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How A Checklist Can Improve Your Freelancer Onboarding Process

Contently - Strategy

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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Infographic: The Perennial Customer Revolution

Sword and the Script

Most people, I’d venture to say, will find this exercise challenging. The irony of automation, which is frequently pitched as building tighter relationships with customers, often only serves to put distance between a business and its customers. Quick name five businesses you can think of with exceptional customer service.

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How to Create a Media Kit

5W PR

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. Some look like resumes, using bulleted lists, while others use infographics and visuals to convey valuable information about a brand.

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Digital PR Strategy: Industry Insights and The Methods That Secure Coverage in 2021

Buzzstream

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. You may not use any of the concepts from this exercise in your final piece, but they may stem thoughts that you turn into ideas.

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This Freelancer Onboarding Checklist Will Help Your Company

Contently - Strategy

Marketers typically think about lobbing their pitch at prospective clients, but the same exercise could help you here. Style guide and pitch guide. Along with the style guide, you should also send your freelancers a pitch or brief guide, which can live as a PDF, Powerpoint deck, or Google doc.

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3 Rules for Building a Better Content Calendar

Contently - Strategy

Then I create a spreadsheet where each person can fill in their pitches before we discuss. In January, our associate editor Emily Gaudette turned an ROI pitch into a reflection on the impact of fake traffic. Members of our marketing team meet every Monday to brainstorm story ideas, so the pillars offer helpful boundaries.

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Research for PR Pros on B2B Messaging, Pitches and Clickbait [UML]

Sword and the Script

Messaging ought to be an exhausting mental exercise – and one that needs refreshing from time-to-time. 2) Best to Pitch in the Morning says Reporter Survey. The best time of day to pitch reporters is in the morning, according to a Business Wire survey covered by the MediaPost. > The word photo offers a big boost. >

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