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New companies naturally want to make the brand story all about them, and a colorful narrative about a bootstrapped business can be a powerful media pitch in a PR campaign. Maybe your prospect is a smallbusiness owner who is unhappy with her IT services — a common problem, but one that’s not very interesting.
Forget everything you’ve heard about latex” was the subject line of her March 19 pitch to journalists. Studies have shown anger to be the most viral emotion, but anger destroys and divides. Awe is the second most viral emotion. This might have worked well if she were selling gloves. She wasn’t.
When you can pitch yourself as an expert on a topic that is trending online. The media is regularly covering trends that are going viral on that platform. ” Give the media shareable content by using what is already trending somewhere online and make sure you include that in your pitch as well. We pitch the media.
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She” was the featured speaker on a PR industry vendor webinar for smallbusinesses – PR on shoestring. Her answer was in response to an audience question on how smallbusiness owners, with small budgets, could drive effective PR programs. Marketers think in terms of findability, sharability and virality.
Still there are obstacles in big brands that smallbusinesses never encounter. Smallbusinesses are more nimble, can react faster and require less consensus to move faster. Deliver value, not sales pitches. . Your content will not go viral and you shouldn’t try. It large organizations it’s much harder.
You do not have to become a viral sensation to be successful! If you are a serial dater of the media and sending broad, mass pitches to every and any journalist you are not ready for the media! Do not do the failed, traditional “Feature me please” pitch. You do not have any followers. How are you unique?
You do not have to become a viral sensation to be successful! If you are a serial dater of the media and sending broad, mass pitches to every and any journalist you are not ready for the media! Do not do the failed, traditional “Feature me please” pitch. You do not have any followers. How are you unique?
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Email Marketing and Pitching. How much do you personalize your emails in your PR pitches or email marketing campaigns? The more personal you make your emails, whether they’re first time “come join us” messages or the 100 th message you’ve sent to a business owner across the state, the more likely the recipient will read them.
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