Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I’ve found that employers expect not just one skill like writing, but design skills as well.”. Someone with a PR background or degree is now somehow expected to know graphic design, videography, web design and development, photography and social media and more.”. From print to digital. More internal comms. Expanded expectations.

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Communications Crisis Internal International 120

5W PR

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You can find templates for creating press releases on the web. Always create press releases in the form of an authentic news story rather than writing it like an ad. You can also have physical coupons that are sent out in the mail, included in print ads or posted on bulletin boards.In Conclusion.

Strategy 133

Strategy Marketing Trade Shows Video 133

Presspage

JULY 25, 2018

Yet ill-considered pitches keep flooding the inboxes of the dwindling number of journalists. Write a snappy subject line for your email, says Elise Copps of Hamilton Health Sciences. Write snappily Use active voice, not passive. Unlike email, web pages are indexable on search engines, driving traffic to your site.

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Wikipedia Writing Video Report 103

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Data collection can be easier when you’re holding online events or interacting with communities on your web channels. When she isn’t writing, you can find her with her nose buried in a book or hiking with her dog, Charlie. Make certain you’re optimizing your approach to collecting this data.

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Community How To Marketing Data 90

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Some of this advice was good five years ago, and some of it is just terrible nonsense that spams up the web with repetitive muck. Everyone hits up the same list and the glamour of it has long since worn off unless you are writing them a check. 4) Pitch your content for a roundup. On and on the lists go…. How do you find them?

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Content Marketing Pitching Social Media Internal 110

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Universal Information Systems pitches itself as a “concierge service” for all things media monitoring. The product name and press release position the tool as a writing assistant of sorts, “to create initial draft frameworks for press releases and outreach communications.” Social media tools offer AI to write social media posts.

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Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Because I twitch at the utterance of business cliches, it feels like an electric shock jolting through my body to write that the media industry was going through “unprecedented change” at the time. Although editorial rooms were being gutted and print revenue was dropping, it was an opportune time to be young and cheap labor.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 19, 2016

That was the outcome good media relations pitching earned. Yet today, with millions of “channels” on the web, it’s just the beginning. A 20-minute call with a print reporter still might yield just one or two quotes in the final story. The Soft and Subtle PR Pitch of Content Marketing. Pitch media upstream.

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Media Relations Media Interviews Pitching 60

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

They provided me with a presentation outlining the product, a web demonstration, and answered my questions about it. Many PR professionals rely on circulation numbers (impressions) or web traffic estimates to provide some sense of reach. To that end, you can use retargeting to pitch earned media as opposed to an advertisement.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 3, 2013

The entrepreneur has to conceive, pitch, and close while keeping the train on track. But when it comes to marketing as individuals—personal branding— I see the root of the problem we see with start-ups: generic pitches. Believe me: saying I specialize in writing doesn’t hurt me one bit.

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Marketing SEO Writing Engineering 100

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 23, 2007

An editor at Home Channel News (think distribution channel, not TV channel) has asked the Bad Pitch Blog to voice her plea. A new Web site? A "story idea" that defies everything you have ever known about what actually gets written in a print publication? But please, please, no more "story ideas." Leads on a new product?

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Pitching Construction Exercises Retail 40

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Coined the “ future of marketing ” by CMOs, content has the power to solve marketing’s pristine challenges — growing web traffic, converting leads, upselling and retaining existing customers. percent close rate , while outbound leads (such as direct mail or print advertising) have a 1.7 Or simply put — driving revenue.

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. Audio in marketing doesn’t just mean podcasts writes David Kirkpatrick for Marketing Dive – The call for audio content marketing gets louder. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search.

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Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

PR 20/20

AUGUST 22, 2017

Traditional, outbound marketing (print advertising, direct mail, coupon books, etc.) Then you'll create content that isn't all about pitching or landing the sale.”. Some of us willingly share more with strangers on the web than we would at the holiday dinner table. The Real Reasons Inbound Marketing Is Scary.

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Marketing Resources Technology Internal 87

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

As it is on the web, our paths have crisscrossed occasionally over the years. He has also been a marketer and accepts an occasional commission for business writing. Know a PR, marketing or sales leader with compelling ideas fit for print? Yet, Erik’s perspective isn’t only limited to journalism. Far harder.

Journalism 61

Journalism Content Marketing Creativity Leadership 61

Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I am writing to you from 35,000 feet where American and something badly branded as Gogo Inflight has granted me 12 buck access to the Internet. Finally: Who will we be pitching? Print outlets have been dying, okay let''s call it changing, for a while. Let''s all learn from print''s fall from grace. If you''re (still?!?)

Journalism 41

Journalism Real Estate Print Newspapers 41

5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Media kits used to be presented following a pitch at a press conference or other large event, but starting in the early 2000s, the best practice shifted to individualized pitches via email. There’s no reason to stress about typos that were printed on 100 physical copies of materials. What to Include in a Media Kit?

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How To Media Guidelines Pitching 176

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Or a food journalist for print media. Its value proposition lies in offering a centralized platform that enables users to discover journalists, pitch stories, monitor media coverage, and measure the impact of PR campaigns.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Or a food journalist for print media. Its value proposition lies in offering a centralized platform that enables users to discover journalists, pitch stories, monitor media coverage, and measure the impact of PR campaigns.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Is the person writing someone with experience in the topic? Could you see this content in a printed magazine, encyclopedia, or book? But your time is better spent writing better content. If you get a link from a site that doesn’t look great or isn’t writing great content, it’s probably not quality. So, take them as such.

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How To SEO Google Examples 71

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The deluge of PR pitches. According to a survey of journalists by Muck Rack, 48% of journalists responding to this survey said they get between 1-5 pitches a day; 18% get between 5-10; 12% get upwards of 10-20; and 13% get 20 plus pitches a day. Pitch proof points with claims. Source: Code of PR Ethics? ).

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Survey Marketing B2B Study 174

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

My friend is a web engineer for a large media company, and whenever we talk shop, I’m always surprised at how big of an impact his tinkering can have on the content we read. Once freelance contributors get to know your brand, they’ll be able to pitch directly and save you more time. Not defining your target audience.

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Content Marketing Print Analysis Data 103

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

I work out of my home and call my freelance writing business Baxter TechWrite. Today, the majority of articles I write are for Transport Topics , but I have also worked on four different Confidence Reports for NACFE , the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. Hence my desire to write such a piece.

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Media 65

Bad Pitch Blog

JULY 8, 2008

After seeing him out a bad pitch this morning, I sent him a note asking for his help in reducing PR spam. While answering our questions he notes he was “on a conference call while writing a story and updating Twitter on the awful cliches (he’s) hearing.” BPB: What in your opinion is the difference between a pitch and PR spam?

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Print Pitching Twitter Advertising 43

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 16, 2024

This PR software company was started by a former PR agency owner; pitch analytics is where Propel really shines I have a soft spot for startups because I’ve been employed or consulted with many of them over my career. Effectively I treat these like an analyst briefing of sorts and write up an assessment based on the session.

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Software Pitching System Analytics 136

Beyond PR

MAY 17, 2018

With print becoming less important to audiences, telling stories in more visual ways is critical – and public relations professionals can help. I can write three articles in the amount of time I can shoot a video.”. Send More Multimedia in PR Pitches. Use Multimedia to Tell a Better Story.

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Infographics Print Video Real Estate 54

Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Multimedia journalists are expected to be able to produce or adapt content for an increasingly wider-range of media, including traditional broadcast, print and Web formats, as well as blogging, podcasting (audio and video), social media, and live content platforms (Periscope or Facebook Live for example).

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Mobile Pitching 40

Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Multimedia journalists are expected to be able to produce or adapt content for an increasingly wider-range of media, including traditional broadcast, print and Web formats, as well as blogging, podcasting (audio and video), social media, and live content platforms (Periscope or Facebook Live for example).

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Mobile Pitching 40

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 20, 2010

We’ve been receiving more than a few pitches from Jennifer on behalf of Retrevo. And for this she’s getting a good pitch seal of approval from the Bad Pitch Blog (we used to call it Glinda the Good Pitch, but how cool is that, really?) Before we post her pitch, we asked Jennifer a few questions.

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Pitching Fashion Report Twitter 49

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

It is simple: participants first write their ideas without discussion on Post-it notes. Writing a blog post? For example: writing a blog post. Reasons: Team has no overview of who is getting pitched. Coverage isn’t secured as initial pitches aren’t being followed up. Failure demand. Correcting typos?

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How To Software System Employee 60

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In this article I explore how smart public relations practitioners are putting search at the heart of their campaigns and seeking followed links from the media sites they pitch. At the same time, the ability to print fast and cheaply bought about a concurrent revolution. As a result print circulation has fallen dramatically.

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Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

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. This new trend some were calling content marketing had the hallmarks of a soft and subtle pitch. Today, are many more options both on the television – and on the web.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Publicity Marketing Television 60

Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As a journalist who writes about pretty much everything for pretty much everyone (most recently The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Smithsonian Magazine), all of the above are things I hear on a pretty regular basis. In his “I Fired My Startup’s PR Firm” post, Web Smith got a fair amount right, but he got a few big things wrong, too.

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Print Media Pitching Writing 100