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Agency teams should take the time to explain, based on personal experience and expertise, why a story will or won’t work and where possible, how to take a bland or unworkable pitch and improve it. With a print interview, there are opportunities to reach out to a journalist and add or amend statements.
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A PR professional will help you stick handle those issues by developing appropriate strategies and constructing honest messages. Have you considered an interesting visual that will appeal to broadcast and print outlets alike? Experienced pros have developed and pitched countless stories in their careers.
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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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