Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

A local newspaper for which I interned, The North Baltimore News (Ohio), assigned me to cover the Dayton Air Show. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Provide enough details to give a good idea of what you’re pitching and how it’s relevant. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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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. Social Media – Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, etc. Maybe you got some decent pick up and had your story featured in an article.

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Prakkypedia

MAY 31, 2015

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. I’ll end with one more useful tip: Occasionally, you may be disappointed if your newspaper print story doesn’t subsequently appear in the newspaper’s online version.

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Cision

MARCH 24, 2017

If you find the compelling human story in what you’re pitching, you’ll be successful. But when the client could go on YouTube and see home videos of parents with their kids watching a Space Shuttle on a barge floating up the Hudson River and then have a two-mile long line outside the museum door to get into the exhibit, that’s ROI.

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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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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

You should be able to show examples of stories you pitched and placed, or campaigns you worked on and generated results for. You know how to shoot, edit and post video to platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Ideally, with agencies or larger organizations. Most people I work with are still learning how to do this.

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