Cure Your Phone Pitching Fears: 5 Clear-Cut Tips
30.08.19Often seasoned PR pros neglect the most useful tool when phone pitching that perfect story: the phone call itself. The anxiety of successfully implementing phone pitching is a real problem in PR, mostly because it’s related to rejection. What if that mild-tempered journalist (albeit stressed) rejects my pitch straight up on the phone? Will my story […]
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August’s media movements
30.08.19August saw a number of changes across Irish media with the announcement of the closure of three regional newspapers as well as high profile movements within the industry. Below you can find a sample of some of the Irish media movements that have taken place over the month: The Clare People has printed its last […]
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PR Expert: 5 Common Press Release Distribution Mistakes To Avoid
27.08.19In the PR world, there’s one thing that makes all PR pros shiver– press release distribution to the right media contacts. So, you’ve done all the hard work. You’ve come up with a wonderful creative idea, you’ve shaped it into a great press release or a wonderful pitch and you now have to get it out to […]
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We’re hiring a Research Manager
26.08.19Do you work in PR? Maybe you’re a press officer, part of an in-house PR team, or you work in an agency. At MediaHQ we’re expanding our research team by hiring a Research Manager. We’re looking for people who understand PR to help us. In a few weeks, we will be entering some new international […]
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The Definitive Guide to Pitching Your Story to Get Maximum Coverage
26.08.19Your pitch is the first interaction a journalist has with your story. You need to make sure it’s strong. Do you know when, where, who and how to pitch a story? Or are you struggling with becoming ‘pitch perfect’? To survive in PR and to get your story heard your pitching prowess needs to be […]
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PR Tips For Communications Teams In The Education Sector
21.08.19The world of PR and communications is constantly evolving. For those working in the higher education field this means consistently staying on top of new trends, communication methods and ways of doing things. Old methods no longer work for the new challenges being presented. Higher education communications teams need to be more reactive and engaging […]
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Why Great Media Relations Can Help Grow Your Business
19.08.19For most businesses, the importance of media relations and its counterpart public relations is often forgotten. When budgets are tight media relations is often the first thing to be bumped. It is viewed as a ‘nice to have’ rather than a ‘must-have’. This should not be the case. When executed correctly media relations is a […]
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Case Study: Fota Wildlife Park
15.08.19Here at MediaHQ, we see hundreds of press releases being sent from our system on a weekly basis. PR agencies, government organisations, charities and in-house PR teams from some of the biggest organisations in Ireland use our system to get their message to the media and make the news. This week, we took a closer […]
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New list features to eliminate more grunt work for you
13.08.19Here at MediaHQ we continuously strive to improve and enhance our media contacts database which is why we are unveiling cool new updates on August 14, 2019. These free updates will help you manage your list features and thus eliminate more grunt work for you. Our new list management features have been in the works […]
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