Prowly

JANUARY 31, 2025

In a PR context, you need data about visits to branded pages, blog posts, or referral traffic from PR campaigns. Step 3: Choose key metrics to track 1 Website traffic Website traffic tells you how many visits you get online and what people do on your site (browse more, click, or maybe close the tab).

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Buzzstream

MARCH 5, 2025

When ideating, you can get strategic about planning your post to set up those head-to-head comparisons. The authors of these stories can quickly become journalists to target for follow-up stories, additional quote pitches, and more. Between creating content and pitching, I barely had time. In fact, most isnt.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 8, 2025

If you are unfamiliar, Clearlink is a marketing agency that owns and operates several consumer comparison web properties like Highspeedinternet.com and Reviews.com. Rewrite pitches for clarity and relevance. I mean, I get pitches all the time of “dear Sage, we have this link. Will you put it on your blog?

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Buzzstream

MAY 16, 2024

I get email requests from guest bloggers who want to write on the BuzzStream blog daily. Some simply buy links on large guest posting directories, and others pitch quality content to get published on an external site. As you can see, when you start to explore the waters of guest blogging for backlinks, things get very muddy quickly.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 4, 2019

While I did not see any updates about code over the last 30 days, there were a few announcements that caught my eye, along with a handful of posts from the vendor blogs. By comparison, the research site WARC placed the larger category of marketing technology across North America and the UK at $52 billion in late 2018. Here we go….

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 24, 2007

One thing’s for sure, the pitch is smart and creative. The site even provides you with lyrics to the song, a favorite character poll, a trivia quiz and a side by side comparison of the city’s skyline in the show’s opening credits with a view of the city today (a lot has changed).

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 28, 2020

Listen is where you establish searches and monitor media, including social media; Connect is the media contacts database – with an interesting twist; Publish allows you to publish releases, blogs and send pitches; Amplify allows you to showcase user generated content – like social media posts; and. Below what that looks like.

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Cision

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Today’s consumers research destinations by taking in bite size perspectives provided by their peers on channels such as Snapchat and Instagram, by media through traditional channels, and directly from the destinations themselves through blogs and other digital platforms. An easy comparison is social media.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Making this comparison is usually easy because chances are, someone in your organization is responsible for buying traffic, whether that’s through pay-per-click (PPC), paid social, paid email distribution or other paid channels. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019? 43 cents per click.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 4, 2024

With that in mind, we took to the podcast to discuss the challenges of ideating, designing, and pitching digital PR campaigns from an in-house. Clearlink used to pay a panel of journalists for feedback on pitches and ideas. I remember pitching somebody something freelance. One thing we were talking about was.

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PR in High Definition

AUGUST 21, 2018

And it often makes me think that choosing an agency and running a pitch process can be a bit like a game of tennis. media relations) PR agency, an SEO agency or an influencer relations agency – but when you only have the budget for one of them, the temptation is to invite all three to pitch. I joke, but it’s not easy on either party.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

What I wasn’t initially anticipating within the field is the creativity, anticipation and thrill it entails when conceiving campaigns, writing pitches and landing links. In terms of preparing pitches, there’s a fine balance between ensuring the client is credited in coverage and making the email too brand-centric.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2022

There’s no mention of salary comparisons, which is a long-standing issue in PR. Cision also pitched microsites for ESG solutions a few months ago. Pitching on Fridays. “We We continue to see counterintuitive pitching success for Friday in our research on PR email pitches,” says Propel in a post about pitching on Fridays. “In

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Beyond PR

MAY 22, 2018

Asking these types of questions and understanding what outlets typically publish will give you more direction when you craft pitches. This will help establish comparison points. Understanding your target outlets and the reporters you need to pitch to is one of the first steps in successful media relations.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

PR Week published a story about a new vendor out of Tel Aviv that’s has launched what it pitches as a CRM for PR. The tool also breaks down the pitching activity of each team member, including metrics for open, response and coverage rates.”. Testing features – A/B testing – to assist in seeing which pitches are performing.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 19, 2007

Hopkins’ blog post proves out the importance of source filing. Do a side by side comparison between US Netcom and their competitor and you''ll clearly see it’s not the idea, it''s the execution we’re lambasting along with several other blogs. tags | media relations | media | good pitch | bad pitch | bad pitch blog'

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 12, 2021

This blog is just a clever story for an incredible marketing and PR agency serving B2B tech. For example, you can send one press release URL to a reporter, and it (ideally) contains the pitch idea, supporting quotes and images that help them produce a story. Again, that comparison post I link to above is instructive.

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Bad Pitch Blog

JANUARY 20, 2006

The following pitch was so bad, it inspired several bloggers including B.L. It also inspired this blog. Note: Bad Pitch Anonymization is in all UPPERCASE BOLD type. Thanks, FIRST NAME FIRST NAME LAST NAME for COMPANY ONE PHONE NUMBER - Why is this a bad pitch? Ochman and Colin McKay. Hope this will be useful to you.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2019

How do you compare a brief mention in a top tier business publication to a product review in a blog? The pie chart provides an aggregate view: The bar chart provides a monthly comparison which I think helps you get focused on the events that tip the share of voice balance in your favor: 4) Giving PR the capacity for marketing attribution.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 4, 2017

Subscribers are more likely to convert , but if your content is heavy on pitch and light on value, no one is going to subscribe. How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. Blog post: 44%. Product/service comparison: 39%. Just producing more white papers or blog posts may not be the right answer.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 5, 2023

BuzzStream Discovery gives you access to BuzzStream’s database of influencers to easily find bloggers who write about topics that are relevant to your pitch. How would they pitch their blog to someone else in their niche?” Finding new opportunities with BuzzStream Discovery Why use Discovery?

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A PPC campaign might get you an email address but it takes a whole bunch of touches in between – blogs, emails, webinars, white papers, PR, sales calls – to close the deal. How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. 25% product or service comparisons. Blog about it. 44% say content marketing.

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

We’ve added a new set of “comparison” terms into the mix to help develop data into insights that can help develop your ideas. New breed competitors including content marketing, influencer outreach and SEO link-building agencies are now pitching and winning PR budgets. Read Jim’s insights and my response on Paul Sutton’s PR blog.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

Campaigns might involve pitching a quote from a thought leader to a journalist writing about a related topic or creating and pitching content highlighting data from a commissioned industry survey. Hero Content Hero content, or content-led digital PR, is typically standalone content on a site or blog pitched for coverage.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 28, 2024

Like Cision, the software offers a media database, monitoring, pitching, and reporting capabilities. Not only do we personalize our pitches in terms of the content, but we also tailor the timing of each pitch to the contact. MuckRack differs from Cision in the size of its media database. What Do the Experts Say?

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Writing on the company’s blog , Lindsey Woodward , who leads the client support team said, “Whether jumping on a call to assist in creating an internal newsletter or report for your boss or setting up new employees on the Meltwater platform, we want our clients to have personal and open communication with Meltwater.”. via BurrellesLuce.

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PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And this got me thinking, why have our news outlets started to prioritise softer stories in comparison to the hard-hitting journalism we used to see? Don’t just glance over their website, read their content and determine whether the information your pitching to journalists is suitable and relevant. The reason?

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 17, 2017

The marketing team is consistently blogging, distributing content across their social networks, and producing high-quality premium content pieces monthly. Activate investors, partners, and peers with an elevator pitch, prospect offer and incentive. Comparison Matrix. Harness the support of others, and help others to help you.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 5, 2023

BuzzStream Discovery gives you access to BuzzStream’s database of influencers to easily find bloggers who write about topics that are relevant to your pitch. How would they pitch their blog to someone else in their niche?” Finding new opportunities with BuzzStream Discovery Why use Discovery?

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Flatiron Communications

JULY 5, 2022

My role was to keep the startup founders’ strict two-minute elevator pitches flowing — for three hours — which worked out to roughly 17 presentations/hour, including interstitials! As impressed as the number of fourth estate influencers, they pale in comparison to the volume of venerable VC firms looking for potential portfolio companies.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. This tool has myriad features and uses, but I predominantly use it for both ideation and to assist with pitch-writing. It’s one of the most crucial and time-consuming parts of the pitching process, but a necessary evil nonetheless.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 29, 2025

Quick Tips Here are some of the tips I pulled from our chat: Personalize Before You Pitch Connect with journalists on LinkedIn or Twitter/X before sending a pitch. Wait a couple of weeks before sending a pitch to avoid seeming transactional. Do they, were they pitched to you? I love the follow-up story angle.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Another good idea: draft a simple byline or blog post on “Scary Customer Stories” or “Nightmare Product Launches.” We do an annual Halloween PR blog post that’s always well-received. For example, IoT devices for the home can factor into smart pitches on fall clean-up and prep stories.

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Contently - Strategy

MAY 7, 2020

Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to pitch ideas to a number of wiser, business-minded folks. In 2010, the Into the Gloss blog allowed the company to build credibility and trust with an audience of beauty lovers and consumers. When someone wants to pitch a movie, they try to drum up excitement with a concise comparison.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2025

Prioritize Authority and Relevance Always evaluate potential guest blogging sites for authority and relevance to your niche. Avoid the Author Bio Links Modern-day guest blogging’s best practice is to place your target links naturally within the content itself rather than in author bios. Like these like comparison sites.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Let’s not post new blog content 4x a month if that frequency isn’t working anymore. Independent news channels, blogs and podcasts will rise in readership/listenership. Respondents said their organization is placing more or much more emphasis on owned media (60%), like blogs, newsletters and websites.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

However, some digital PRs create new content on their site or blog and pitch it to journalists to jack a news story. Then, when the day finally came, they pitched their study to journalists. Given that Cliff already wrote about the lottery winner, there’s a high likelihood that Cliff is relevant for a pitch.

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