ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 21, 2017

One of the challenges PR people face daily is coming up with new or original ideas for story pitches, blog posts and other content. Sites like Trendspottr to get ahead of the curve on any number of topics and spur creative and buzzworthy writing. Come up with fresh content ideas. Also helpful? DesignerPics. Haute Chocolate.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 12, 2018

PR pros, who at that time, were still new to a feature that Microsoft introduced around 1995, were sending pitches or releases by email with tracked-changes still on. It’s one of two creative press releases examples that recently crossed my radar and I’m sharing here in this post. A Creative Press Release for B2B Tech.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

PRs can then reach out to pitch “thought leaders,” authors and other spokespeople to any number of shows looking for talent or topic-specific expertise. SelfMade lets you “be the creative director of your life” with packages that offer slick professional photo editing and social media support at an affordable budget.

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Cision

JUNE 18, 2015

Perfect your pitch. You can and should pitch your created, or “owned,” content to the media. Write concise, clear pitches to key media contacts. Include links to your content assets – many times your pitches aren’t viewed because they hit the firewall and were either sent to spam or returned to you. Put out the signs!

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

If PR professionals understand what it means to re-purpose content, it might be because there’s a new “pitching tips” blog post or article at least every week. Many of these cover the basics, for example: do your research, know the reporter’s audience, and pitch a story, not a product. Art or Science: Creative Marketing and PR.

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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. However, creative content surrounding your client’s core areas of expertise should be prioritised, in order to attract coverage on the right sectors and publications.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This means posting links and images to all brand social accounts of course, but there are also opportunities to get more creative. But do use it in a pitch to a morning talk show. ” Trade pieces in discrete verticals can also be very effective as part of a pitch to a B2B publication with a wider audience.

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Cision

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Check out the “PR Starter Kit” for pitching tips and more! Think about how many times you’ve seen a text-based article go viral – and compare that to cute kitten photos, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge or infographics. Images: martinak15 , Verizon ( Creative Commons ). Images inspire sharing.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

I’ve always found it’s a hard sell to pitch a marketing (or PR) program to a CMO that won’t result in leads or deals in the next quarter. 3) Rising influence of creative in content marketing. The UK team at LinkedIn took an underperforming ebook created by the US team, redesigned, polished it up with better creative and better title.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

What must also be kept in mind is that creativity and innovation don’t come in a vacuum. Your aim in all of this activity is to spark your imagination, build a list of creative ideas and then innovate. Hustle and pitch. At Movoto, each team member pitched the target audience using email. Cool infographics.

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Cision

JULY 30, 2015

Want pitching tips that will help you land an interview? Click here for 10 Media Pitching Do’s and Don’ts! Check out this infographic for a helpful checklist! Images: www.audio-luci-store.it , Flazingo Photos ( Creative Commons ). Arm Yourself with the Latest Information.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Instead of the company trying to pitch every publication under the sun, which is unproductive and time-consuming, it should start by identifying the relevant media outlets, and only pitch their story to those. As long as the pitch is relevant to the interest of the journalists, it’s more than likely to reach their eyes.

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

#CreativePR, the hashtag, caught our attention at last year’s PRSA conference when Deirdre Breakenridge, Jason Sprenger and Heather Whaling teamed up for their presentation, “Creative PR: Delivering Your Story From Narrative and Design to Measurement.” When you can, offer high resolution photos, videos or infographics.

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Bad Pitch Blog

MARCH 22, 2010

1) Infographic: USA Today was the first to own the infographic because snappy visuals help show the news instead of simply telling it. 5) Haiku : Creative writing might work, but what if you''re announcing an acquisition? And surely there is some news that might be more effective pitched in video format. You should.

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Contently - Strategy

MARCH 15, 2019

Marketers typically think about lobbing their pitch at prospective clients, but the same exercise could help you here. Style guide and pitch guide. Sending a style guide to freelancers will give them answers to all the little creative questions that you already know in the back of your head. Gather a portfolio of past success.

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Contently - Strategy

MARCH 13, 2019

What Goldman captures here is simple: Creativity doesn’t always happen on a schedule. It’s also true for any creative endeavor, not just writing. Then I create a spreadsheet where each person can fill in their pitches before we discuss. Out of all his famous lines, this one resonates with me the most.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 26, 2024

This case study is about a time when I worked with a local NYC pest control company that was on the verge of complete death and brought them back to life with the help of some creative marketing chops and massively helpful tools like Buzzstream. Creating a straight-up pest control infographic would be content marketing suicide.

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Buzzstream

JULY 16, 2024

For instance, if you want to rank for certain keywords in a specific region, such as “Memphis art galleries,” you could create and pitch a city study around the “Best Art Galleries in Tennessee” and include internal links to your Memphis art galleries page. This approach gives many more cities and publications to pitch.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Survey Pitch Outreach Template When pitching a survey, highlighting the key takeaways is the most effective way to inspire your target to cover your post. When pitching the data, be sure to call out why it is relevant to them and their audience. Jodie says: “Journalists love data, but sometimes it is not easy to come across.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Imagine the strength of your media pitch or the engagement of your content with a unique interactive chart or two to illustrate your points. Not only can you do some cool, creative things with Canva but you can also embed and embellish a graph there, too. Infogram – An intuitive infographic creation tool.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Imagine the strength of your media pitch or the engagement of your content with a unique interactive chart or two to illustrate your points. Not only can you do some cool, creative things with Canva but you can also embed and embellish a graph there, too. Infogram – An intuitive infographic creation tool.

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PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

However, bombarding your new love interest with a sales pitch on how amazing of a partner you are on the first date will likely not warrant a second one. Some examples of content marketing include: Infographics. M arketing can be a lot like dating. That's where inbound marketing and content marketing relate.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 27, 2024

Marketers typically think about lobbing their pitch at prospective clients, but the same exercise could help you onboard freelancers. Style guide and pitch guide What’s your stance on the Oxford comma? A freelancer can’t pitch you ideas effectively without knowing at a high-level what you’re looking for.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Understanding an integrated marketing environment will feed success when pitching brands and working on campaigns by allowing you to clearly show revenue ROI that will make your results more tangible to business leaders. Turn a tip sheet into an infographic by visualizing data found within it. Images: The U.S.

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Buzzstream

MAY 9, 2018

SEO Content Marketers – This type of outreach team blurs the line between traditional SEO and PR, using a range of tactics including blogger outreach, infographic placement, broken link building. “ High touch outreach (at scale) is a unique blend between business processes and creative tasks. Ross Hudgens, Siege Media.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 16, 2016

Get to the latest infographic before it’s published – and pitch it to a media outlet first. Review webinars for pitch-ideas, contributed articles or guest posts. Transform a solid media pitch and into a blog post. Canvas previous published contributed content for evergreen pitch ideas. * * *.

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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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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, remember that AI should not replace human-written content and creativity. AI for ideas & inspiration Humans are creative and can think of many different ideas, and now AI dramatically increases the number and novelty of ideas. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2015

If you have no images at all, get creative. Images for promotions, such as ads or social media images, are generally more like pitches than other types of writing. Certain images, such as infographics, are “allowed” to have a lot more information packed into them than other images. Use their headshot from their company bio.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 30, 2015

Josh Rose, Chief Creative Officer, Weber Shandwick. However, the visuals have to be creative and well-designed and executed. When Weber Shandwick, long known as a PR agency, starts a section devoted only to paid media (Sawmill) and makes Josh Rose the Chief Creative Officer, you know things are changing in our industry.

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This space is typically reserved for blog posts, infographics, social posts, and e-books. Marketers typically think of the top of the funnel as the place where they get to be most creative. You’ll most likely end up creating everything from pitch decks and website copy to one-sheeters and help desk articles.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

For internal speakers, where a webinar is just one more additional duty, an interview like this can be a helpful creative exercise for them as they develop a presentation. By now you can begin to see how a systematic approach to content provides both marketing integration with plenty of room for creativity.

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Solo PR Pro

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We offer everything from strategic communications to public relations, marketing, branding and creative services. It used to be you could pitch a story to virtually any type of outlet and if it was a good story, land a placement. That’s one reason why we provide services such as graphic design, data visualization and video.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The high touch of creativity, big ideas and market smarts will reign over tech and hacks; we’ll all look to see what comes next after content.”. This unlikely union will create some of the most creative, impactful and best-in-class marketing the planet has ever seen. 29) A logical investment in creativity. “As

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Her story links to an online statement and infographic by the talent agency The Creative Group which conducted the survey: “Companies increasingly see the business value of good design and content marketing, and seek people with expertise in these areas. Now LinkedIn is pitching an employee advocacy tool in this post.

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PR 20/20

MAY 17, 2018

There’s no shortage in creativity, so why the shortage in leads? This could be in the form of a visual checklist, infographic, SlideShare presentation, quiz or even a Facebook Live webcast. Pitch target media (and / or influencers). To connect with an influencer, ensure your pitch is mutually beneficial.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Some 70% reported video has a greater impact “over other content formats such as infographics, e-books and white papers” in raising awareness of a business problem. I’m open to pitches on these, but please read this first. 97% of respondents said video content and communication were useful after making a purchase.

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