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14 Tips to Get Press With Pitch Email Examples

14 Tips to Get Press With Pitch Email Examples

Many people think that you can get media coverage simply by blasting out a press release to every journalist under the sun. While you can get coverage in this way, it presents problems. In the pitch email examples that follow, experts address three key points:

First, people will begin to ignore your emails if they are not relevant. You want to make sure your emails stand out and the recipients don’t skip over them.

Second, they will be less likely to cover you or your company if they don’t feel special in some way. Reporters like to know that they have some level of exclusivity whenever possible. This could mean early access to a data story or other relevant information when possible (generally, acceptable for private companies and individuals but not for public companies under embargo).

Third, you can’t build relationships with email blasts in the same way you can with personalized pitches to writers, bookers, and others. Also keep in mind that although publishing a press release on the news wire is a good practice, it’s really secondary to the individual pitching you do. With that in mind, we’ve interviewed numerous experts on how they choose to pitch journalists. Take a look at their pitch email examples below.

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6 Ways SEO and Publicity Teams Can Work Cross Functionally to Amplify Results

Often, different departments within an organization have overlapping goals. Within marketing, this happens a lot with search engine optimization (SEO), and publicity or public relations (PR). For example, you might have a data story or important press to share. SEO teams and publicity teams can work cross-functionally to promote that content to drive the brand as well as link-building, to get the most out of every piece of content. The PR team might send email pitches, and the SEO team might want certain things included in the request such as relevant pages to link to.

To help you discover ways for your SEO and publicity teams to work cross-functionally, we asked SEO, PR, and people leaders this question for their best recommendations. From starting with communication to having the teams work toward the same goals, there are several ways that these teams can work together and amplify each other’s results.

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