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The Importance of Empathy in Media Relations

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I think the best kind of media relations, and the most effective kind of media relations (long term), is the kind where you actually explain everything you’re doing out loud, right to your media contacts, and they keep coming back for more. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here.

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A Simple Trick to Personalizing Your Pitches on a Tight Deadline

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I was doing a phone-pitching training with a consumer PR firm and we found that this approach also tightened up their phone pitches and built a stronger connection with journalists right away. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Georgia Tech to help their media relations teams reach new levels of success.

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Overcoming Past Failures to Succeed Today

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I was too scared to speak to anyone before the training, so at the appointed time I just burst through the door and blurted out my memorized opening line. Paid training gigs soon followed, then multiplied. I want to help more people achieve more media relations success instead of holding others back by my reticence to grow.

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The Key to Media Relations May Be Defying How Journalists Want to Be Pitched

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Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Georgia Tech to help their media relations teams reach new levels of success. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here. Want to dive deeper into Smart’s tips for landing more media coverage?

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3 Types of Information Journalists Want You to Pitch Them

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I frequently hear trained communicators lament to me the following: “Journalists don’t want to cover our subject anymore.”. They just go back to the drawing board and figure out ways to make themselves more useful to the media. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here.

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Does Your Pitch Pass the 5-Second Skim Test?

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For example, we still have slots available for the Secrets of Media Relations Masters workshop in Atlanta on March 21-22. If you’d like to dive into the pitch structure outline above in way more detail, this workshop is a great way to do that. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here.

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Why We Are ‘Taken’ by Certain Storylines

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I ran into this again during my “ Secrets of Media Relations Masters ” workshop. I hosted a training session with the guy who pulled that one off. Michael Smart teaches PR professionals how to dramatically increase their positive media placements. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here.