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5 Tips to Pitching Success – When PR Stands for “Personal” Relations

Deirdre Breakenridge

When I started out in PR, my focus was building relationships with the media who were mostly print journalists at newspapers and trade publications. As I found editorial success for my agency’s clients, I was able to branch out and pitch radio and television broadcast opportunities. Yes, there is still print and broadcast media.

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What Journalists Want: How to Write Better Press Releases

PRSay

We’re still employing the “inverted pyramid” of the printing press to compose them, we’re still using them as corporate equivalent of vanity plates for our websites, and we’re still sending them to journalists’ inboxes with a deep, self-serving hope they will magically turn into detailed coverage of our companies.

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Out-of-Work Writing Talent Means Huge Opportunity for Brands

PR 20/20

Nonmedia companies, who in some cases had robust print custom magazines, began to lay off portions of their content teams. In many cases, the freelancers “used” to be staff, but now only write when there is overflow (which there usually isn’t at a time like this). Explore Media Partnerships.

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Meet the Media: Madeleine Winer, Editor of AftermarketNews

Bianchi Biz Blog

I am in charge of gathering news for our daily newsletter, hosting and producing podcasts, covering events and writing original content for our monthly print magazine and daily newsletter, among other projects. I’m working on a legislative story right now that has been fun and challenging to write.

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Competition Among All-in-One PR Software Tools Heats Up [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

It also allows for pitching through the platform, which checks off distribution. based PR tech players that offer a contact database, some level of pitching or distribution, and media monitoring include: Cision. However, he’s removed any mention of SocialChorus from his LinkedIn profile. Notified (formerly Intrado).

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Meet the Media: Charles Morris, Senior Editor at CHARGED EVS

Bianchi Biz Blog

I am the senior editor at Charged – I write daily blog posts, as well as articles for the print magazines, and do copy editing. I’m also a contributing writer for EVannex – I write a weekly blog post. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Finding good writers has always been very tough.

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Coffee with a Journalist: Bailey Schulz, USA Today

OnePitch

Click to the right to follow Bailey Schulz on Twitter and LinkedIn. During the episode, Bailey sheds light on the importance of keywords in pitches, why embargoes result in better quality stories, the right amount of time one should wait before sending her a follow-up, and more. Her Inbox & Pitches. [00:02:37] Good topics.