Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2024

For example, I just pulled up a HARO email as I write this and found a query looking for case studies on CRM implementations. Maybe there are just less pitches submitted [in] total now and landing a link is easier, but I’m skeptical. Content picks Pitch results. I don’t agree with all of that but I share the sentiment.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

The survey found: 57% are crafting pitches; 48% are writing copy for social media; 48% are writing press releases; 44% are using it for research; and 25% say they are using it for strategy and planning. Finally, about 40% either have no plans to use it, or simply aren’t sure. How does PR’s use of gAI compare to marketing?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 20, 2020

A POV offers currency for proactive pitching as well as content development. Additionally, pulling data internally can be a great way to keep the company involved in the news and add value to those who report on the current news cycles. . Think outside the B2B box. PR doesn’t just need to be pitching over email.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 5, 2024

I skipped this monthly column in February because there wasn’t anything to write about. The plugins can be used to help PR pros customize their pitches to a specific contact. Sumera previously acquired SocialChorus, an internal comms platforms for $100 million in 2020. Here’s a screenshot. See our services.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 13, 2023

When you pitch a story, you need to be credible too. Make it clear who or what you are pitching. Draw a correlation between your pitch and their prior coverage. Takeaway: Journalists are checking to see what’s hot with readers and writing more of that. The results found 61% of journalists get 100 pitches a week or more.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A PR agency is a communications consultancy that serves as an external resource, and ideally, an extension of your internal communications function. Before you contact them, write down a list of specific questions to ask that will help you evaluate your finalists. Why work with a PR agency, and is it right for your organization?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 11, 2020

Journalists are finding less value in press releases with only 3% saying they heavily rely on the document for their writing. For example, working with B2B tech companies, we often push different forms of data to journalists to encourage coverage. Quality writing rises to the top. Yet a press release can still offer benefits.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. 10 Fundamentals for Successful B2B Media Interviews. No one wants to write a story few people read, and many people, fortunately, or unfortunately, get their news on social media. 5) Factually accuracy over speed of reporting.

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Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

PR’s job is to pitch and secure stories that align with the brand, as told through third-party endorsement. While your PR team is targeting tech outlets such as Wired and Recode with the same story, they’re also pitching Elle Décor and Real Simple, emphasizing how the fridge makes a décor statement while making home life easier altogether.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A quick start for a PR campaign can raise confidence among external (or internal) clients and lay the groundwork for a successful long-term program. A recent example here at Crenshaw involved a program where B2C, B2B and B2B2C initiatives were designed to complement each other and generate simultaneous awareness for a security brand.

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Cision

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Many in PR are familiar with looking at a publication’s calendar to know what to pitch them in a timely manner. However, given the rise in popularity of content marketing, marketers now find value in having an internal content calendar to stay organized with what they publish on their blogs, websites, press releases and social media.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2017

Most new hires will get broad exposure to the range of essential PR skills, from writing to research, to media outreach, and their work may touch several different PR sectors, from financial to fashion. While some PR firms boast comprehensive intern or entry-level programs, they may be short on actual PR practice and long on busy work.

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

I cannot believe my time as an intern will soon be coming to a close. I’ve learned that writing social media content is not as easy as it seems. A piece of writing can always be improved, but sometimes it’s best to move on. Having that experience helped me see the differences in writing B2B and B2C pitches.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the course of my career, I’ve lived through two acquisitions, contributed to internal and external comms for several more, and at different organizations, and even did a divestiture. This blog is just a clever cover story for a boutique and savvy marketing and PR consultancy serving B2B tech. Did you know?

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Everyone hits up the same list and the glamour of it has long since worn off unless you are writing them a check. The social media scheduling platform Buffer “started pitching our best-performing blog posts to other blogs in case they’d be interested in republishing.” 4) Pitch your content for a roundup. How do you find them?

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By Ming Gao, Intern Entering college, I always knew I wanted to major in something that could combine my interest in business and marketing with my creative side. Through process of elimination, I realized that writing is one of my strong suits and ran with it. The difficult part was discovering where to apply them.

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By Ming Gao, Intern Entering college, I always knew I wanted to major in something that could combine my interest in business and marketing with my creative side. Through process of elimination, I realized that writing is one of my strong suits and ran with it. The difficult part was discovering where to apply them.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

B2B marketing relooks brand marketing and awareness “The building of an actual pipeline doesn’t start with merely laying the pipe in the ground. Something similar has happened in B2B marketing over the last 20 years. So, more companies are chasing fewer in-market customers in B2B and doing so at the expense of brand.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic. Some may see irony in an AI system that writes reasonably well suggesting writing is a top skill.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 13, 2017

The client details features and benefits of a new B2B tech product but they fail to materialize. The best rule, of course, is to slightly underpromise and overdeliver — in writing. To avoid this scenario, the agency and internal comms team should consider a blanket policy of requiring media prep for every company spokesperson.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 30, 2016

I’ll often use the first draft of a press release for a pitch. First, because the first draft is usually written like a news report and based on an interview with an internal expert with a big idea. My remedy at the end of this process is to re-look at the first draft and see if I can mold that into a pitch.

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The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

By Kyra Hanson, Intern. It is difficult to choose just one highlight from my time as an intern at The Hoffman Agency, because there are so many experiences that I recall fondly. However, one task that stands out to me is writing personalized pitches to reporters.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. Trusted sources of B2B information. What sources of information do B2B buyers trust? Read more: “Skepticism” is the “New Normal;” Survey Finds B2B Tech Has Trust Issues. B2B prospects want published pricing. Start there at first.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Many in PR are familiar with looking at a publication’s calendar to know what to pitch them in a timely manner. However, given the rise in popularity of content marketing, marketers now find value in having an internal content calendar to stay organized with what they publish on their blogs, websites, press releases and social media.

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Solo PR Pro

JUNE 26, 2018

75% of B2B decision-makers use social media to research vendors before deciding whether to do business with them. LinkedIn has its own internal SEO, so it’s important to choose the right keywords for your LinkedIn profile. Write in two-to-three-sentence paragraphs, keeping it easily-readable on mobile devices. Be Visible.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Audio in marketing doesn’t just mean podcasts writes David Kirkpatrick for Marketing Dive – The call for audio content marketing gets louder. Research for PR Pros on B2B Messaging, Pitches and Clickbait [UML] . 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. See these related posts: What is Agile Marketing Again?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2019

As a profession, public relations evokes images of media pitching or crisis management. But according to the 2018 USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations Global Communications Report , writing is the skill most valued by PR recruiters. Media pitches and social posts require writers to pack the most punch into the lowest word count.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 31, 2017

In B2B PR, a strong point of view on an industry problem, a compelling vision for the future, or a prediction can be winning thought leadership ideas, with the right packaging. There’s a very smart exercise to be done when floating an idea internally. Do work backward. Just a bit of positive newsjacking.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2011

While we don’t require the PR pro to be in every weekly team meeting, the new one started having prior commitments, and eventually had an intern sit in. She has been proactive about upcoming events and promotions we are contemplating so as to plan her pitches. What went wrong? We also had slow progress getting media coverage.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

B2B marketers that outperform peers are more likely to devote 40% or more of their marketing budget to long-term goals, according to a survey of 450 respondents. Source: Effective Thought Leadership in B2B ). B2B sales cycles are taking longer. Source: B2B Sales Cycles ). Source: US B2B Tradeshows ).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And because I’ve spent time in-house on the vendor side I can write about this topic in depth. The 6 Top B2B Content Formats Buyers Find Most Valuable. Research reports, cases studies and webinars are among the content formats B2B executives say are most helpful to them when researching a purchase. PR Tech Sum].

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. But B2B influencer marketing works completely differently.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

The top news in PR tech this month includes: Artificial Intelligence updates for PR, Microsoft integrations for internal comms; podcast monitoring grows. >>> Looking for a B2B tech PR with expertise and execution? 2) SocialChorus has new integrations to Microsoft for internal comms. Here’s a link to the survey.

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 17, 2017

Picture this: A B2B SaaS company with $2 million in funding and aggressive growth goals is struggling to meet lead-generation targets. Activate investors, partners, and peers with an elevator pitch, prospect offer and incentive. Write the Guide to __ RFP and make sure your company has solid responses. Paid Traffic.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Then, email that website to point out the broken link and use that as a jumping-off point to pitch them your site or content. Creating and Pitching Content Who is it best for? Then, internally link your content to your money pages. Then, use a tool like Buzzstream to pitch your content to your targets.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 3, 2016

As my colleague Amanda Munroe pointed out recently , the B2B tech space has many challenges. In order to produce an effective and impactful plan for B2B PR program you need the following five things: Alignment with Audience. As much as your product may excite you, it is one of thousands being pitched out. Matt Trocchio.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2018

1) Share the news internally. Maybe that means an email to the executive team, the sales team, or publishing a link to an internal site like Yammer or Slack. This is easy fodder to write a blog post on the same topic from a different angle and yet also weave in the story you worked so hard to earn. It probably does.

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