Shift Communications

JANUARY 4, 2017

New product launches can be hit or miss. It’s easy to give in to the excitement and guzzle the Kool-Aid when a client starts to tell you about the next generation of their product. New products are getting harder and harder to pitch. What’s hard (sometimes) is figuring out how to get the media as excited about it.

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Product Launch Pitching B2B Analytics 74

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Technology companies gearing up for a new product launches know full well they’re adding to a crowded marketplace. For the company, a new product launch is the biggest news in the world. To be successful, tech PR pros need to tap into a broader, buzzed-about trend to make the product launch meaningful and timely.

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Technology Product Launch B2B Facebook 157

OnePitch

APRIL 10, 2025

For brands and organizations looking to connect with audiences during this vibrant month, pitching to the right journalists is crucial. Whether you're looking to share your brands unique angle, a new initiative, or a product launch, these writers are the ones youll want to keep an eye on.

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Product Launch Storytelling Pitching Community 57

Prowly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

You need those strategic insights ASAP to create timely pitches, plan relevant and targeted campaigns, track your progress, and report successes to stakeholders. Keyword-specific coverage analysis Say, you want to conduct a social media sentiment analysis for your new product launch. Address them in your press release or pitch.

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Data Media Product Launch Analysis 104

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 9, 2019

However, no one can advise PRs better on how and what to pitch reporters than… reporters. Journalists love to take to Twitter to offer up best practices or, more likely, let off steam about the terrible pitches that clog their inboxes on a daily basis. Their style is sometimes brutal, but the advice is priceless.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 28, 2020

Make your pitch schedule timely. Identify and map out potential media opportunities that could occur during the year, such as product launches, new service offerings, company-hosted events, and the like.

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Strategy Media Measurement Product Launch 287

PRSay

MARCH 20, 2025

If a client insists on a risky pitch angle, then suggest testing it with a small media list first to evaluate its effectiveness before a broader rollout. Try something like: Ive talked to [reporter name], and they said theyre more focused on industry trends than product launches right now. Try saying, Thats an interesting idea.

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Leadership Pitching Case Study Product Launch 68

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. However, if a brand is already well-known in the space and the product launch or other news has very broad appeal, going out broadly to press may be the best strategy.

Media Relations 195

Media Relations Media Pitching Product Launch 195

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 28, 2020

If you want a product launch to be covered in a top-tier publication, journalists will need to talk to someone who has used the product or can speak to its market value. Maybe a marketing executive bores a reporter to tears with brand-speak or hits him with a product sales pitch instead of telling a good story.

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Publicity How To Product Launch Agency 334

Konnect Agency

MARCH 7, 2022

How A PR Agency Can Elevate Your Product Launch. Product launches are a busy time for any company — you have to start planning and acting months before the official product launch date, and continue making noise long after. A PR Agency’s 6 Steps To A Holistic Product Launch.

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Product Launch Consumer Agency Film 59

5W PR

JANUARY 16, 2025

Highlight new product launches, brand collaborations, and unique stories that pique media interest. Attend industry events, offer exclusive previews of new products, and provide personalized pitches to build rapport and secure valuable media coverage. Press releases should be concise, informative, and engaging.

Branding 78

Branding Brand Marketing How To 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2019

Many people who work in PR thrive on the creative nature of what we do; after all, not everyone can dream up a winning idea for a product launch, or even the email subject line that will capture a journalist’s attention. Insufficient research. It takes talent, and we’re proud of that. Bad timing.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 16, 2020

2) Volume of PR pitches received. 48% of journalists responding to this survey said they get between 1-5 pitches a day; 18% get between 5-10; 12% get upwards of 10-20; and 13% get 20 plus pitches a day. 3) Best medium for PR pitches. 4) How long should pitches be? 2) Volume of PR pitches received.

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Survey Media Relations Pitching Media 173

Prowly

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Because people buy stories, not sales pitches. One of the best PR campaign examples of storytelling was Dove's Real Beauty, launched in 2004. Even two decades later, the main takeaway is the story and the brand, not Dove's products being great. The end result is (ideally) an increase in revenue as well. The tagline Got Milk?

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PRSay

AUGUST 5, 2020

Make clear that, in this era of continually changing news and events, there might not be enough room in the media cycle for broad coverage of a product launch. Keep pitches tight and on topic, and work to serve reporters’ needs. Be honest and realistic. Target your media outreach.

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Product Launch Pitching Meeting Conference 197

Presspage

AUGUST 15, 2024

With inboxes flooded daily, journalists are often overwhelmed with irrelevant or poorly crafted pitches. Heres how to make your PR pitches impossible to ignore: 1. Get to the point Journalists dont have time for long-winded pitches. Read their recent articles and reference them in your pitch.

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Cision

APRIL 13, 2017

Companies issue a news release when they have a job to do: to spread the message of a product launch, an exciting corporate expansion, or the addition of a new executive. But it’s important to keep in mind that their audience, the media, also has a job to do. Companies have a story to tell, and the media needs to tell a story.

Media 210

Media Automotive Resources Product Launch 210

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Or, they may bring on a PR team just weeks before a key conference or product launch and expect a full plan rollout. “Me, me, me” A reporter wants a good story, not a sales pitch or a founder biography. They don’t respond to me-too pitches. Still others bring in the PR firm too soon. No differentiation.

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Cision

APRIL 7, 2017

In this interview, Daher sat down to discuss with me the challenges of being a new agency owner, how to deliver effective pitches, and how she’s embracing the many changes in the field of PR. I become a mini-expert on the journalist I’m pitching. before sending any pitch. How did you get your start in PR?

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Konnect Agency

MARCH 7, 2022

How A PR Agency Can Elevate Your Product Launch. Product launches are a busy time for any company — you have to start planning and acting months before the official product launch date, and continue making noise long after. A PR Agency’s 6 Steps To A Holistic Product Launch.

Product Launch 52

Product Launch Consumer Agency Film 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 16, 2023

Anyone who has represented a business product or service knows that delivering the right message at the right time – or failing to – can make or break the success of a PR campaign. By knowing and following these timelines (and deadlines), PR folks can pick the perfect time to pitch stories.

B2B 156

B2B How To Privacy Retail 156

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Byline articles or essays on an issue or topic, carrying an exec’s byline, that are pitched and placed for publication in media are often a core of a thought leadership program. But these pieces pack more punch when timed strategically within a company’s overall PR efforts. Collaborate on ideas for written pieces.

Leadership 149

Leadership Product Launch B2B Software 149

Presspage

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

That means the journalists you’re contacting are overwhelmed with pitches; many of them poorly thought out or irrelevant. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Personalize your PR pitches.

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Pitching Advertising Advertising Product Launch 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 13, 2017

Any team asked to budget an event, product launch, or other initiative is expected to stand by their projections, and it’s smart to estimate “up” to allow for last-minute contingencies. Like glowing media coverage from a writer we hadn’t pitched, or hearing from a former client who wants to re-connect.

Media Training 249

Media Training Policies Agency Interviews 249

Barokas

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Whether it’s a product launch, funding news or a data report, most client announcements follow a similar trajectory: draft pitch, revise pitch, spend countless hours pitching, revise pitch again, pitch some more, receive coverage. What song gets you into the Pitch Zone?

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Pitching Product Launch Report Data 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2017

Your story will be more likely to stand out in the vast CES ocean of tech talk if you cut the jargon, strip out tired buzzwords, and focus on the human factor when pitching it to media and analysts. You can even pitch media once CES has ended. Think about it, many tech journos started receiving CES pitches in July!

Trade Shows 147

Trade Shows Pitching Product Launch Report 147

Sword and the Script

JUNE 13, 2023

When you pitch a story, you need to be credible too. Make it clear who or what you are pitching. Draw a correlation between your pitch and their prior coverage. Simple advice for PR pitches from journalists Reporters get a lot of pitches. The results found 61% of journalists get 100 pitches a week or more.

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Journalism Media Relations Report Media 147

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 30, 2024

One of my favorite examples is when KFC ran out of chicken in 2018 and published this full-page ad apologizing for it: In digital PR, reactive PR campaigns typically pitch quotes, data, or new stories to journalists that tie into a trending topic or news event. Because that is what journalists want from their pitches and sources.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 26, 2016

Store openings, fundraising rounds, new product launches — consumers and businesses have come to expect these, but our Instagram feed shows us they don’t have to be a yawn. Here are some PR lessons we gleaned from some of our favorite Instagrammers. Find creative ways to make the standard announcement.

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Instagram Reddit Transportation Creativity 159

Stern + Associates

JULY 3, 2024

In the spirit of the holiday, here are three media relations tactics that you should leave behind. “Spray and pray” outreach : This term refers to sending out indistinguishable media pitches en masse and hoping they get interest.

Media Relations 127

Media Relations Media Product Launch Leadership 127

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

As most PR people know, data offers a powerful news hook in a way that even a product launch or partnership often doesn’t. Don’t make research a sales pitch. It’s important to develop research and data that speaks to core themes, messages and products. This is meant to be a soft sell, not a hard commercial pitch.

B2B 147

B2B Data Retail Survey 147

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 24, 2018

Supporting a product launch? The themes will guide pitch angles, content development, and thought leadership strategy. When GDPR was approaching, tech PR teams were sure to pitch their data privacy experts for bylines and expert commentary. Additionally, always make room in the plan for reactive pitching.

Writing 136

Writing How To Pitching Privacy 136

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 6, 2017

A product launch date shifts, an acquisition deal falls through or it’s simply summertime and everyone is on vacation. For example, asking a product manager what it takes to be in that type of role and pitching a careers reporter on skills to succeed. Not pitching reporters: Seems counterintuitive?

Media Relations 107

Media Relations How To Media Pitching 107

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

But after the initial executive moves, product launch, or funding announcement, then what? As we mentioned in a previous post, every PR team should have industry monitoring in place to identify reactive pitching opportunities. But an hoc data-driven story is a good option for pitching the media during lulls. Be an expert.

B2B 147

B2B Pitching Case Study Local 147

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

With the help of a calendar, a business will know when it is the right time to start creating content, when to pitch that content to the relevant journalists or media outlets, and when to distribute its own content across the company website or on social media. All in all, public relations is a marathon, not a sprint.

Small Business 158

Small Business Publicity Social Media Web 158

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It suggests for every 50 minutes of work, like meetings, pitching or writing, you should take a 10-minute break. These short breaks in your day will help avoid burnout, cut down on distractions, and overall make you more productive. The theory of the 50/10 rule is one that remote workers should note.

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Wireless Product Launch Energy Meeting 207

Onclusive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This initiative can be anything from a new product launch, to a proposal to increase spend on a branding campaign, or a significant investment with a new agency—to name a few. Think of it as a sales pitch with robust data and justification.

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Resources Technology Data Measurement 195