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Why Small Businesses Need a Media Database

Cision

First off, what constitutes a small business? According to this handy chart (page 32), the Small Business Administration considers those in the PR industry to be a small business if they earn an annual revenue of $15M or less. It’s highly trackable. Because public relations equals trust in brands.

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PR Tips and Hacks for a Small Business

The Proactive Report

I was invited to be a panelist on the DesignHill webinar about PR for small businesses today. In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” Every small business owner is concerned about the bottom line.

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Small Business Public Relations

5W PR

In today’s competitive brick and mortar and digital marketplaces, a strong public relations strategy has never been more important for small businesses. As a result, more and more small business owners are turning to public relations to help raise brand awareness and to achieve their growth objectives.

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Pitch the Media

PR for Anyone

You’ve been ready my posts for years, watching the YouTube videos, and you’re ready to pitch. But the big question I get all the time is, “do I pitch the same story to all the different media outlets at the same time?” He read that entire pitch AND booked her for a segment. ” The answer is no.

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Rock The Pitch #7: The Anti-Facepalm Formula

Rock the Status Quo

PITCH submission comes from Lindsay Bell, the fabuloso content director over at Spin Sucks. There is a certain irony that, as PR professionals who earn a living based on our pitching skills, our own industry blogs are smothered with a constant deluge of bad pitches. We also run a popular eCommerce marketing blog.

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Rock The Pitch #10: PR Pros From The Journalist’s Viewpoint

Rock the Status Quo

Journalists love to bash PR pros… and some of us give them ample reason, pitching without taking time to manage the due diligence that makes a pitch resonate. If eight out of ten pitches are irrelevant, it’s no wonder that journalists ignore most of their inbox and sleuth out their own resources. This might be why.

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AirPR Interview Series: Emmy Award Winning Journalist & PR Pro Mika Stambaugh

Onclusive

“Nail the elevator pitch.”. We focus on working with non-profits, small businesses, women CEOs and business owners. One of the ways I have seen PR evolve is pitching used to be only to the assignment desk and now I mainly pitch directly to the reporter. Mika: Nail the elevator pitch. TMI does PR.