On Friday, Keith was on a Business Wire panel talking with PR pros about social media. Time was spent talking about building relationships with members of the media through Facebook and Twitter. Then someone asked if reporters are still open to getting to know communicators face to face. Coffee at Starbucks, anyone? Most media probably […]
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Our guest blogger is Bruce Richardson, a friend and former colleague who has managed and led corporate communications and media relations functions at two Fortune 500 companies and a federal regulatory agency. A few years ago I was invited to lead a roundtable discussion at our local IABC chapter. My assigned topic was media relations.
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A mother goes to thank students in a classroom for making a difference in her life. An ice cream store offers free goodies to men and women who work to protect and serve. An eight-year-old helps save the environment. The media might not be interested in sending both a reporter and photographer to cover events
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One of my most perplexing relationships is with my smartphone. In the morning, it updates me on the day’s weather. It keeps me organized and allows me to instantly share my thoughts on social media. Email and the latest news are just finger taps away. My phone lets me capture pictures and video that my
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Starting with a subject line that includes 21 words Trying to spark coverage by diving into complicated stock holdings and land deals that would take journalists half-hour specials to explain Screaming an opposing candidate is putting someone at risk without offering an interview with one of those people supposedly at risk Putting at the top
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Some pitches hold more significance than business or the bottom line. Groups often send emails to media to raise awareness about health issues. It seems many months are called an “awareness month.” Pitching these stories effectively may be most important of all. Lives are at stake, not necessarily money. Unfortunately, too often, the emails are
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Technology is wonderful. It allows PR pros to be completely connected. It allows the media to broadcast their reports from nearly every corner of the Earth. But depending on technology too much to sell your client can get your email deleted faster than a satellite signal. Take the email someone with a New York area
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What can a minute and 54 seconds do for a PR pro’s client? Six weeks ago, my husband, Keith, aired a story about a Phoenix company trying to turn “greener” in the environmental sense. The story aired in July and lasted 1:54. With so many sources of news, you might think a local environmental story
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I often write about poor PR pitches to the media. So let’s discuss one that got the job done for the reporter, PR firm and firm’s client. Mike is from a New Jersey PR firm. He addressed the reporter by name. He started his pitch with a short paragraph not about his client but about
PR Mike! You just hit a bullseye! Read More »
This picture is from a news conference in which a police department announced an arrest in a murder investigation. The room included some reporters but what stood out were the photographers without reporters. Weeks later, while covering a stranger danger incident, you could see a TV photographer on a sidewalk trying to interview students by
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