PR Insiders

MAY 7, 2021

A store advertises its Memorial Day sale with a mammoth two-page newspaper spread and the store’s foot traffic either goes up or it doesn’t. If your interview with USA Today just appeared in print and online, you shouldn’t expect your phone to ring incessantly the next morning with people wanting to employ your services. Social media.

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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 started my journalism career in South Texas as a newspaper reporter in 1997 and followed that with newspaper jobs in Mississippi, Kentucky and Ohio. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Mora Communications

MAY 7, 2015

Whereas you don’t approach a blogger in the same way you would the editor of a newspaper, your presentation still needs to include the same basic compelling elements. And while we’re on the topic, do not confuse social media outreach with a public relations campaign. First and foremost, remember to meet the media’s needs.

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Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Tailored for you, the PR pro, it breaks down key terms and strategies, from crafting effective press releases to mastering social media monitoring. Media monitoring tools scan various sources (print, online, social media, TV, radio) for mentions of specific keywords or brands. Advanced PR Strategies 9.

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Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

Your brand may have a good story, but if you’re not catching journalists’ attention with your pitch, it won’t get covered. Journalist Sharon Ward Keeble stresses the importance of providing value and detail when pitching your story. What is the most memorable pitch you’ve received? My favorite social media platform is….

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

FleetOwner , part of Endeavor Business Media’s Commercial Vehicle Group, which serves commercial truck fleet executives and operations managers. As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. Our newspaper ended up winning an award for our reporting. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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PR Insiders

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Anyone who’s tried their hand at promoting a brand through PR can tell you that grabbing the media’s attention isn’t always easy. Each day, newspaper journalists, as well as hosts and producers of TV and radio talk shows, scroll through a never-ending barrage of email messages, many of which they no doubt delete without reading. […].

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Cision

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Over the past several decades some of the major players have changed with the evolution of the Internet and most-recently social media, but the concept is still the same — reach out to your audiences with the material they want through avenues they trust. — can be daunting to research for just one contact.

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Cision

MAY 4, 2016

Before you pitch a journalist, you must think about how your story adds value for your audience. Rich Oppel, senior advisor for media strategy and management at Crosswind Media & Public Relations, says brands will successfully land media coverage when they can combine their needs with the needs of journalists and their readers.

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Cision

MAY 3, 2016

Journalists can see right through your mass emails – and they’ll ignore you if they suspect you aren’t tailoring your pitches. Karen Paff, senior vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations, recommends doing your research and learning as much as you can about the journalists you target before you pitch them your story. Rapid Fire Round.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. I still subscribe to one print newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and read it every morning. I think it helps me see patterns in the media overall, which is useful to me since most of my work is in media relations.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 16, 2022

My first article on the project also holds a special place in my memory as it was the first big article I wrote after I started in B2B journalism in which I had come up with the idea and it wound up being the cover story for a print issue. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? PowerMotionTech.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It could be a way to cut through the clutter since reporters are deluged with pitches. Keep in mind, the story you are pitching has to actually be worthy of an exclusive. All the basic advice still applies (timeliness, relevancy and newsworthiness). Don’t dangle “exclusive” for a mediocre idea.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 22, 2018

You craft the perfect pitch and reach out to the influencers who have served you well in the past — as well as some new ones who cover your space and seem like a good fit for your audience. What is Media Monitoring? So, what does a modern media monitoring program look like? Online – websites, blogs, online media sites.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The falling rupee has hit many Indians, and seems to have caught up with the Indian media in the past few months. Apart from the usual layoffs, cost reduction, and restructuring, we have seen newspapers and magazines getting thinner, TV stations cutting back on programming, and several publications and channels are on the block.

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Mora Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The media covers a myriad beauty-oriented stories, from the latest in makeup, hair care and skin care, to human interest pieces, to inspirational first-person stories. There are a number of target markets within the field, which offers a number of different story and pitch ideas. Print coverage is still crucial.

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Prakkypedia

MAY 31, 2015

It means it’s time to do the following: share your media success on your website. share your media success on your social media channels. save a copy of any newspaper clippings; consider displaying them in your office. save your media coverage to mention during public presentations and pitches for work.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

We dug into some of the latest research to uncover seven compelling reasons traditional media continues to profoundly influence your target audience. 7 Reasons Traditional Media is Still Relevant in PR 1. Print media is the most trusted source of news in the world at 58% (vs.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

over the next year; 40% of budget goes to paid media; 16% of budget goes to print media; 8% of budget goes to paid social media; 6% of budget goes to paid search; 4% of budget goes to display; and. 66% said newspapers. Here’s the budget data gleaned from the report: Marketing budgets have grown 6.3%

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MaccaPR

JULY 8, 2015

I illustrate this for people with my hands: If you only get your news from newspapers and TV, hold your hands six inches apart – that’s all the news you’re getting. That kind of PR pitching reveals a shot-gun approach. How has social media impacted Minnesota Business magazine? "If That was a major faux pas.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

When PR is done right, the axis that connects it with the media — the thing that both parties can work together to support — is the media’s reading, viewing and listening audience. DC Reporters Discuss How Social Media Has Changed the Game on PR Newswire’s media blog Beyond Bylines.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 5, 2019

Tailored pitches have always been the key to success in media relations. Adding SEO and social data to pitches adds huge value for time pressed journalists. The 2019 Cision Global State of the Media Report contains useful insights for media relations practitioners seeking to cut through with their pitches.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Social media statistics from 2020. The deluge of PR pitches. Source: 21 Media Relations Insights from 4,000 Journalists ).

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Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2015

What does it mean for PR: Consider a publisher’s revenue and publishing models, as well as your need for exposure, when pitching a story. Want more insights on the effect of social media on journalism? Check out the 2015 Global Social Journalism Study! Power of social media to promote news.

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Cision

JUNE 24, 2016

In this recap of the Cision Connects event series, we dig into how The Washington Post, one of the top newspapers in the U.S., is keeping up with the ever-changing media landscape. Social Is Integral. Social media is a useful tool in the newsroom and is integrated into The Washington Post’s newsroom strategy.

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Cision

MARCH 24, 2017

If you find the compelling human story in what you’re pitching, you’ll be successful. Years ago, at the first Mashable Connect conference, founder Pete Cashmore talked about how important experiences would be to successful social media campaigns. Today, I think that’s true across all media.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The newspaper industry learned this the hard way. In the newspaper business, it’s common to print your issues on something called “broadsheets,” which are 22-inch sheets of paper. In 1712, the British government imposed a tax on newspapers based on the number of pages that they published. Hurray, me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

With such a huge chunk of the audience online, it becomes increasingly important to reach them outside of the traditional ways of communicating (newspapers/magazines/TV/radio). PR executives can play a vital role in positioning and building such social profiles, keeping in mind the customer and media perspective. Twitter chats.

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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

No matter what you’ve heard about all that sexy social media stuff, you still need to know how to write in PR. You should be able to show examples of stories you pitched and placed, or campaigns you worked on and generated results for. Third, Social Media Experience. First, Writing Skills. Focus on the results.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

If you read an article about an individual or organisation in your favourite magazine or newspaper you’re likely to view it far more favourably than if you heard the information direct. In the shift to elevate its status the public relations business is frequently dismissive of earned media relations.

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 31, 2019

You’ll need to speak their language to recruit them, and veteran newspaper reporters don’t necessarily know what “ map against your KPIs ” means. Ideation just means pitching or brainstorming. Content marketers never make content for content’s sake. ” Functionally, it’s fluff. ” Ideation.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It was a good pitch. After several unsuccessful attempts, I re-worked my pitch into a blog post and published it on the company blog. The post gained traction in social media, which was the intended effect, but then something else happened: it earned links and mentions from several news outlets. The same is true in print.

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