Zero in on one great pitch at a time

Take the public relations pro who starts off her email: “I have some timely story ideas that your viewers might have interest in hearing more about. Any of the story ideas listed below can [...]

How many interviews should you offer a reporter?

The media is coming! The media is coming! Now that it seems you’ve persuaded a reporter to come cover your product, who is facing the camera? In most cases, at least one interview is [...]

Video: Business Wire – Does Your Tweet Count?

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A Pitch to Ditch

A timely topic these days involving children is bullying. Stories of bullying leading to tragic circumstances seem to be appearing on a regular basis across the country. This is an important [...]

Business & Media: Making Friends Face to Face

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. [...]

A Boy Scout’s Guide to Effective Media Relations

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 [...]

Getting your business on TV might mean NOT planning ahead

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 [...]

The 10 Best Ways to Get The Media to Ignore Your Political Press Release

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 [...]

Improving Lives One Pitch at a Time

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 [...]

Publicizing Business: The Sky Has Its Limits

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 [...]