an exceptional series of thought-leadership content that is now archived across all of AEye’s social media channels. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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The transition from media to PR: Four former journalists talk about the surprises, struggles and wins

Communications Conversations

Yet I don’t think the PR-Journalist relationship is over–especially at the local level. But, in general, reporters don’t want a product pitch on a press release. Media conglomerates are eating up local news outlets. I was most recently the restaurants and retail reporter at the Minneapolis St.

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