13 tips for pitching reporters

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13 tips for public relations professionals on pitching journalists. If you follow these tips, you should find that your relationship with the folks who write for a living will improve. And that will improve your company’s earned media.

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TIPS FORPITCHINGREPORTERS

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These are one journalist’s impressions ofwhat is good PR and bad PR

Not that journalist

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13Mikal E. BelicoveForbes contributer

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13I get no less than two dozen emails a day from outfits like yours, seeking some coverage of their company or product in an article they’re hoping I’ll craft and then publish.

THE PITCHES THAT I RECEIVE ARE FATALLY FLAWED

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1Reference someone else’s data to back up your claims

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2Don’t tell about other coverageof your news

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3Let me knowwho your competitors are

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4Don’t give me the details of your company Xmas party

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5Give me plenty of lead time

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6Don’t rely on a shotgun approach

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7Personalizeyour pitch

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8Don’t puff up your press release

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9Keep in mind the ‘Matthew effect’

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10Don’t pitch in public

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11Consider my workload

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12Don’t nitpick when it comes to corrections

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13Help me help you

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13 If you follow these tips, you should find that your relationship with the folks who write for a living will improve. And that will improve your company’s earned media.

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