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3 PR Tips For Writing A Killer Media Pitch

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

So, B2B PR professionals have a small window to catch their attention, hold it enough for them to actually read a pitch, and find it interesting enough to want to take action. The media pitch should also be short and personalized. Winning pitches are engaging, timely and succinct. Keep it short and simple.

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What Editors and Writers Want From PR Pitches in 2018

Cision

Instead of “pivoting” like a startup towards new forms of advertising, or new storytelling formats like video, they should be pivoting back to the one thing that really matters — their readers. Developing just the right pitch has never been easy, however. S/he is reading 100 PR pitches a day. Please write about them?’

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Pitching the Local Media – Tips from the Pros

PR for Anyone

The easiest way to do this is pitching the local media. I interviewed journalists from The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal , and Inside Nova (a Northern Virginia local publication) about what types of local real estate pitches they like to receive. Don’t pitch me the gourmet kitchen with cathedral ceilings.

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Rock The Pitch #7: The Anti-Facepalm Formula

Rock the Status Quo

PITCH submission comes from Lindsay Bell, the fabuloso content director over at Spin Sucks. There is a certain irony that, as PR professionals who earn a living based on our pitching skills, our own industry blogs are smothered with a constant deluge of bad pitches. His pitch worked. Today’s GOOD(!)

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What They Don’t Teach You About PR In College

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

How to pitch media. Given how integral media pitching is to the practice of public relations, I was shocked to look back and realize how much I didn’t know about media, and the most effective ways to approach them about stories. What did I learn then, and how similar is my current experience to it? You need excellent research skills.

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Public Relations Review

PR for Anyone

She pitched it to her editor who loved it too and they wrote an article about me. Did you invent a new product, write a book, or win an award? Those are their sponsors and they pay for the advertising. Ask Google, “Who writes about [your topic] at [name of publication]?” One of my first interviews was in Examiner.com.

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AirPR Interview Series: Emmy Award Winning Journalist & PR Pro Mika Stambaugh

Onclusive

“Nail the elevator pitch.”. I came to the name after incorporating my initials — ‘MAS’ is Spanish for ‘more’ — and ‘ink’ references pen-to-paper; writing your story to build and manage your communications. AirPR: With PR as a focus, you have included marketing and advertising into your agency. We keep things simple.