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Are Trade Shows still a Good Place for PR Launches?

Sword and the Script

That’s the number of pre-trade show pitches one blogger told me he had received in a side bar conversation last week. The PR pitch deluge inevitably follows. The result is little bandwidth for a hundred or more pitches, let alone pitches from strangers with no previous connection. by Frank Strong.

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How to Stand out at a Noisy Trade Show (MWC Field Guide)

Flack's Revenge

I am often asked by clients how to build trade show buzz and booth traffic. The difficulties of rising above show noise were never more apparent than at MWC, the annual mobile industry confab, which I attended last month in Barcelona. Polished speakers pitching at timed intervals drew audiences. A few tactics stood out.

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From 60 Years of Innovation to Writing and Editing a Release to Working with Global Reporters to Trade Show Pitching Tips: Business Wire’s Most Popular Blogs of Q4 2021 | Business Wire Blog

Business Wire

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Business Wire blog posts covering our 60 th anniversary, tips for editing press releases and catching common mistakes, and predictions for 2022 resonated most with readers.

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CES 2020: How to Make Your Pitch Stand Out

Business Wire

If you are in charge of trade show publicity, these tips are a great way to maximize your presence at any show. At our most recent Business Wire Meet the Media event, we brought together Fast Company and Inc.

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Content Marketing is the New Conference and Trade Show During Quarantine [UML]

Sword and the Script

1) Fatigue over Coronavirus news For the last several weeks, PR and marketing professionals wondered if pitches and content about topics other than the pandemic would come off as tone-deaf. . >>> Looking for a B2B tech PR with expertise and execution? Give our services a try.

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How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows

Sword and the Script

In person events like trade shows and conferences usually rank high on the list of priorities for B2B marketing organizations. A good way to do that is to build relationships through content before the show even begins. I also like to use any possible conference hashtags in a headline in advance of a show. Talk to Us!

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Pitch about Nothing – Good PR or Con Job?

Flack's Revenge

One time I was at a dinner with the client team following a day a trade show. This was the dotcom era, also around the end of Seinfeld; a TV show that was famously about nothing. More recently, I worked on a pitch for a client. The pitch had remarkably little substance; some might say it was about nothing.

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