OnePitch

JULY 13, 2022

On this week’s Pitches That Placed (PtP), we are highlighting a pitch consisting of an intro to the company’s founders and a potential story idea that landed a feature in Fast Company. Fast Company’s editorial focus is around “innovation in technology, leadership, world changing ideas, creativity, and design.”

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Pitching Company How To Study 81

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2021

Here are a few shortcuts that can help B2B PR pros spiff up their pitches, think creatively, and drive media coverage. PR pros and comms teams should consider developments in relevant international regions as a way to expand thought leadership for company executives. Look globally for reactive news. Don’t fear the vertical.

Retail 368

Retail Media B2B Pitching 368

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 12, 2018

Thought leadership is part of public relations best practices, and it’s particularly powerful in B2B and technology categories. The answer may be a strategic thought leadership plan. But remember that thought leadership is not directly about capturing new business. Stellar bylined content. Blog early and often.

Leadership 149

Leadership B2B Tools Conference 149

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We define the ask as thought leadership strategy. While it may seem like a simple activity — where clients just tell us what their leaders want to talk about and we magically secure coverage around said topic — successful thought leadership is actually quite complex. Step 1: Beware thought leadership in disguise.

Leadership 78

Leadership Strategy How To Data 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2018

While pitching the national publications should definitely be a part of the overall PR plan, no B2B tech campaign can afford to ignore the opportunities that trade media afford. Wired describes itself as covering the intersection of technology, science, art, and culture. How trade coverage wins. Trades placements yield good returns.

Pitching 168

Pitching Real Estate B2B Journalism 168

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In the public relations world, thought leadership is a big deal, but the term can start to feel old, fast. How do you infuse a thought leadership program with fresh ideas and get the most out of it for PR? Here are some essentials worth considering when looking to maximize a thought leadership program. Be strategic with bylines.

Leadership 149

Leadership Product Launch B2B Software 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 16, 2023

You want to make sure you’re allowing enough time to pitch in advance of a news event, whether it’s something you control or an independent event that offers some borrowed interest to your own story. By knowing and following these timelines (and deadlines), PR folks can pick the perfect time to pitch stories.

B2B 156

B2B How To Privacy Retail 156

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 3, 2020

Even B2B technology companies – normally resistant to many ups and downs – rely on PR from event marketing to drive business development, brand awareness, and thought leadership. It could pay to reach out to event programmers and pitch your speaker, because no doubt their speaker rosters and agendas will be shifting.

Conference 284

Conference How To Trade Shows Leadership 284

Shift Communications

AUGUST 10, 2017

In a recent SHIFT blog , our VP of Marketing Tech, Chris Penn, answered the question ‘what is thought leadership?’. PR helps to communicate compelling stories to improve brand awareness, and by integrating thought leadership, it may help to generate qualified leads. Theresa Masnik. Account Manager.

Leadership 92

Leadership Sports Healthcare Pitching 92

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 24, 2021

Without it, there’s nothing to track or pitch. Since many B2B agencies work in the tech space, they’re also fans of clients’ technology, and sometimes their best critics. A Tech Marketing Council study shows that 62 percent of B2B tech organizations struggle to find writers who can deliver thought leadership content.

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B2B Leadership Survey Data 278

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Whether it’s true love or love-hate, our leadership encourages its use for first drafts of written content, research synthesis, rote reports, and more. The more we “feed” the technology, the smarter it becomes and the more it understands our voice and style. It should never have the final word, because human oversight is needed.

Data-Driven PR 212

Data-Driven PR Tools Training Data 212

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Since many of our PR clients are high-growth technology businesses, it’s essential to know what’s trending. Then we review our weekly progress — what’s working, what’s not, and what we need from the client for media opportunities, planned pitching, and future news. I’m skimming my Twitter feed for the latest news.

Product Launch 323

Product Launch Meeting Report Technology 323

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Since many of our PR clients are high-growth technology businesses, it’s essential to know what’s trending. Then we review our weekly progress — what’s working, what’s not, and what we need from the client for media opportunities, planned pitching, and future news. I’m skimming my Twitter feed for the latest news.

Product Launch 321

Product Launch Meeting Report Technology 321

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The popular technology news site TechCrunch recently announced it was curtailing contributed content. It will stop considering unsolicited pitches from the public in favor of invitation-only contributions. Many founders, particularly in the emerging technology, have a dire need for business savvy PR talent to help them tell a story.

Leadership 60

Leadership B2B Pitching Technology 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 13, 2021

Crenshaw Communications, a New York-based public relations agency specializing in B2B technology PR, is seeking a Senior Account Executive (SAE) to join our dynamic B2B technology team. Create and develop proactive pitch ideas for clients based on their industry, current trends and various announcements. Strong writing skills.

B2B 291

B2B Policies Case Study Enterprise 291

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 23, 2024

If this report is to be believed, there are a whole lot of B2B technology vendors that losing deals they never even knew existed. Thought leadership influences the buying process Vendors have to influence the buying process sooner and further upstream. This is where good thought leadership can make a difference.

B2B 103

B2B Study Company Leadership 103

5W PR

APRIL 22, 2024

However, in this exciting landscape, customers still need to know they can trust these new technologies with their hard-earned cash, making public relations a key player in fintech. Building trust through thought leadership and transparency Fintech is a crowded field, and PR can provide the spotlight that a brand needs.

Consumer 78

Consumer Financial Crisis Management Reputation 78

Axia PR

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Forbes caters to business management professionals and those aspiring to a position of corporate leadership. The magazine covers successful companies, individuals, industries, marketing, law, taxes, technology, computers, communications, investments, and management performance.

Pitching 62

Pitching Leadership Media Corporate 62

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 7, 2021

To build trust, and to encourage a response to a solid pitch, even if the answer is no. This was not new technology and the name was virtually unknown in the States. Do you have any news for us to pitch? Never ask an executive if they have anything for us to pitch. Why bother? To put a face to our emails.

Agency 353

Agency Interviews Pitching Retail 353

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 28, 2020

In our case, we focus on the best media approach to attract the attention of key technology journalists who want to cover the company and its story. With that in mind, here are five tips for a successful media strategy for technology companies: . Make your pitch schedule timely. It often comes down to the right media strategy.

Strategy 287

Strategy Media Measurement Product Launch 287

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They’re in a digestible format for offering ideas for media approaches, or insights that can inform a program or sales pitch. From business to technology to media, Axios delivers the news in a way that’s quick and painless for PR pros to take in. It’s probably the best resource for thought leadership about our business.

Company 203

Company Trends Case Study Crisis Management 203

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 18, 2021

The findings or data from a white paper can also be pitched out to the media. Over the past several years, the medium has grown in popularity along with the acceleration of mobile technology. That’s why podcasts should be on every media pitch list. Thought leadership events keep on giving.

Case Study 390

Case Study B2B Study Interviews 390

PRSay

JUNE 16, 2023

In public relations, generative AI has the potential to automate routine tasks such as writing press releases, social media posts and email pitches, thus allowing practitioners to focus on strategic, big-picture work. But the AI technology is not just about automation. Content generated by AI should be clearly labeled as such.

Technology 146

Technology Crisis Management Social Media Training 146

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 2, 2023

Brainstorm fresh pitch angles One challenge for PR teams is generating fresh and timely ideas to generate coverage. Use of the same ideas leads to predictable pitches or even lazy PR programs. Input text-to-video technology – artificial intelligence that creates videos automatically from written or typed text.

Retail 156

Retail Video Pitching Technology 156

Sword and the Script

MAY 18, 2021

Fifty-three percent of journalists receive more than 50 pitches a week, and 28% receive more than 100 per week. Yet most journalists (69%) say only a quarter (or less) of the pitches they receive are relevant to their audiences.” 30% said, “new technologies that are helping businesses and consumers.”. TechCrunch 85%.

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Study Communications Survey Pitching 167

Onclusive

JUNE 1, 2023

Identify the best journalists to pitch your stories to Social listening allows you to keep up to date with the attitudes of journalists and what content they’re engaging with in real-time. So, they must be monitored and analysed closely.

Strategy 370

Strategy Communications Reputation Measurement 370

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 11, 2022

People usually think of media pitching and press releases when they think about public relations. With so many thought leadership pieces written about what’s in store for any given industry at the start of the year, it makes sense that there’s a conference dedicated to what’s coming in adtech. AdExchanger Industry Preview.

Conference 156

Conference Privacy Advertising Advertising 156

The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A lot has been said and written about how technology has changed the practice of PR. Building Thought Leadership. If Dr. Ekberg’s team were to pitch him as a guest to a health podcaster, his audience of half a million would be a great endorsement for the value of his content. Content is all done with communication techniques.

Leadership 162

Leadership Pitching Social Media YouTube 162

Onclusive

MARCH 29, 2022

If you’re going to measure the effectiveness of your interactions with the authors on an ongoing basis, you’ll also need a PR equivalent of a customer relationship management (CRM) system that can keep track of your pitches, who they went to, how journalists engaged with your communications, and whether they picked up and published your stories. .

Measurement 370

Measurement How To Analysis Data 370

Flack's Revenge

MARCH 30, 2020

Should we continue to pitch the media and promote our news? Others will want to jump in with ill-advised pitches. To Pitch or not to Pitch In times of crisis, people like to tell PR, essentially, to shut up – hold fire on our pitches. What to Pitch. What should we say to customers, and the market?

Crisis 199

Crisis Pitching Airlines Technology 199

Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 10, 2015

In Arizona, most business publications run their finance issues in November and December; therefore, I expected a frenzy of pitching immediately, followed by a lull. ” Sure enough, two solid weeks of pitching landed two byline articles, and a handful of interviews. Get Creative With WHO You Pitch. That dreaded lull.

Pitching 100

Pitching Real Estate Banking How To 100

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 25, 2023

There are other, similar platforms, but Substack is probably the most suitable for B2B topics and technology issues. The platform features a wide range of topics, including technology, parenting, finance, self-improvement, culture, and more. What kind of writers are on Substack? politics and history. Is Substack all about politics?

Analysis 156

Analysis B2B Interviews Tools 156

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. Yet it can yield real insights for inclusion in a thought leadership program for key executives. Whatever the case, B2B and technology-based businesses are in an excellent position to use data-driven storytelling as part of a PR strategy.

Storytelling 189

Storytelling Data Data-Driven PR Infographics 189

Onclusive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Think of it as a sales pitch with robust data and justification. Improved technology is on the wish list, as well. Using data & technology to support your business case. As we mentioned earlier, technology in itself can be the subject of a business case for investment.

Resources 195

Resources Technology Data Tools 195

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2021

One of the biggest frustrations in the marketing and PR profession today is the lack of understanding from the leadership. When the time comes to pitch your plan to the leadership, you begin to realize they don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. For example, you invest a lot of time into research and planning.

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Study Company Leadership Education 96

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The role has required expansion of the previous need to be a generalist who is knowledgeable on business topics, to being one who can effectively take on a business leadership role where needed.”. More responsibility given the pandemic, working remotely, leadership being asked to speak out on social issues, DEI, and ESG.”.

Communications 122

Communications Crisis Internal International 122

Sword and the Script

APRIL 4, 2023

Anyone that follows these pages knows I’ve written somewhere in the range of 100,000-150,000 words on PR technology over the last few years in thematic columns like these: PR Tech Sum , PR Tech Briefing , and Product Reviews. A quick Google search says the average business book has roughly 50,000-60,000 words.

Publicity 198

Publicity Software Fashion YouTube 198