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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. Show appreciation for positive feedback and address negative feedback constructively.
Be thoughtful in constructing questions. Make your survey work harder by drafting an article based on the results or creating an infographic with the most startling findings. Pitch your client to appropriate media to discuss the survey in a greater context. Use formats that are most conducive to the question you’re asking.
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.
Lean into city rivalries When I was with Siege Media, I created a piece for a construction client in which we surveyed people to see if they could distinguish a city based on its skyline. For instance, with the construction client, we could have really leaned into more US city rivalries, like NYC vs. Boston or Houston vs. Dallas.
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.
Best Cities for X In a “best cities” or “index” campaign, the goal is to create a ranking of cities, states, or countries, rank them, and then pitch the winners (or losers) to those regional news publications. You can also see short surges of traffic right when the post is published, pitched, and subsequently updated and repitched.
Every piece of content has to thoughtfully constructed and delivered. Pitching reporters is not the same as it was 10 or even 5 years ago. You can download the full infographic of the 15 skills here. Once you know what your audience wants and will respond to, it’s so much easier to create an effective content strategy.
Building and Pitching New Content New, fresh content is one of the best ways to get quality links. Here are some ways to build new content for pitching. Then you can take an idea that has worked well for your competition, iterate on it, and pitch it for coverage. Then it’s just a matter of getting your team together.
I have written extensively about the resume over the years including these posts, It''s About the Accomplishments , Is the Resume Dead , Constructing a Compelling Resume , Rebooting Your Resume , among others. Even if your contribution is a successful pitch to a journalist, provide the link to the actual story.
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.
Hustle and pitch. At Movoto, each team member pitched the target audience using email. Each email pitch included these tactics: How would you describe the article to your mom? Cool infographics. They constructed credibility and trust built on authentic content. For content, this included: Listicles. Nieman Lab.
“Creative PR means thinking outside the box—so while I believe in using traditional tools like a press release or a media pitch, make sure you get a bit creative by constructing your written communications as follows: Start with visuals: Visuals are becoming increasingly important in PR. Wouldn’t you love to pitch a story like that?
Hustle and pitch. At Movoto, each team member pitched the target audience using email. Each email pitch included these tactics: How would you describe the article to your mom? Cool infographics. They constructed credibility and trust built on authentic content. For content, this included: Listicles. Nieman Lab.
The more you foster these types of relationships, the more successful you will be when you pitch. 7 Tips for a Better Pitch. Successful PR people know that pitching is a science. Here are 7 simple tips you can put to use today to improve your pitches. You need to personalize your pitch.
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