PR for Anyone

JUNE 30, 2021

PITCH IDEAS. You need to be pitching national publications NOW for stories that will go to print in October. If you want a little head start on what the magazine might already be covering which instantly makes your pitch a warm pitch because you know they are covering that topic, check out editorial calendars.

Pitching 130

Pitching Nonprofit Financial Insurance 130

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I really appreciated my time in radio and print journalism. I spend a good chunk of my time on media relations and pitching. I coordinate a lot of TV segments and print/online interviews across the country. We really have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to energetic and smart people at Life Time for media.

Radio 167

Radio Journalism Interviews Energy 167

PR for Anyone

JANUARY 20, 2022

Here is a video I did on speaking in sound bites that might be helpful to come up with ones for you and your specific topic: Your interview is not a sales pitch. Media is editorial content unless you are paying for advertising. The fastest way to never get asked back again is by making it all about you and selling.

Interviews 130

Interviews How To Media Television 130

PR for Anyone

MAY 26, 2022

Media does give you authority and makes you more credible but it won’t necessarily get you instant sales the minute you appear on television or in a print interview. Sales is a process and it takes time and just because you land in the media doesn’t mean you’ll get instant sales. Again, It could.

Television 130

Television Print Interviews YouTube 130

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Misguided media relations strategy. Some marketing teams have their own ideas for what will make news. Agency teams should take the time to explain, based on personal experience and expertise, why a story will or won’t work and where possible, how to take a bland or unworkable pitch and improve it.

Skype 170

Skype Interviews Crisis Communications Crisis 170

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 3, 2013

But this is the approach I see in the early days of a lot of start-up marketing. Unfortunately, most of these ideas fail because they fail to successfully hit their mark in the open market. And the reason they fail to hit their mark in the open market is that they fail to differentiate themselves from the competition.

Marketing 100

Marketing SEO Writing Engineering 100

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 21, 2018

I also handle proactive and reactive media relations in the “mid-Atlantic” region of the U.S., which involves pitching story ideas like back-to-school and holiday shopping, but also handling stories about incidents in our stores. I finally got the paper in my hands, and it felt pretty surreal to see all of my hard work in print.

Sports 113

Sports Retail Local Report 113