Media Pitching Ideas & Examples, Page 35

May 4, 2017

Completing the trilogy

My last two posts on not using hedging words in emails to journalists and instead relying on your belief in your purpose seem to have hit home. Among the many responses I got, reader Carly M. helpfully asked: “As someone who is always ‘just’ trying to get a story placed, this really hit home. My question is: how […]

April 27, 2017

Unzipped my bag and my laptop was gone

I boarded my connecting flight last week, eased into my aisle seat in row 25, and unzipped my bag to pull out my laptop. But it wasn’t there. You know the feeling when a sudden crisis hits. Your brain goes into rapid-fire. Here’s the staccato of thoughts that coursed through my head, all in a […]

April 20, 2017

Sorry for sending you this

I know you’re busy 🙂 I just wanted to reach out and hopefully offer something that might help . . . Insert screeching-to-a-halt sound. Does my title and opening sentence feel right to you? If you’ve been reading me for any length of time, you noticed a difference. Or at least felt a difference from […]

April 13, 2017

Thinking your way to success

I love to hike, but I also run a business. I use to think I was too busy to have time to do both. Here is why I changed that mindset.

April 6, 2017

Take media relationships to the next level

You want to turn this one-off win into a relationship that can pay off for you and for the influencer time and again. To do that, you need to understand their needs better, and they need more proof of the value you can offer them.

March 30, 2017

How to give journos what they want

You could spend your time GUESSING about how to give journalists what they want, or you could just get the straight truth directly from the mouths of journalists and influencers themselves.

March 23, 2017

Something new for you.

I just put the finishing touches on a new resource for you. It’s free, and it’s something I can confidently guarantee will improve the results you’re getting in your PR work.

March 16, 2017

What’s a good pitching success rate?

Sometimes the VPs who hire me to train their teams ask what success rate they should be expecting. I’m going to give you a number, but also some advice you should focus on more than the number.

March 9, 2017

The 2 burning questions in journalists’ minds

Before I started writing this post I was speaking with an influencer who was exasperated by poorly written pitches. When she or journalists open your emails there are two burning questions you need to answer right away.

March 2, 2017

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