The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. PR lesson: If your client or brand is a major enterprise, look for newsworthy topics to pitch to the media. If not, pitch stories that have a major enterprise angle or hook.

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. PR lesson: If your client or brand is a major enterprise, look for newsworthy topics to pitch to the media. If not, pitch stories that have a major enterprise angle or hook.

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Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Can AI write a subject line – a good one at that – and follow with a solid pitch? . To determine the quality of writing produced by AI, BuzzStream and Fractl asked 500 public relations specialists, journalists, and other media professionals to rate a series of subject lines and pitches generated using OpenAI’s GPT-3 text generator.

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Rock the Status Quo

OCTOBER 6, 2015

When you think of the biggest changes in the move from traditional #PR to #DigitalPR, what comes to mind? After decades of media relations and pitching, everything is suddenly changing. It’s also coming from those without a lick of public relations experience who are suddenly writing content and pitching bloggers.

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Buzzstream

JULY 10, 2024

I met Digitaloft’s founder, James Brockbank, at their Digital PR Summit in Manchester. With his deep SEO background, he can explain technical aspects like Google’s patents while still naturally integrating that into his agency’s digital PR and content strategy without it feeling forced. We are, mate.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 4, 2024

She’s been quoted in several of our articles and created a fantastic case study of her digital PR success with KURU Footwear. 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. I started digital PR back in 2018.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Ross and Emily Campbell-Snidal , their VP of Content Marketing, recently released a podcast explaining their new “product-led digital PR” approach. You can check out their original conversation about product-led digital PR on their blog. It’s truly good content, digital PR.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 2, 2017

“The fictions and fabrications that comprise fake news are but a subset of the larger bad news phenomenon, which also encompasses many forms of shoddy, unresearched, error-filled, and deliberately misleading reporting that do a disservice to everyone,” writes Snopes founder David Mikkelson. Get the Digital PR Tips newsletter.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 15, 2024

Using the right tools will make or break your digital PR campaign, and our digital PR agency is using the powerful suite of tools provided by BuzzStream to revolutionize and constantly experiment with our approach to outreach, digital PR, and link building more generally.

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Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Rock The Pitch #11 “Hey I’m convincing a client to start a weekly chat #hashtagremoved 1PM would love help getting it rolling, if you could show up & help :)” Once I was past the initial urge to correct his appalling grammar, I’ll admit to the twinge of resentment that popped up out of nowhere. ” The hook.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

Enter digital PR. I’ve spent the last ten years helping companies grow their digital presence with digital PR, and I’ve seen first-hand the impact and value digital PR can drive for a brand’s growth. What is Digital PR? In the next section, we’ll explore the types of digital PR.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Digital PR is certainly not new, but it’s consistently proven to be the most effective way to gain the links that Google values. In this post, I’ll explain why you should use digital PR for link building and how to get started with your first campaigns. How is Digital PR Used for Link Building?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Just like AI can be trained to write copy, AI can be trained to write code. Ayelet Noff , who owns SlicedBrand and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dazzle, summarizes the catalyst for the business idea as taking the “growing grunt work” out of PR. version of PR platform Software startup Propel announced version 2.0

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The trick to getting good content from an AI service is to learn how to write excellent prompts. Give it an identity to write from, a tone of voice to use, and enough context about the topic so that you get a great response back. Always edit and put your own voice on a piece that’s created by AI. Never use it straight from AI.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

In the digital PR world , journalists and reporters promote our content. Some journalists love to get pitched great stories. But they are so bombarded with irrelevant stories and weak pitches that they don’t put their email addresses front and center. Others rely on bloggers. So we can add him to the list.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Tip: As of writing, many journalists are leaving X and heading to BlueSky. PRs and link builders of any size. When it comes to pitching, founderPeter has this advice for pitching: The people who do the following when using SOS almost always have successful pitches. Speed matters, but so does quality writing.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Success in link building and digital PR comes from personalization. . When pitching a top publication, it’s important to remember that there’s a person on the other side of the screen. The key is finding the perfect fit: the ideal connection between a journalist and the content you’re pitching.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 14, 2024

Digital PR can help rankings, organic traffic and more. The term digital PR may differ slightly depending on who you ask. We recently discussed the differences between US and UK digital PR with Rise at Seven’s Will Hobson on our podcast. How Does Digital PR Help SEO? More on that later.)

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Within Digital PR there are different types of tactics and formats used for creating content, each designed to achieve links and brand mentions. These different digital PR tactics range from surveys, commentary and quick pieces of data analysis through to large scale interactive campaigns.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Over the years, I tested and used almost every digital PR, blogger outreach , and link building tool available. Below, we’ve collected our favorite digital PR tools that have been proven to help launch successful campaigns. Meltwater is a PR platform with approximately 400,000 contacts.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 30, 2021

As one of the only chances you have of getting your campaign seen by a journalist, subject lines are arguably the most important part of a pitch. As a journalist, I’ve seen and deleted thousands of PR emails over the years. As a Digital PR, I’ve probably produced all of the above.

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5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Media kits used to be presented following a pitch at a press conference or other large event, but starting in the early 2000s, the best practice shifted to individualized pitches via email. it can exercise some control over who chooses to write about and how they portray the brand. What to Include in a Media Kit?

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 12, 2020

¼ of reporters receive 51-100 pitches a week (Cision , Q2 State of the Media Report, 2020). . With 100 pitches you’re competing against, how do you make sure that your email doesn’t get deleted or worse, marked as spam? PR professionals must keep researching. . Does this person write on the topic you’re pitching? .

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Buzzstream

JULY 16, 2024

Why These Work for Digital PR City studies have proven to be a tried-and-true digital PR strategy because they make great news stories. SEO Rankings Digital PR and SEO work well together. Creating the Post You can then write your post based on how you get your data. Let’s start with ideation.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In this episode, I spoke with Hana Montgomery , the founder and managing director of the digital PR agency Shout Bravo. I met Hana at Brighton SEO , and she gave a great talk about running global digital PR campaigns and earning links internationally. Is it changing digital PR?

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

It’s not enough to sign up for HARO and get Cision and pitch, pitch, pitch. See what they write about. Since I now have a blog about PR and technology, I’m on lists like Cision. I get the most bizarre pitches that have less than nothing to do with what I write about. Do your Homework.

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Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. Write about current events, give your opinion on trending issues or add insight to popular topics.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2016

To that end, I can promise readers three things: This post recommends a manageable number of tools to try four tools, I use each one on a daily basis and these truly provide a digital PR edge. . As PR pro, it provides two valuable benefits. Second, this is a useful tool for measuring the value of your digital efforts overtime.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 20, 2015

Writing a press release and posting it on the wire doesn’t get your media coverage anymore. In fact, according to the 2015 Cision Social Journalism Study only 6% of PR pros still do that. This is a marvelous opportunity to connect with them online and discover what they’re writing about or looking for.

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Buzzstream

JULY 1, 2024

Looking at uSERP’s study in 2022, we see that digital PR and content marketing were most popular with guest posting in third. And if you can, avoid pitching to sites you find on lists. I outline an entire pitching strategy in my video below: 4. So, we know that a lot of SEOs are using guest posting.

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When I got promoted to SEO account manager at my previous digital marketing agency, besides all the excitement, I knew it would be a new challenge to create strategies involving Digital PR, Content, Design and other teams on top of my usual SEO work. Can you remember your life before using a CRM for link building?

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Buzzstream

JULY 29, 2020

At the least—some journalists who excel with engagement and reach receive far more pitches from PR pros than that. . That, combined with an overall sense in the industry that PR is getting harder , and you have a dilemma. Think there’s a better way to write a press release than the template you’ve been given since day one?

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, they join forces for their very successful PR podcast, We Earn Media. Britt also runs the Digital PR Explained podcast. Britt and Jaclyn interview journalists and PRs from across the media landscape, amassing many insights into the pitch process. All these new people into digital PR.

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Buzzstream

JULY 10, 2024

If the content is AI-generated, I use a tool like Copyleaks AI Detector to identify and avoid sites where I think no actual effort is taken to write quality content by real people. Avoid Link Networks and PBNs The best way to avoid these is to avoid people who pitch you on behalf of others. Let’s dig into them.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 12, 2024

For instance, here it is helping me find data sources for a city study , a very popular digital PR campaign strategy. Hypotenuse AI Press Release Writing Tool Hypotenuse AI’s press release generator is part of a suite of AI-powered text generation tools. for Writing a Pitch PressPal is an AI-powered tool from MuckRack.

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Tools Pitching Google Digital PR 62

Buzzstream

MAY 9, 2018

Digital PR – Here, placement rates are very low in the initial outreach campaign, averaging one or two placements. Digital PR – This approach is all about targeted outreach to very high authority sites and is great for established brands or agencies that can offer proprietary data or exclusives to publications. .

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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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