5W PR

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Optimize content for search engines (SEO) to improve visibility. Consider different formats, such as blog posts, articles, infographics, videos, and podcasts. Next, it’s important to pitch to journalists. Tailor pitches to the specific interests and needs of each journalist.

Strategy 78

Strategy Marketing Crisis Communications Analytics 78

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

A Guest Post by Jessica McClanahan, Graduate Student, American University, PR Expanded Blog Contest Winner. Vocal fry is the name for the type of phonation (vocal sound) that you’ll hear often at the end of a sentence as the voice drops lower in pitch – it sounds a bit like a creaky door – listen here.

Engineering 383

Engineering Hotels System Television 383

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2019

As a profession, public relations evokes images of media pitching or crisis management. From blog posts to media pitches, we shift gears constantly, adapting to many different kinds of written content. Media pitches and social posts require writers to pack the most punch into the lowest word count. Less is more.

Case Study 231

Case Study Writing Pitching SEO 231

5W PR

JANUARY 14, 2025

Publish thought leadership pieces, case studies, white papers, and blog posts that address key industry challenges and offer valuable insights. Optimize the website and blog for search engines (SEO) to improve organic visibility and attract a wider audience. Offer exclusive insights, data, or interviews with relevant experts.

How To 78

How To Media Case Study Technology 78

OnePitch

AUGUST 24, 2022

On this week’s Pitches That Placed, we are highlighting a pitch incorporating strong data findings around pay cuts that landed a placement in Bloomberg Law. Let’s see why this pitch worked: Let’s take a look at the actual pitch that placed: . with your pitch and 3-5 reasons why you believe it worked.

Pitching 98

Pitching How To Employee Engineering 98

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Owned media, aka content, is content you produce that lives on your website or blog. When you create valuable content resources your customers find to be interesting and informational, you will be able to build the relationships—and search engine results—that can drive revenue for your organization. Owned Media.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On this week’s Pitches That Placed, we are highlighting a pitch that placed in Insider due to their intro to a CEO as a future resource for stories. Let’s see why this pitch worked: Let’s take a look at the actual pitch that placed: . The pitch body was well-crafted. Want more blogs like this?

Pitching 98

Pitching How To Resources Engineering 98

Cision

JULY 25, 2017

Search engines like Google and Bing regularly probe the quality of sites, which means those with low-quality get pushed down in the search results. Incoming links from sites with a strong domain authority are a more powerful signal to search engines than sites with low authority. So, how can you ensure that happens?

Strategy 257

Strategy How To SEO Engineering 257

Buzzstream

MARCH 19, 2025

As Doug is an expert in all things podcasting, I figured picking his brain about pitching yourself or your clients to get on podcasts would be an excellent opportunity. Ditch the Templates Generic mass-pitching doesnt work. Prioritize Relevance Over Volume Mass pitching might land you spots on low-quality podcasts.

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Pitching How To YouTube Tools 62

Rock the Status Quo

JANUARY 16, 2015

Today’s Rock The Pitch submission comes from a beauty blogger in Phoenix, AZ, and she makes a great point when she says, “ I recieve a ton of bad pitches, unfortunately. Did you get my FREE eBOOK on pitching media? THE PITCH It comes from a very well-known floral brand. If not, download it right here !

Pitching 100

Pitching eBook Blogging Engineering 100

Sword and the Script

MARCH 4, 2025

Because we want people (or search engines) to think the content is fresh even when its not. The Marketing Geeks conclude the report, in part, by noting: Marketers must establish relationships built on trust by consistently delivering valuable insights, educational content, and meaningful interactions that go beyond the sales pitch.

Marketing 117

Marketing Fashion Survey Education 117

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Furthermore, it can track social media coverage as well, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and over 300 million blogs. Sometimes it can be difficult to land pitches, but with ProfNet, the media opportunities present themselves. Google Trends. Google Trends is underutilized in our view. Radio Guest List.

Tools 232

Tools Radio Trends Pitching 232

Cision

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Influencers are essential to any PR, comms or marketing campaign, as they are the engine that drives audiences to act, and they disseminate messages either directly (think sponsored posts) or filtered through their viewpoint (think traditional newspaper features). — can be daunting to research for just one contact.

Small Business 245

Small Business Media SMB Pitching 245

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 26, 2016

If you’re an avid (or even a sometimes) reader of the SHIFT blog, then you already know data-driven public relations is something we know well. Over the years, we’ve uncovered some amazing, easy-to-use and best of all – free – tools the search engine offers that can make a big difference in a media relations program.

Google 98

Google Data Pitching Tools 98

Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

Today, it is so much easier and it’s a lot more transparent with the advent of search engines and a social web. A laptop, the web, and a search engine and you have the starter tools to begin this spying caper. Also take a tour of their websites and blogs. Do they have a blog? Hustle and pitch.

How To 198

How To Real Estate Web Case Study 198

Buzzstream

MARCH 4, 2025

Personalization makes or breaks your email pitch. The CHAMP method ensures your pitch is effective. So, I need to build a list of blogs to pitch that cater to PRs and SEOs. Im use a Google Search for seo blogs to find blogs that have written about similar content. Follow-ups should be strategic, not spammy.

SEO 62

SEO Google Pitching Digital PR 62

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Senior PR Engineer Kelly Byrd interviewed her customer Mark Delcorps of Overstock.com on how he and his team and company are using AirPR data to help them drive, maintain and replicate business impact. K: Full plate! How does the Overstock PR team fit into the organization?

Interviews 223

Interviews Retail Data Insurance 223

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2018

Ads pop up and disappear, while blog posts, news articles, and white papers stay searchable for months ie even years. Close behind are e-books (67%), infographics (66%), and blog posts (66%).” Business buyers prefer hard, unbiased data over sales pitches and marketing collateral. PR offers more bang for the content buck.

Advertising 178

Advertising Advertising B2B Trade Shows 178

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2017

It implies a kind of “smile-and-dial” media pitch person, or a celebrity’s press agent. Many of today’s PR agencies are staffed with digital experts and data engineers as well as ex-journalists and publicists. .” Who, me, a publicist? Neither would describe my role. First, the changes in what we do.

Publicity 245

Publicity Public Affairs Agency Corporate 245

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 7, 2012

Because there is no such thing as the “perfect pitch.” ” There are terrible pitches, there are so-so pitches, and there are very good pitches. But to me, a perfect pitch would be one that secured every single story it was aiming for. You can , however, write a very good pitch. ” See?

Pitching 75

Pitching Course Examples Engineering 75

The Proactive Report

APRIL 6, 2021

Domain Authority (DA) is a search engine ranking score developed by Moz that predicts how well a website will rank on search engine result pages (SERPs). In simple English – when a website has a high domain authority score it gets more attention from the search engines and ranks higher than other websites.

Leadership 147

Leadership Engineering Enterprise Social Media 147

OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

What’s the best pitch of yours that resulted in coverage and what elements made it successful? I think our obsession with brevity in a pitch often translates to that same obsession with brevity in a response, but those two are very different things. What information do you always make sure to include in a pitch?

Pitching 98

Pitching Consumer How To Media Relations 98

Buzzstream

MARCH 5, 2025

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. Check the trending topics at the beginning of each day and see if there are opportunities to pitch. However, not all links are due to a pitch.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Pitching Study Google 62

PRSay

APRIL 19, 2021

When you combine it with earned media, however, it enhances both your expertise and your search engine results. Which topics do you want to own — or keep on your own website or blog — and which ones are you going to use for contributed content — or use in your earned media efforts? . But that will end up hurting you in the long run.

Media 198

Media Newspapers Google Energy 198

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

I called these basics “engines” because they are a combination of process and mechanism. Those four engines are as follows: Engine 1: Focus on the audience, not your product. Engine 2: Provide a reason and mechanism to come back. Engine 3: Give them a chance to raise their hand. Rent-to-own strategy.

Engineering 68

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 68

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

On any given day, we can be asked to craft media pitches, bylined articles, PR plans, or blogs posts. With media pitches, PR pros must tell or tease a story to a journalist – and fast. The purpose of the pitch is to make them want to tell the story – with their own clever language, so a straightforward approach is wise.

Writing 147

Writing Storytelling Pitching Creativity 147

PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

4) Have you guest blogged or written for a high-ranking site? 5) Do you regularly pitch the media? Don’t discount the power of the Google search engine and how it can benefit you and your real estate business. . 3) Are you using the same colors and fonts on your website and your social media header(s)? Learn More at www.3StepstoPRSuccess.com.

Real Estate 130

Real Estate Google LinkedIn Social Media 130

Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Negative SEO is the practice of using black hat search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to sabotage a competitor’s search engine rankings. Here’s what he had to say: “The penalties against an organization for manipulating — or hiring someone to manipulate — search engine results could be severe.

SEO 124

SEO Engineering Crisis Crisis Management 124

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

For both public relations and search engine optimization, publishing content via other people’s sites is a critical part of their everyday duties. Your first contact doesn’t have to be a pitch. When you are pitching the gatekeeper, make sure above all your content will help the reader. Guest Post by Alicia Lawrence.

Strategy 108

Strategy Twitter Pitching Community 108

MaccaPR

JUNE 8, 2017

In this interview, Roshini dishes on how PR people can pitch their clients to be in front of her microphone, why radio is still vital in the age of Twitter, Snapchat and Pinterest; and how former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is one of her girl crushes. My biggest tip for PR people is: generic pitches never work for me.

Radio 89

Radio Instagram Pitching Interviews 89

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series. Which posts have your readers enjoyed least?

Blogging 69

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This is what you use to attract and pitch the media. 2) Niche what you do and pitch around that. This is a free media query service where media outlets are looking for sources and quotes for national magazine articles, television shows, newspapers, and blogs. It’s how you get the journalist to read your email pitch.

Real Estate 130

Real Estate Publicity Television Newspapers 130

5W PR

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But Don’t Stop Your Pitches. Journalists and content creators are looking for good stuff to promote or publish this time of year, and you could be the gift that keeps on giving, if you know what to pitch and to whom. Create a Content-Rich Blog. There was a time when the word “blogging” was merely a buzz word.

Brand 107

Brand Branding Engineering SEO 107

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 21, 2017

Here are some of our favorite apps and tools that help PR teams create winning blog posts, bylines and other important communications. One of the challenges PR people face daily is coming up with new or original ideas for story pitches, blog posts and other content. Or check out blog topic generators from HubSpot or Portent.

Infographics 157

Infographics Writing Tools Google 157

Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 20, 2015

I thought I’d take a quick look at Google Trends to come up with new keywords (blog inspiration!). But then I added in public relations, social media and search engine optimization (SEO) – the other three key components of digital PR – just for comparison purposes. Endorsed and paid for by Carrie’s Inner Geek.).

SEO 100

SEO Comparison Content Marketing Social Media 100

PR Fuel

AUGUST 12, 2021

Meanwhile, small businesses with blogs generate 126% higher lead growth than others. Those who blog are 14 times more likely to see a positive ROI. About 77% of all internet users read blogs. Businesses that blog generate 126% more website traffic than others. Successful Pitches. Write for Your Audience.

Writing 105

Writing SEO Pitching Engineering 105

Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Do thoughts of how to use search engine optimization (SEO) make your head spin? SEO by definition is the ability to be found online, with the presenters sharing that “SEO is as much about people as it is the search engines themselves.”. Search Engine Results Page – the results provided by a search engine following a query.

Engineering 45

Engineering SEO Google Web 45