Cision

JULY 19, 2017

Mid-summer in public relations means one thing — holiday gift guide pitching season is here. But, how does your pitch stand out when every brand claims to have this year’s must-have gift? How do you, the PR professional, tell your story and place your product in this holy grail of media coverage?

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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. And it’s not just public relations.

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OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

and covers the worlds of HR, public policy, and legal affairs for both the print edition of Inc. Brit Morse is an Associate Editor at Inc. Magazine and Inc.com.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 16, 2023

The world of publishing is not just about paper and ink anymore, the print publishing sector has faced a massive decline in recent years. Starting off as a small readership print-only magazine, Portfolio North has increased its readership to 35k, got an influential social following, launched its own digital edition, and soon its own app.

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Cision

JUNE 8, 2017

Pitching is an integral part of the PR process and communicators are always looking for ways to build meaningful media relationships for themselves and their clients. Here are a few ways you can streamline your pitching process. Plan Ahead for Earned Media Opportunities. Keep (and Maintain) a Solid Media List.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2018

Just as some celebrities are famous for being famous, big-media notoriety can build the ego without building the brand. If the big-name media feature is the show horse, then trade publication coverage is the less glamorous workhorse of PR. Digital and print trades in a given sector are tantamount to a virtual business community.

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Agility PR Solutions

JULY 8, 2020

It’s also online, on social, and (to complicate matters further) can even be produced by online and print publications. Despite the combining of the analog and digital, broadcast remains a bit of a different beast when it comes to pitching. To ensure that your […].

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JULY 17, 2023

Communications, public relations, and marketing messaging can be both proactive and reactive, which may be why they seem so pervasive. Media relations and PR pros must heed Godin’s advice or suffer the consequences of being ignored, or worse, getting blocked by a journalist when trying to pitch them.

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HMA Public Relations

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Want to make sure your pitch lands at the right time? Alison Bailin shares some helpful hints for sending to print, TV and more in this post. Read more!

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While the PR and communications profession has continued to grow, many media companies keep cutting their workforces. Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. The media marketplace is also changing.

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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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Landis PR

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Publishing company Pressbooks defines media relations as “the mutually beneficial relationship between journalists and public relations professionals.” . From a PR perspective, the media can be a terrific way to raise the profile of your company/client company and its products/services. By Robin Carr .

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Agility PR Solutions

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

That said, snagging the cover of the latest magazine (if it’s still in print), or a high-profile piece on Yahoo’s homepage (for a few hours) is still an incredible success in the pitch-and-place world. The emergence of earned media-led marketing appeared first on Agility PR Solutions. It’s just that we don’t live in […].

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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. Anyone can get publicity! It’s Christina Daves with this week’s Free Publicity Friday PR Tip.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 25, 2015

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. Be flexible in your pitch.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I am the editor of AftermarketNews at Babcox Media in Akron, Ohio. 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 transitioned to a reporter there after a year.

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PR for Anyone

APRIL 9, 2020

The media wants to cover stories that are relevant to the current climate. That being said, many lifestyle magazines and print publications will not be covering this topic from cover to cover. Additionally, these publications are planned four months in advance. Right now what is relevant is COVID-19.

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

I’ve launched a new book today about artificial intelligence (AI) tools for public relations. The community published two guides to tools in public relations and has been inactive since 2015. The community published two guides to tools in public relations and has been inactive since 2015.

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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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In PR , broadcast pitching is sometimes underused and overlooked when it comes to securing coverage for clients. Most PR teams will amplify segments on social media for further exposure. No matter what you’re pitching, to gain a producer’s attention, the subject matter must be topical and newsworthy. Make it relevant.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 24, 2020

Any good PR person knows that we consume news very differently than we did a decade ago, thanks to social media. A national TV segment typically has a large and high-quality reach in real time, it’s searchable for some time thereafter, and it can be amplified on social media. Broadcast follows print. The Passover question.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The wheels in my head were spinning with how I might pitch the story to my editors. Even my public-facing Facebook page has that info. Here, in no particular order, are four other bits of research that should be considered “homework” before you hit send on that next pitch. The invitation seemed interesting at first.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

AUGUST 2, 2023

In today’s digital age, where streaming platforms and online media dominate the landscape, it’s essential not to overlook traditional broadcast media’s enduring relevance and significance, such as television and radio. The numbers for radio are impressive!

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Cision

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

On the other hand, spreading brand-awareness is also vital, and they must find ways to maximize their return on investment (ROI) for every dollar spent on marketing and public relations services. Why Earned Media Value (EMV) And Influencers Over Paid Media? Because public relations equals trust in brands.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Muck Rack focuses on public relations management; Prowly enhances media database; new execs at Meltwater and Signal AI The term “public relations management” sounds like an advanced college class but shaping up for something else. Most draw analogy to customer relationship management, or CRM.

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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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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 3, 2021

The May edition of WaddsCon covered a range of topics from the COVID-19 impact on client/agency relations to the impact on print, and from measurement frameworks to professionalism in public relations. It is an innovative means of internal engagement that often spills out onto social media. I hope that you can join us.

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Presspage

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

According to Bloomberg, in the US, there are six Public Relations professionals for every journalist, and the rest of the world is catching up. That means the journalists you’re contacting are overwhelmed with pitches; many of them poorly thought out or irrelevant. Personalize your PR pitches.

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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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Prohibition

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Despite the rise of social media, which maintains a key part of a brands marketing offer, public relations still plays a key role and is something all businesses should take into consideration. Public Relations builds trust and credibility. Public Relations can play a key part of any Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) strategy.

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PR Insiders

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

2020 has been a challenging year in so many ways for nearly everyone – and pitching the media in the middle of a pandemic is no exception. One is the value of media coverage for building your brand or promoting your business. Try to keep the body of the pitch short and to the point.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

These days, we publish our print edition quarterly and focus most of our attention on our website. I left newspapers in 2013 shortly before T he Plain Dealer in Cleveland started cutting back print publication schedules. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Shift Communications

MARCH 15, 2022

Regardless, it’s evident that acquiring the game was a smart move for the publication, in terms of daily traffic, engagement and time spent on page. What does this have to do with your earned media strategy? Many already had challenges growing revenue with traditional media business models.

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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. Muck Rack said it will soon release “outcome-based templates to measure” the value of media relations. Reddit data.

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Victorious PR

JANUARY 13, 2023

That is one of the top things we hear as a public relations agency. Public relations has a lot of benefits that ads just can’t provide. With public relations, you are increasing your reach by the masses. You have print, television, radio, AND online. With public relations, it’s all about relationships.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 13, 2021

Crenshaw Communications, a New York-based public relations agency specializing in B2B technology PR, is seeking an Assistant Account Executive (AAE) to join our dynamic B2B technology team. Assistant Account Executives are client and media-facing, learning to interact with key stakeholders with guidance from senior staff.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I assign articles to our in-house and freelance staff, work with our graphic artist for our print layout and designs, and work with our sales and management team to ensure our content meets our editorial mission and help with sales. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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