ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the pandemic era, capturing media attention has been tougher than usual. So, B2B PR professionals have a small window to catch their attention, hold it enough for them to actually read a pitch, and find it interesting enough to want to take action. The media pitch should also be short and personalized.

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Cision

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Brands can improve their PR pitching with a variety of tools and changes in approach. A good media relations campaign involves reaching out to those who are already inundated with a variety of pitches in their inboxes, making it essential for your campaign to stand out and be easily digestible. Follow them on social media.

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Cision

OCTOBER 17, 2017

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that journalists continue to prefer email as the primary means of contact, with more than 90 percent indicating it as the best way to directly pitch a story idea. You also may not be surprised that there is a lot of conflicting advice about how to make your email pitches resonate.

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PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

There is nothing I love more than seeing the results of agents I’ve worked with when they are featured in the media. The easiest way to do this is pitching the local media. Don’t pitch me the gourmet kitchen with cathedral ceilings. How do you prefer to be pitched? Email is best to get it in writing.

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PRSay

JANUARY 11, 2022

Problem: Reporter response rates to media pitches are at 3.49 Meanwhile, the rate at which journalists open email pitches has also declined, according to the latest Propel Media Barometer. So, what is the goal of the PR pitch? It aspires to generate earned media coverage. Pitches that grab reporters.

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Cision

MAY 2, 2017

It’s the same thing with social media and PR. Social Media = Peanut Butter. Think of social media as the peanut butter. As a business owner, you must be on social media. If you don’t think you need to be on social media, consider the fact that there are over 2.7 billion active social media users in the world.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 30, 2021

Every PR agency team appreciates the importance of relationships with key media outlets and personnel. That requires thoughtful attention and a strong sense of how media work. But for familiar media contacts, knowing their interests and thoughts on major topics can expedite media opportunities. Interact on social media.

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Ishmael's Corner

JULY 19, 2020

For those who toil on the front lines of media relations, it’s easy to drift into a Jim Carrey-like optimism. PR: “What are the chances that you’ll write about this pitch?” Journalist: “Not good” PR: “You mean not good like one out of a hundred?” Journalist: “I’d say more like one out of a.more.

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Remote PR Jobs

AUGUST 16, 2023

In today's fast-paced media environment, getting noticed in the right circles can be a challenging task. For PR professionals, garnering media coverage is crucial to building brand recognition and credibility. Two of the most common methods used to generate buzz are press releases and pitches.

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Cision

JULY 19, 2017

Mid-summer in public relations means one thing — holiday gift guide pitching season is here. But, how does your pitch stand out when every brand claims to have this year’s must-have gift? But, how does your pitch stand out when every brand claims to have this year’s must-have gift? Pitch the right person.

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Cision

AUGUST 28, 2017

Write as if it Were a Front Page Article. She says writing your headlines as they’d look in a newspaper article can “show the reporter the article through his/her readers’ eyes.” She says writing your headlines as they’d look in a newspaper article can “show the reporter the article through his/her readers’ eyes.”

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Welcome back to our blog series about building a perfect pitch and nurturing your media relationships! This article is all about best practices for pitching—based on our customers’ collective experience and wisdom. As we mentioned last week, the key to creating a relevant and compelling pitch is knowing your audience.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Earned Media/Media Relations. Far from just managing a digital Rolodex, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix. Owned Media/Content Strategy. Media Monitoring & Analysis. AirPR offers a media monitoring solution.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 27, 2021

I’ve drafted press releases, compiled media lists, and learned plenty of different terms I didn’t otherwise know. How to pitch media. I learned the basics of PR tactics, like the different parts of a press release and how to write one, but now that I’m in the industry I consider pitching one of the basics of what we do.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2022

Analysis of 400,000 email media pitches has found that brevity is the key to success. The 2022 Propel Media Barometer provides a framework for creating the perfect email pitch. Journalist engagement has decreased from 2021, with journalists only responding to about 3.37% of pitches.

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PR for Anyone

JULY 14, 2022

Now is the best time to pitch the media, especially television. August is the slowest news time as so many people are traveling and don’t want to forego their vacation for a media appearance. Pitches are much lower this time of year so it’s a great opportunity for you to start pitching.

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PR for Anyone

JULY 21, 2022

Watch this week’s PR Tip here: Today I am challenging you to start pitching the media regularly. Think about what you can pitch the media for the rest of the year. It’s the breaking news stories where we take what’s trending and create media stories around that which we call newsjacking.

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Cision

DECEMBER 12, 2017

News is everywhere, and with email and social media so prevalent these days that statement is truer now than ever. You can start with a site like HARO , which sends out several earned media opportunities each day. Media leads are a powerful tool, and the key to earning coverage is learning how to really capture people’s interest.

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Cision

JANUARY 18, 2018

While much of a content marketing strategy revolves around creating new content just for your blog (part of your owned media), I highly recommend that you divert some of your attention to incorporating earned media into your strategy. Amplify Media Mentions. You could also create a roundup post if you get enough media mentions.

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PRSay

AUGUST 11, 2021

In the PR strategies toolbox, the practice of media relations gives PR practitioners an opportunity to distinguish themselves while also giving their organizations an edge over the competition. As earned media, stories placed through media relations efforts are cost-effective.

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PR for Anyone

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Landing in the media is as easy as these three steps to a killer media pitch! Get to your pitch quickly and concisely to make it easier for the journalist or producer to give you the yes! It’s important that your media pitch have something valuable for the audience. Don’t write this long stuff.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Using a robust media monitoring and measurement solution can help you extract a lot of the data and insights that you need, such as the current industry trends, what has worked or not worked well for your audience, and what the competitors are doing. Step 5: Write the business case. Business case writing best practices.

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PR for Anyone

APRIL 6, 2022

Although it’s still cold where I am, NOW is the time to start pitching the media all of your spring ideas. What I pitched was that the number one search on Google right now is “how to clean…” People are searching for “cleaning tips” and I’m going to provide it. PR FOR ANYONE.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Often, people write about journalists as “journalists” – a nebulous bunch of undifferentiated people who perform the same tasks (perhaps in different verticals). And you hear journalists complain about this lack of differentiation in how the PR community pitches them. Promoters” are all about promotion on social media platforms.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 18, 2021

For PR teams, earned media placements are a key deliverable of a strategic public relations campaign. Earned media offers credibility even though we give up perfect control over the message. But earned media doesn’t always achieve the frequency we need to promote client brands, and some stories have a lengthy gestation period.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 24, 2020

Most of you are already growing your visibility with social media and now by adding in free publicity, you’re making it all happen that much faster and to a much larger audience. Landing in the media can expose you to hundreds of thousands, even millions of new people. If you don’t have any prior media, no worries.

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Garrett Public Relations

AUGUST 27, 2023

In B2B public relations, we use these to help us understand what a publication plans to cover so we can place stories for clients by pitching the media. But, do … Do Editorial Calendars Still Matter When Pitching the Media? Read More » The post Do Editorial Calendars Still Matter When Pitching the Media?

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Not all media contact and outreach tools for communicators are created equal. Discovering, pitching, corresponding and managing relationships with impactful authors has never been easier! Media Outreach Best Practices. Look no further than Onclusive’s journalist relationship management tools. Request Demo.

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Prowly

OCTOBER 23, 2024

What you'll learn Efficiently prepare for personalized outreach to spark journalists’ interest Spend 50% less time on email personalization Use email analytics to your campaign’s advantage Try email personalization for free Background The world of traditional media is shrinking but PR needs are growing. There’s no room for weak pitches.

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Onclusive

JUNE 9, 2021

Set your messaging, write the story. At this stage, it is useful to go back to the insights about what’s currently trending in your industry, what your competitors are talking about, and what is being covered by the media. How do you go about surfacing the current trends across the media universe?

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Remote PR Jobs

AUGUST 16, 2023

In today's fast-paced media environment, getting noticed in the right circles can be a challenging task. For PR professionals, garnering media coverage is crucial to building brand recognition and credibility. Two of the most common methods used to generate buzz are press releases and media pitches. What is a media pitch?

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Flack's Revenge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If tools like ChatGPT can write pitches, articles and press releases, where does that leave us? But the PR and media worlds may be facing more imminent threats than being replaced by AI bots. Even when used by legitimate news outlets to write articles, errors can creep in. Hmmm… ChatGPT, writing PR content ….

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2019

As a profession, public relations evokes images of media pitching or crisis management. But according to the 2018 USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations Global Communications Report , writing is the skill most valued by PR recruiters. For more fundamentals on how to pitch the media , see this earlier post.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The relationship between PR professionals and media is often seen as a necessary evil , especially by media. Based on interviews with my favorite media contacts, here are four tips for doing just that. Learn the media process. PR people often don’t understand the journalist writing processes. Never mislead media.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Sally feels like her pitches are coming too late, and if they get accepted, it’s pure luck. She’s trying to crack the code to timing her pitches, but to no avail. You not only have to create mind-blowing pitches for publications, but you must also time them correctly. Pitching too early can have the same dangers.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Earned Media & Media Relations. In the old days, sending out press releases and then managing a Rolodex of media contacts could help PR pros to land earned media. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 3, 2021

A major goal of good PR is helping your client get more exposure in the media, and that means talking to reporters. Once we secure the right person to cover the story, we don’t pitch it to anyone else until it runs as an exclusive. Another thing I hear a lot on client calls in regards to pitching is how our team will “go wide”.

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