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How to increase your media relations pitching success

Stephen Waddington

The 2022 Propel Media Barometer provides a framework for creating the perfect email pitch. Propel, a customer management system (CRM) tool for media relations, analysed nearly 400,000 pitches sent via its platform in Q1 2022 to understand the most effective strategies to engage with journalists.

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Journalism statistics: 7 media relations takeaways from the 2023 State of the Media Report by Cision

Sword and the Script

A survey of 3,000+ finds 75% of journalists say the top action any PR person can take is to understand a reporter’s target audience and what they find relevant; journalism statistics show reporters worry about accuracy, credibility and keeping pace amid more work and fewer resources Most PR professionals say media relations is getting harder.

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Earned Media vs. Media Relations [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Many of the PR technology vendors I track for the monthly PR Tech Sum put a greater emphasis on earned media than media relations in their messaging. Earned media is sexy. It’s larger than media relations, but only in the abstract. c) What makes a great pitch?

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'But you already have a CRM!'

Presspage

But this also means that all the technology you wrote yesterday, would be better technology if you’d write it today. Unlocking innovation in Media Relations Elevating media and investor relations for PR and IR teams is one of the major missions for Presspage. Is that a problem? Usually not.

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Earned Media: 3 PR Studies Quantifying the Impact of Media Relations on Sales [UML]

Sword and the Script

1) Earned media is sales enablement. A tech PR firm recently published a study that showed promising effects media relations can have on the sales cycle for B2B marketing organizations. Full report: The Role of Media Relations in the Sales Cycle by ARPR (reg. Be smart about it. I love this idea.

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The top 10 most-read blog posts on Sword and the Script in 2023

Sword and the Script

This AI is ‘Taylor’ Made for Media Relations; PRophet Adds Generative AI to PR Software Former PR agency leader is a building software product focused on improving PR pitches with two different types of artificial intelligence. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: Will humans have to re-write AI’s draft of history?

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6 Simple Ways to Create Better PR Pitches

Cision

A good media relations campaign involves reaching out to those who are already inundated with a variety of pitches in their inboxes, making it essential for your campaign to stand out and be easily digestible. It may also be beneficial to use some kind of automated phone system. Write a Captivating Subject Line.

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