Cision

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Dreaming of a major website or newspaper writing about your brand? You won’t get there unless you learn how to pitch journalists with your story. Instead, cozy up to reporters who write for your local newspaper. The kiss of death is sending a pitch to editor@yourfavoritepublication.com. Consider publications like steps.

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Cision

JANUARY 22, 2016

Here’s a few themes we’ve complied when pitching one of the toughest, yet most desirable outlets: The New York Times. There is no other newspaper like The New York Times. It’s The Newspaper of Record, The Grey Lady, and a journalism institution. Email pitches with discretion. Don’t call. Know the paper.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 24, 2020

She pitched it to her editor who loved it too and they wrote an article about me. Many are overwhelmed with emails and often forget your pitch came in, even if they loved it. Additionally, you never know where they might end up. One of my first interviews was in Examiner.com. For more information, go to www.3StepstoPRSuccess.com

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Ishmael's Corner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

That’s why I was intrigued when I heard that Muck Rack (in cooperation MDC Partners) surveyed a cross section of journalists — newspapers, magazines, trade publications, etc. — to learn how they like to be pitched. Regarding ideal pitch length —. This one deserves more context. Good point and one I would take a step further.

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PR for Anyone

AUGUST 25, 2022

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? It is the end of August.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Originally seen on Bloomberg Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists. Census With six public relations workers for every reporter it’s no wonder that some writers say they are bombarded daily by story pitches.

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PR for Anyone

MAY 13, 2020

In order to be successful, it’s important to plan an annual calendar for pitching the media and have an actual strategy in place. Understanding what happens in the media throughout the year will help you lay this out and allow you to have better opportunity for success when pitching the media. Regional publications are two months out.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 11, 2022

Whether it was through classes, writing for the school newspaper , or my personal blogs, my writing involved reporting facts, interviewing subjects, and taking down their quotes. Our work includes not just press releases, but pitches to journalists, bylines, blogs posts, op-Ed pieces, and more. What kinds of things do you write?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Of course, it’s still possible to be published on the opinion page of a prestigious national newspaper, but the topic must have broad national or international relevance. Pitching trade press can be easier than getting a story in a large media outlet. Others require membership fees. Trade allow more in-depth storytelling.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

“Nail the elevator pitch.”. I try and imagine friends sitting around a table talking about a story they heard on the radio that made them think of someone that could learn or benefit from the message and ultimately sharing… so I tend to cast a wide range pitch net! Mika: Nail the elevator pitch. How did that translate to PR?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 24, 2020

Most earned media specialists want that coveted booking for their client and every PR person is pitching. Here are eight tips to help get your pitch heard by TV bookers and producers. . Whatever you do, don’t deliver your pitch right before a news show goes on the air or starts taping. So how can one break through?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 10, 2013

We love following up with them after pitching an interview/story idea. I said, “Often PR professionals are heard talking about the ‘elevator pitch’ – a short summary of the story we are trying to sell the media that we can describe in a span of a few seconds. No longer a matter of choice.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 24, 2017

I mean, let’s face it, publicists are used to pitching all day, whether a product or corporate byline, it teaches you the value of research and how a well-thought out pitch can be used to tell a story. I’m going to pitch your story!” The pitch received amazing feedbacks and some placements. Kevin Mejia.

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PRSay

AUGUST 11, 2021

When it comes to realizing the value of media relations, Op-Ed columns in newspapers are the gold standard. I cannot stress enough the importance of writing to the correct length as prescribed by the newspaper,” Yost says. Newsletter writing has its own form that media pitches should fit. Newsletters gain clout.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In some cases, it means pitching bylines instead of stories. More consolidation means fewer outlets to pitch, which we have definitely seen in recent years. With the majority of newspapers now having paywalls (and more trade pubs every day), the reach of that story you just got placed is extremely limited. Will it last?

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Cision

JUNE 10, 2015

Moderated by social media strategist Nichole Kelly , the panelists discussed ongoing transformations in the journalism world, the innovation process that sets USA Today apart from other digital newsrooms and pitching tips for PR pros to better work with outlets like USA Today. The worst pitches are those that are pushy or ignorant.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s everything from becoming a regular contributor on a media website to having a newspaper or trade publication write about you to appearing on the noon news to talk about your company. This is the PR industry’s bread and butter, most often referred to as publicity or media relations. Shared Media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 14, 2011

This is the exact email exchange between a PR “pro&# who pitched me on a food-related product that took place beginning last week and culminating yesterday. If you’re not interested in following up, please don’t keep pitching me the same thing over and over again. Here it is. Way to go to not build relationships, T.

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2016

A successful public relations pitch has the potential to elevate your brand in a way advertising simply can’t. But a good pitch starts with finding the right reporters. You probably are already reading magazines, newspaper columns, blog posts and websites that are good candidates to start with. Their Publications.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In the 1890s, it was called yellow journalism and was a tactic designed by greedy newspaper publishers to sell more newspapers using scandalous (and not necessarily true) headlines. A PR rep might pitch a news publication without first getting the company’s lawyer’s okay, or getting approval on a quote she passes along.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

However, when it comes to connecting with a producer or editor who is pitched hundreds of times in a single day, sometimes it pays to break the rules. Keep all pitches under two paragraphs. A recent survey of journalists by Cision counts brevity and economy as the most crucial aspects of any email pitch. Well, that depends!

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Cision

AUGUST 28, 2017

Envision your press release on the front page of a newspaper to determine if it’s newsworthy or not. She says writing your headlines as they’d look in a newspaper article can “show the reporter the article through his/her readers’ eyes.” Does the headline grab attention? If not, it probably needs some work.

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Agility PR Solutions

JULY 30, 2023

Prior to jumping to the PR side of the fence from the newspaper wall, I was a reporter and editor at New York City dailies and wire services.

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NewsWhip

DECEMBER 13, 2017

For PR professionals, public relations has evolved from pitching legacy newspapers to reaching audiences more directly. We talk to Golin about how its Bridge network is paving the way for a social-friendly future. In the shifting digital landscape, no area of media has remained untouched. The […].

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Cision

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Influencers are essential to any PR, comms or marketing campaign, as they are the engine that drives audiences to act, and they disseminate messages either directly (think sponsored posts) or filtered through their viewpoint (think traditional newspaper features). — can be daunting to research for just one contact.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 7, 2019

The PR team might pitch some less tailored info about the company for general brand visibility ahead of a new product announcement or a big funding announcement. As opposed to paying for advertising, PR pros earn media coverage by pitching stories reporters want to write, and readers want to see.

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PRSay

MAY 3, 2019

On April 27, Bloomberg published an inaccurate, one-sided piece titled “Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffet Sees Newspapers Dying.”. As the article noted, billionaire investor Warren Buffet sees the traditional newspaper slipping away. We all do, but it’s wrong to link the entire change in the media industry to the PR profession.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2021

There are many benefits to dividing it up this way, but the biggest is so you can earn a valuable link to your keyword-focused content on the website from a high domain authority site, such as a newspaper or magazine. It can be pretty easy to imagine keeping all of your hard work to yourself and not pitching contributed content at all.

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Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

Your brand may have a good story, but if you’re not catching journalists’ attention with your pitch, it won’t get covered. Journalist Sharon Ward Keeble stresses the importance of providing value and detail when pitching your story. What is the most memorable pitch you’ve received? How did you get your start in journalism?

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Deirdre Breakenridge

OCTOBER 16, 2014

You’d have to go all the way back to the days of my early career when I was behind a typewriter and faxing news releases to newspaper editorial departments. There is no shortage of tools that can collect and filter information about your customers and market so you can creatively pitch to journalists to help them with their stories.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I was a good writer, researcher and storyteller, and had been on the other side of both print and broadcast pitches, but I did not fully understand all the nuances of public relations prior to joining the agency. I didn’t understand how to craft a good pitch and how to pitch a story.

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 3, 2020

Agency teams are working on their pitches for the Skidz account. I’m following a team as it prepares its pitch response. Newspapers and television are for old people. This blog got exclusive access to a brainstorm in one of London’s leading creative shops. Here are the notes from a recent brainstorm.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

An Op-Ed is an essay that runs on the opposite side of the editorial page in a newspaper. Written by anyone from experts to everyday people, the Op-Ed section often gives readers fresh perspectives on current events and can solidify your client’s position as a thought leader.

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PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This is what you use to attract and pitch the media. 2) Niche what you do and pitch around that. This is a free media query service where media outlets are looking for sources and quotes for national magazine articles, television shows, newspapers, and blogs. It’s how you get the journalist to read your email pitch.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve known Lin Pophal for years through her work as a writer for eContent , HR Executive , and others; have pitched her client stories and my own thought leadership topics (I’m in her eContent story on content curation tools ). ” Run an ad in a newspaper and it needs to be labeled as an ad.

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The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2017

newspaper industry into a tailspin and the pressures facing America’s newsrooms have intensified to nothing less than a reorganization of the industry itself, one that impacts the experiences of even those news consumers unaware of the tectonic shifts taking place.” That means there are fewer reporters to pitch your stories to.

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PR for Anyone

APRIL 23, 2020

Journalists are pitched…. Don’t pitch what everyone else is pitching. Use that expertise, not to pitch a story around your expertise but pitch something going on in the world that you can then position yourself as the expert to talk about it. Our latest pitch is relating to coronavirus. Be different.

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