Use Twitter to Gain a Competitive Edge in Media Relations
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How can marketers and public relations professionals best use Twitter to enhance their media relations efforts? This presentation by Chris Metinko, Business Wire media relations specialist, explains how journalists and newsrooms are using Twitter, how communicators can pitch using Twitter, and what some best practices are. Presented at the PR News Big 3
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Use Twitter to Gain a Competitive Edge in Media Relations
- 1. Use Twitter to Gain a Competitive Edge in Media Relations PR News The Big 3 Conference August 9, 2012 Presented by: Chris Metinko Media Relations Specialist Business Wire chris.metinko@businesswire.com
- 2. How Journalists Use Twitter • 55% use social media to find stories from known sources • 43% verified stories using social media • 46% have professional Twitter profiles Source: Oriella Digital Journalism Study, July 2012
- 3. Why Reporters Use Twitter • Fastest way to break a story • Find new sources • Keep up with current sources • Quickly gauge public sentiment • Start a dialogue – find a story
- 4. How Twitter Has Changed Reporting • Speed • Drive site traffic & engage audiences • Offer editorialized comments • Dialogue with audiences
- 5. Twitter Reporting Threats • Get it first, get it wrong: reputation • Fewer checks and balances • Not well supervised • Editorial vs. reporting
- 6. How Twitter Has Changed Newsrooms • Thinking in 140 characters “When you have a story, it’s not just thinking about the headline — it’s thinking about what you’re going to tweet.” – Tom Simonite, MIT’s Tech Review
- 7. Public and source dialogue made easy • Instant reaction from readers • Fastest way to get the dreaded “man on the street” opinion • Ability to bypass PR departments to find sources and experts
- 8. Can you pitch reporters on Twitter? Depends…
- 9. Tips for pitching on Have a personality Tweeting just a press release = don’t bother Be engaging and interesting Build relationships first “Don’t be lame.”
- 10. Tips for pitching on Have a personality Your human, not a robot. Show it.
- 11. Tips for pitching on Tweeting just a press release = Don’t bother Add context or a hook
- 12. Tips for pitching on Be engaging and interesting. After eliminating the Vancouver Canucks in an early playoff series, the Kings’ PR department tweeted -- “To everyone outside of BC you’re welcome.” The @LAKings Twitter account gained more than 60,000 followers during their run to the Stanley Cup.
- 13. Tips for pitching on Build relationships first Twitter is a tool, not a replacement for real conversation.
- 14. Tips for pitching on “Don’t be lame.”
- 15. Keep Some of the Old Don’t pitch off topic/beat Pitch to an actual reporter, not a site/publication Be brief – which Twitter mandates
- 16. Thank You Chris Metinko Media Relations Specialist Business Wire chris.metinko@businesswire.com
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- A new study has revealed the extent to which journalists from around the world are using social media both as a source of news, and to verify stories already being worked on. In their Digital Journalism Study , Oriella surveyed 600 journalists and discovered that more than half (55 percent) used social channels such as Twitter and Facebook to find stories from known sources, and 43 percent verified existing stories using these tools. 26 percent of respondents said that they used social media to find stories from sources they did not know, and almost one in five (19 percent) verified work in progress from sources unknown to them. The figures are even higher in the UK, with 75 percent of journalists using social media to research news from known sources. 52 percent of journalists said their employer’s titles had Facebook pages, while 46 percent had professional Twitter profiles.
- Politico reported on Friday, June 22, that Williams had been suspended pending an investigation for suggesting that Romney "was only comfortable around white people." The comment "fell short of our standards for fairness and judgment in an especially unfortunate way," Politico said.
- “ Don’t be lame,” said Drew Olanoff, a writer and editor at The Next Web.
- “ Don’t be lame,” said Drew Olanoff , a writer and editor at The Next Web .
- “ Don’t be lame,” said Drew Olanoff , a writer and editor at The Next Web.
- “ Don’t be lame,” said Drew Olanoff, a writer and editor at The Next Web.
- “ Don’t be lame,” said Drew Olanoff, a writer and editor at The Next Web.
- “ Don’t be lame,” said Drew Olanoff, a writer and editor at The Next Web.
- Personalize pitches, proofread and avoid PR jargon. It does not take long to look up the reporter you would be interested in pitching. Most sites and pubs now list Twitter handles. Journalists like Twitter because PR folks only have 140 characters to get out what they are trying to say. Use them all wisely.