Onclusive

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Welcome back to our blog series about building a perfect pitch and nurturing your media relationships! This article is all about best practices for pitching—based on our customers’ collective experience and wisdom. As we mentioned last week, the key to creating a relevant and compelling pitch is knowing your audience.

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Prowly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Quick question: Do you know how well your email pitches are performing? There are at least a few email metrics that you can measure on a regular basis to assess the effectiveness of your pitches and make improvements whenever needed. If you’re using a PR outreach tool like Prowly, the job of measuring them will […].

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Outsell, a leading research and advisory firm, conducted independent research to determine how marketer’s attitudes about different media types have changed. They also set out to answer key questions marketers have about earned media. These questions include: Is earned media effective? Is Earned Media Effective?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 23, 2022

One of the biggest misconceptions about the industry is that all cybersecurity media contacts are interested in the same stories. For example, journalists who focus on privacy and data concerns on big tech platforms may be intrigued by a pitch about a data breach on a major social network. Context matters.

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Axia PR

JUNE 13, 2023

Understanding these four media tiers can help you gain quality media coverage. Educating clients and helping them learn more about news media outlets, reporters, and pitching are a larger part of public relations professionals’ job than many realize.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

With the so-called ‘collapse’ of major digital news outlets like Vice Media and BuzzFeed and the much-hyped decline of traditional news, then earned media no longer matters. Securing earned media is still the highest priority for most public relations professionals. Wait, what is earned media?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

You want to make sure you’re representing both your agency and your client well, and a top-notch pitch is the best way to do it. There are some small measures that can maximize efforts to B2B technology media. When pitching top tech reporters, like most media, it’s best to be short and sweet. Make it short.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Not all media contact and outreach tools for communicators are created equal. Discovering, pitching, corresponding and managing relationships with impactful authors has never been easier! Media Outreach Best Practices. Look no further than Onclusive’s journalist relationship management tools. Request Demo.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 28, 2020

In a world of nonstop media, how can a PR professional cut through the noise to make a company’s brand stand out? It often comes down to the right media strategy. 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.

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Cision

MAY 24, 2016

To ensure you’re making an impact in your industry and gaining authority, there are several factors you should measure. Measuring the value of an award, however, can be difficult. Earned media. Gauge the success of your media relations program using media monitoring software. Images via Pixabay: 1 , 2 , 3.

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Agility PR Solutions

MAY 9, 2019

To add to this, many of today’s news outlets measure and evaluate reporters’ stories strictly on number of click-throughs and website traffic resulting from […]. The post Media relations mentoring—6 strong pitching practices for B2B companies appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 5, 2021

Media monitoring is a must-have for successful PR and communications professionals. You need to be in the know about all of the media coverage around your brand, your competitors, and keywords that are important to your business. Media Database A robust media database powers another communications and PR cornerstone – media relations.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 9, 2022

We’re looking for original speakers for a series of practical events focused on innovation and excellence in media relations. Please check out the sessions we’ve planned and if you’re interested submit a pitch for a speaking slot. What are the best ways to listen, engage and pitch journalists?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2021

Planning is vital to successful pitching and one essential component is the humble editorial calendar. An edcal is a content roadmap that ensures a steady flow of media coverage, even absent major news announcements. Here’s how edcals can boost earned media outcomes, track goals, and keep all the moving parts of a PR plan aligned.

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Cision

MAY 16, 2016

So what should your brand include in its measurement strategy ? With social monitoring software , you can track how many times your brand is mentioned by media outlets, influencers, prospects, bloggers and more. Earned Media. The effectiveness of your media relations strategy goes beyond the amount of press coverage.

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Onclusive

JUNE 9, 2021

This week, we’re concluding the series with an overview of how to craft your messaging, identify the right authors and outlets, distribute strategically and proactively, and finally, measure success. How do you go about surfacing the current trends across the media universe? Set your messaging, write the story.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Critical Mention adds a media database; Talkwalker acquires Nielson Social; Watch out for fine print in media monitoring contracts As a term, earned media made a big splash in search trends in late 2004 or early 2005…and then interest waned. Earned media is sexy.

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OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this month’s profile, we are talking with Megan Garbe , the Vice President and Director of Consumer Media Relations at Fahlgren Mortine. Tell us a bit about your day-to-day and your role as the VP, Director of Consumer Media Relations. What information do you always make sure to include in a pitch?

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Earned Media & Media Relations In the old days, sending out press releases and then managing a Rolodex of media contacts could help PR pros to land earned media. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

PR pitches earn a 45% open rate and a 3% response rate; the top metrics for marcom and PR by segment; Europe is more satisfied with PR agencies than the U.S. What: PR pitching amidst the continuing media layoffs When: February 22, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. The company’s measures are based on the pitches sent through their systems.

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OnePitch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

On this month’s profile, we are talking with Jennifer Reinhard , Vice President/Media Group Manager in Ketchum ’s Earned Media Specialty Group (EMSG). She has experience in corporate reputation management and crafting earned media stories. Rather than pitching a tech-centric journalist, I approached a Fast Co.

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Cision

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Pitching is like a science project. Each pitch is an experiment. In order to discover what works best, you must continue to test your pitching techniques. The dependent variable in this case is your writing, the independent variable whom you are pitching. Want more media coverage? Measure Your Success.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Not long ago, I had a conversation about PR measurement with someone I consider a media relations master — a person who leads global communications for a high-flying public company. Rather than try to convince him of how inconsequential it was, I decided to focus my pitching efforts on that outlet.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequest curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data. OnePitch feature recommends reporters to pitch. In a video tutorial, the company says it will start making recommendations after you’ve sent three or more pitches.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Why Earned Media Value (EMV) And Influencers Over Paid Media? When SMBs are looking for hard returns and metrics that show direct results of their efforts, paid media has been historically difficult to beat. for every $1 spent on earned media coverage. What’s Required in Media List Building?

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In this week’s blog about earned media strategy and measurement, we’re talking about developing and implementing a content distribution plan that uses every opportunity to showcase your stories in front of your key audiences. Social media Social media provides a great opportunity to amplify your earned media content.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Earned Media & Media Relations. In the old days, sending out press releases and then managing a Rolodex of media contacts could help PR pros to land earned media. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix.

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Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Onclusive

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Using a robust media monitoring and measurement solution can help you extract a lot of the data and insights that you need, such as the current industry trends, what has worked or not worked well for your audience, and what the competitors are doing. Step 4: Work out the plan. Step 5: Write the business case.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Being on social media is the online pastime that everyone loves. billion people were using social media globally. So, it’s a no-brainer for e-commerce (aka ecommerce) brands to team up with social media to make those sales happen. In contrast to social media marketing, social commerce goes the extra mile.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 15, 2017

In July, #measurePR discussed how major media outlets measure their content initiatives. Media and Dave Griner of AdWeek. You figure out the audience of the media property you’re pitching #measurepr. If they want to measure brand recognition #measurepr. A3 (cont.) August #measurePR was FAB!

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OnePitch

JUNE 16, 2022

For her clients, she routinely develops holistic, personalized communications strategies, secures top-tier media placements, and crafts custom content that furthers their brand objectives. What’s the best pitch of yours that resulted in coverage and what elements made it successful? What made this pitch successful is simple: 1.)

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Onclusive

APRIL 3, 2019

Norton Lifelock’s CMO Ty Shay recently keynoted AirPR’s Growth PR Conference and shared a roadmap for success in this new era of media, marketing, communications and measurement. . Transparency in Marketing Measurement. It’s about driving measurably better results by telling better stories. Craft Your Movie Pitch. “I

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Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

In recent years, the way PR and communications pros communicate with the media has undergone rapid evolution. For instance, before reaching out with a story idea, PR professionals should understand the preferred platform and target audience of the journalist or influencer they are pitching, to enhance the chances of a placement or mention.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

PR teams use data tools and platforms to glean patterns and insight from media coverage, measure audience engagement, and quantify campaign performance. A co-dependent relationship with media tools Media relations tools like Muck Rack and Qwoted have become indispensable to PR teams as technology evolves.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Pitching media remains a challenge; Twitter is still a journalist favorite; PR dabbled with generative AI as businesses worried about misinformation Regular readers know I publish a weekly post every Tuesday. Read more: Pithy PR Pitches Get a Better Response Rate Study Says 7. Source: 2023 State of the Media Report by Cision.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media. However, I learned a lot about reporters and pitching in that capacity. Users can track and share media mentions on the go. Measurement templates. Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

At the time, Equilar was using the Cision media monitoring platform, which was addressing some of their needs but did not meet the standard they required to refine their PR strategy. The post Why The Equilar Communications Team Moved from Cision to Onclusive Pro appeared first on Onclusive.

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