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Less publicized but more interesting takeaways from 3 reports on marketing and PR

Sword and the Script

PR pitches earn a 45% open rate and a 3% response rate; the top metrics for marcom and PR by segment; Europe is more satisfied with PR agencies than the U.S. The vendor community that serves PR has published a handful of reports over the last few months. The company’s measures are based on the pitches sent through their systems.

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5 Benefits of Media Relations

Landis PR

Example: pitch a story on a newly opened hiking trail to an outdoors editor at a local newspaper who also has a following on social media. Building relationships If reporters know they can come to you for trusted information…they’ll come to you time and time again. Supporting SEO Media mentions become part of your search results.

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Four “Old-School” PR Tactics You Shouldn’t Retire Just Yet

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Without it, PR professionals not only may fail, but they risk burning bridges by spamming reporters with irrelevant pitches and information. It should never be the sole distribution method, but it’s an efficient way to put out key announcements and can sometimes offer an SEO boost. Getting on the phone.

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Is Your Press Release or Media Pitch Guilty of Information Overload?

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

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. In addition, Zippia reports that the average American is exposed to 4,000-10,000 ads per day for each person – nearly double what the average person saw in 2007.

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8 Innovations in Public Relations Technology to Watch

Sword and the Script

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Recommendations suggesting contacts to pitch. In media relations , you are constantly on the hunt for reporters and influencers writing about your industry.

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Implementing a comprehensive content distribution plan

Onclusive

Blogs In our experience, a brand’s blog can become an excellent website traffic and conversion driver as a result of improved SEO. However, newswire distribution is as important to your plan as ever, because it supports SEO and continues to result in significant website activity.

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How to Growth Hack a Successful Backlink Strategy

Cision

When it comes to SEO, earning quality backlinks (links from other websites to your webpage) is one of the most critical ranking factors. According to Brian Dean, SEO expert and owner of Backlinko , “the number of domains linking to a page correlated with rankings more than any other factor.”

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