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3 PR Tips For Better B2B Media Placement

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A B2B PR firm looking to promote a specific idea or story might think first about pitching large, mainstream media outlets. By understanding what compels an outlet’s audience to keep returning for new stories, we can better shape a pitch to hook a writer’s attention. But not every story is national news. Go narrow, but go deep.

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5 classic creative B2B marketing examples

Sword and the Script

Creativity is the one area of marketing that’s immune to budget cuts; the most creative B2B marketing ideas aren’t just “a video” but platforms of messaging and positioning B2B marketing isn’t known for creativity. Important, the five creative B2B marketing ideas below aren’t just a single video or ad as is often the case.

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7 ideas for building customer references in B2B tech

Sword and the Script

The account management model most tech companies employ puts sales and marketing at odds over customer references Gaining access to customers for direct conversations is a long-standing problem in B2B marketing. One study found roughly two-thirds of B2B marketers had no direct communication with customers.

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Pitching Podcasts: PR Tips For Success

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In B2B PR , we’re always looking for ways to promote client stories, often through interviews with members of their senior leadership team. The secret is in the pitch. . For example, if you’re promoting a B2B sales enablement tool, you’ll want to focus on sales podcasts and not marketing shows. Do your research.

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Sometimes B2B marketing just tries too hard

Sword and the Script

I’ve been thinking that B2B marketing tries too hard. So we pitch brands, products and executives that have always been great and are now even greater, which is storytelling that captures lots of eye rolls and fewer leads. In a phrase, B2B marketing needs to stop trying so hard. This post is merely a musing.

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8 Tips For Pitching B2B Tech Stories

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For top B2B PR firms , approaching reporters and tech influencers carries a great deal of responsibility. You want to make sure you’re representing both your agency and your client well, and a top-notch pitch is the best way to do it. There are some small measures that can maximize efforts to B2B technology media. Make it short.

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B2B Brand Storytelling – Using Stories to Engage

ReimaginePR

Smiling black businesswoman leader tells a story as part of her B2B Brand Storytelling Strategy. A fav client of ours asked me to review a pitch recently because they wanted to try out some brand spanking new B2B Brand Storytelling. And the pitch showed just how tough that switch can be. Don’t get me wrong. That’s okay.