Solo PR Pro

JULY 14, 2015

If you do any kind of media or influencer outreach for your clients, basic media training should be part of your services. While media training and its basic principles are second nature to Solo PR Pros, it’s a foreign concept to many client spokespeople. But some media training guidance is universal.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 25, 2015

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 pitch radio and television broadcast opportunities. In the late 1980s, the media was cut and dry.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

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.

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PRSay

MARCH 18, 2020

We’ve been talking to our key media contacts to find out where things stand, how they’re feeling and what’s in store. Here’s a sampling of what we’ve heard: One radio network producer told us that they are open to “anything they can get their hands on” related to COVID-19. Another said coronavirus stories are all she is working on.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Moreover, when it comes to prepping their clients for that big interview, many communicators find themselves outsourcing their media training to an expert. Dubbed "The PR Whisperer," she also counsels fellow communicators, and brands, on what they need to know for their next moment in the media. Farmer excels.

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PR for Anyone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

By doing this, you will be asked back to television and radio stations and quoted again and again by writers. Do your homework on the journalist and the outlet. Learn how they report and give them what they love and what they want. PR FOR ANYONE. Anyone can get publicity! It really is PR for ANYONE.

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Ishmael's Corner

APRIL 29, 2020

The broadcast media industry is no exception with radio presenters and journalists now conducting live profile interviews over the phone. Techniques For Effective Business Communications. Needless to say, COVID-19 has changed the way people live, work and play.

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PR for Anyone

JANUARY 12, 2022

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.

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MaccaPR

JUNE 28, 2016

Of course, as PR professionals, we can provide media training 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 media training sessions. One final piece of media training advice. Never, ever lie.”.

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wiredPRworks

MAY 6, 2020

Get media training before you go live on radio or video. As a former broadcast journalist, Amy leverages her media insider insights to empower the people and organizations she works to gain top tier exposure in outlets ranging from The Today Show, to The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Giveback stories are good.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 30, 2022

. #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.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 10, 2022

But what happened was, is we pitched the media and they saw immediate results. We had two people who went on national radio tours. One client, literally hit send and heard right back from the journalist and got an interview the following week when she got back. It was amazing.

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PR for Anyone

OCTOBER 14, 2021

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.

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PRSay

AUGUST 15, 2018

And of course, the best time of day to pitch varies widely depending on the type of media you’re pitching. A general rule of thumb for pitching TV and radio producers, especially for morning shows, is to contact them within an hour of the end of that day’s show. So how can you find the best time of day for your target media?

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PR for Anyone

AUGUST 25, 2022

So for the next thirty days, in terms of your local media, newspaper, radio, television, you have a great opportunity to pitch back-to-school stories. Transcript. It is the end of August. I know where I am, the majority of the kids went to school today. Think about what you can talk about related to going back to school.

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HMA Public Relations

MARCH 17, 2020

As media outlets navigate COVID-19, many television and radio stations aren’t allowing in-studio guests for the near future. Learn more about how you can prepare for virtual interviews. The post How to prepare yourself to be a virtual expert resource appeared first on HMA Public Relations.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The PRNEWS Group focuses on honing and growing PR and marketing professionals’ skills in social media, crisis management, digital PR, measurement, employee relations, media training, CSR and writing through its flagship newsletter, webinars, conferences, awards programs, workshops and guidebooks. PRNEWS Blog. Until next time!

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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, media training and more, and it seems nearly impossible to keep up, let alone make sense of it all.

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Norton's Notes

JULY 29, 2015

His knowledge of the digital market as a disrupter for ‘business as usual’ has led him to be involved in debates about social media on BBC Radio Five Live, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Just ask Reed Pence, host and producer of the award-winning national radio magazine Radio Health Journal. “An Being able to anticipate a story helps put me on equal footing with media that have much quicker turnaround times and allows me to be more current.”.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 21, 2017

All you have to do is google it to get an idea of the massive hit this quirky, universally praised radio story has become since its release in March. It is media kryptonite. Spicer has a hugely challenging job, no doubt, but he might benefit from some media training, a dose of humility, and a history lesson.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 1, 2016

Trump has had interviews with Wisconsin radio personality Charlie Sykes , CNN’s Anderson Cooper, and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews in the past few days, and each was like a mini-master class in political interviewing style. Yet something changed this week.

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