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When I started out in PR, my focus was building relationships with the media who were mostly print journalists at newspapers and trade publications. As I found editorial success for my agency’s clients, I was able to branch out and pitchradio and television broadcast opportunities. In the late 1980s, the media was cut and dry.
Most kids went back to school this week and it’s a great time to position yourself as an expert and start pitching the media! Think outside of the box on what value you can provide related to back-to-school and pitch those stories starting today and for about the next 30 days. What can you pitch?
Let them get to “know” you before you pitch and then, when you do pitch, knock it out of the park! Always be prepared for your media interview. By doing this, you will be asked back to television and radio stations and quoted again and again by writers. Know who is interviewing you.
The second-best time of day to pitchmedia is between 10 a.m. That’s because the actual best time to pitch a given journalist or blogger is unique to each one. like a Wall Street Journal reporter I used to pitch). And of course, the best time of day to pitch varies widely depending on the type of media you’re pitching.
Let’s go back to the beginning–how did you get your start in the media world? I was a radio news reporter for three years in St. I really appreciated my time in radio and print journalism. I spend a good chunk of my time on media relations and pitching. Let’s hear more from this PR Rock Star.
I had no idea how important mindset was when pitching the media until I really dove deep with myself and now with my clients. I remember the first time I pitched, I was a nervous wreck! By helping them with mindset and confidence, their pitches were stronger and they started getting yeses. The pitches were unbelievable.
If you see someone who is regularly in the media as the expert, doesn’t that make you feel more comfortable in hiring them? Why not take the media you receive – an article, blog, or radio or television interview, and send that to a prospective client or customer. There’s all kinds of options.
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When you try to answer something you don’t know, it could backfire on you – especially on a recorded interview like television, radio, or podcast. People want to connect with people they see on TV or hear on the radio or a podcast. You can also guide the conversation back to what you can answer. ” PR FOR ANYONE.
Thanks to the growth of digital platforms like social media, the news cycle is rotating faster than ever before. Couple that with an endless to-do list of research, writing, mediatraining and more, and it seems nearly impossible to keep up, let alone make sense of it all. Throughline “The past is never past. Business 24.
. #3 – publicity is what we call “earned media.” When someone sees you on TV or in an article or hears you on the radio or on a podcast, you have instant credibility… instant authority. This is the power of media. You are seen as “famous” in your industry.
Of course, as PR professionals, we can provide mediatraining to our top executives. All good advice for media interviews, backed by PR best practices. But there’s one technique that’s seldom mentioned in corporate mediatraining sessions. One final piece of mediatraining advice. Never, ever lie.”.
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