PRSay

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We’re still employing the “inverted pyramid” of the printing press to compose them, we’re still using them as corporate equivalent of vanity plates for our websites, and we’re still sending them to journalists’ inboxes with a deep, self-serving hope they will magically turn into detailed coverage of our companies.

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Landis PR

MARCH 4, 2024

For example, if a trusted blogger writes that this product is really great – do you believe that writer or the marketing-speak on a company’s website? Targeting audiences PR pros have access to audience statistics on almost any media outlet – digital/print/broadcast/social media/influencers. His/her audience is your target.

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Presspage

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

That means the journalists you’re contacting are overwhelmed with pitches; many of them poorly thought out or irrelevant. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Personalize your PR pitches.

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Cision

OCTOBER 7, 2015

If you want to increase the odds of getting a journalist to write about your company’s news , you’ve got to make it incredibly easy for them to do so. Here’s what journalists want to know that you need to include in your pitch. If the journalist doesn’t think so, you won’t get past him into print (or digital).

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Although Dao is a new addition to the staff, the magazine has been around since 1994, providing a home for food culture in print and digital. We’ve got tips from Dao on what and how to pitch tasty treats and stories. I also write for Liquor.com. How do you prefer to receive pitches? To my work email only.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We appreciate lively, polished writing that balances research or news with fun and memorable anecdotes or examples that help illustrate your point of view. Please no pitches, abstracts, outlines, press releases, or interview offers. Please no pitches, abstracts, outlines, press releases, or interview offers.

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PR 20/20

MAY 19, 2020

Nonmedia companies, who in some cases had robust print custom magazines, began to lay off portions of their content teams. In many cases, the freelancers “used” to be staff, but now only write when there is overflow (which there usually isn’t at a time like this). In it, you’ll find both staff and freelancers.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 13, 2021

Build relationships with key members of media and proactively pitch targeted outlets, including broadcast, print and new media. Write and edit media materials, including media alerts, fact sheets, bios, and case studies. Assist in the research, writing and development of new business proposals and presentations.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s PR pros must not only navigate, research and pitch in an increasingly complex media environment but also track (monitor) and measure the results in a way that resonates with stakeholders. You can even give PR CoPilot a custom prompt, and it will incorporate it into your press release or media pitch email within seconds.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Writing media pitches for data-led stories or studies is very different from writing a media pitch to promote the launch of a new product, service, or event. Maybe you’re wondering what your pitch should include. Or are you struggling to figure out how best to structure your pitch? What is a Media Pitch?

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Cision

JUNE 10, 2015

Today, USA Today ranks first in combined print and digital circulation, underlying the importance of this digital transformation for newsrooms around the world. Once you’ve established that, then pitch a reporter, he continues. The question they always come back to when writing a story is, what is going to resonate with my readers?

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Has digital media – from Huffington Post , Google News and BuzzFeed to Kindle e-books, Twitter and (God help us) more than 8 million blogs – finally vanquished Print? Recent headlines provide brutal evidence: Condé Nast announced last December it was shutting down the print version of Self magazine to go online-only. Long Live Print”!

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Beyond PR

JULY 14, 2017

But, if you want your pitch to be noticed in a flood of product releases, do your homework and know journalists’ and influencers’ inclinations. To help us sort through all that, we talked to Erinn Sluka , the blogger and influencer behind Parenting Healthy , who gave us a few tips on a successful holiday gift guide pitching effort.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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’m working on a legislative story right now that has been fun and challenging to write.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Christmas in July is more than a cute saying, as planning and pitching for the holidays beings in the early summer. Now that we’re getting closer to holiday madness, gift guide pitching is top of mind for agencies with a consumer portfolio. Long lead pitching happens as early as July for gift guides. Peter McCormack.

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Prakkypedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

I’ve worked with a lot of clients on getting columns (print and online) published, so they can take part in topical debates and share their views and values with the wider public. Pitching means contacting an editor, producer or journalist and ascertaining if they’re interested in using that content. Again, crickets”.

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Beyond PR

APRIL 10, 2017

Using Cision’s proprietary research of thousands of travel journalists, we have come up with six tips that will help your travel pitch get noticed in a flooded inbox. Not All Travel Pitches are Created Equal. Pitching travel stories blindly causes an overflown editor’s inbox and an ignored pitch. Think Like a Journalist.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 22, 2017

Electronic communications have made writing so easy that we don’t put as much thought or effort into the task anymore. At least not to the degree we did when we had to sit in front of a typewriter or hand write a note with a bottle of white-out nearby. Email has made our writing lazy. 1) Words matter in communication.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 20, 2017

We at Crenshaw pride ourselves on nurturing real relationships with journalists, beyond mere constant pitching. Personalize a pitch. Recognize that publications often have a “digital first” mindset in addition to thinking about print products. AHF has a print magazine, a website, and a digital newsletter.

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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. When I was writing about appliances in Louisville, GE was starting to push induction cooktops. I’m not writing as much as I used to, but I’ve been really proud of the work my staff has been doing since I joined IndustryWeek.

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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? How did you get your start in journalism?

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It also allows for pitching through the platform, which checks off distribution. based PR tech players that offer a contact database, some level of pitching or distribution, and media monitoring include: Cision. Muck Rack adds print monitoring through LexisNexis. Muck Rack added print media to its monitoring package.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

reviewing all the news alerts I have set up for my clients and their industry competitors and fielding urgent emails before devoting the rest of the morning to writing and other client work. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. if I can help it. Michelle Kane, VoiceMatters, LLC.

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OnePitch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

During the episode, Bailey sheds light on the importance of keywords in pitches, why embargoes result in better quality stories, the right amount of time one should wait before sending her a follow-up, and more. Her Inbox & Pitches. [00:02:37] Or do you folder stuff, pitches specifically? [00:03:16] Good to see.

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

Spoken words and video must match, so reporters either have to write/talk to the video or find a video that matches what they’re saying. Performance isn’t typically an issue in print — using prose to tell a compelling story is. Along with my duties for BCN, I do a little freelance writing.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 15, 2022

So, publishers are re-imagining their value proposition by broadening their content channel and format strategy in a few main ways, according to the report: They’re not just focusing on print or online articles. They’re investing in audio (ex: podcasts) and video (especially short form) to help fill in their content model.

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It explores how they can be used in generative and reductive productivity-boosting applications, from writing and pattern recognition to summarising large documents. Writing a book about a fast-moving area of technology has challenges. and Overtone, modernising activities such as transcription, media monitoring, and coverage analysis.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 2, 2022

I am the senior editor at Charged – I write daily blog posts, as well as articles for the print magazines, and do copy editing. I’m also a contributing writer for EVannex – I write a weekly blog post. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Any pet peeves with PR people?

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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.

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PR Fuel

JULY 24, 2018

Determine the chronology of your business story before writing it. The language, idioms, and examples you use in your business story will likely vary depending on whether you’re writing for million dollar home buyers or Kindergarten teachers. Simple Advice: Write Like You Speak, Reporters Will Listen. Just write like you speak.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 4, 2017

How hard is it to write some short articles on a subject you know well? Understanding what the decision-makers want before you begin writing is a major timesaver. Many prefer to receive a pitch and an outline first, though some will look at a completed article right off the bat. Write for the audience.

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Bad Pitch Blog

JANUARY 13, 2016

But, as we mark the 10th birthday of the award-winning Bad Pitch blog, we wanted to lead with swagger, good news and bad news. Thanks to buzzwords like big data, the cloud, social media and more, it’s harder than ever to send a bad pitch. These same words make it easier than ever to send a bad pitch. The good news? The bad news?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 19, 2017

From there, it’s important to time the dissemination of attendee invitations, press releases, media alerts and post-event pitches with precision. For public events, this usually begins with creating and deploying calendar listings for print, online and broadcast media. Write a thorough post-event report. .

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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. c) What makes a great pitch?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

I also write the occasional story for our Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines. 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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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Consider the following: Demand for media attention is high: Most top-tier writers now receive 100, 250 or 500 pitches a week for 5 story spots. Treat subject lines like you’re a copywriter at a big ad agency and you have to write a killer headline for a new ad. My pro tip: Write 10 subject lines for each pitch.

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Cision

MARCH 16, 2016

So where do you begin in engaging influencers who could write about your brand or quote you in an article? You should also become a regular reader so you get to know the types of content they write and leave thoughtful comments on their posts. Journalists can smell a PR pitch, even if you’re not yet giving it.

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