You have to avoid these 4 mistakes ⛔⛔ when you pitch journalists

09/16/20 • 5 min

Content Marketing Mastery

⛔ Don’t offer money

⛔ Don’t know what topics are relevant for the medium

⛔ Don’t know the Contributor Guidelines

⛔ People reach out to the wrong contributor who doesn’t write about the topic

👉 The key is to build a relationship with journalists and contributors

Divya Parekh is a business growth strategist and author ✍️ at entrepreneur.com and many other publications. I had the chance to interview her and ask some questions about how entrepreneurs and business owners can contact journalists.

🙋 What advice would you give entrepreneurs who are starting with their PR strategy?

Please tag two people who would benefit from reading this. 🙇‍♀️

🎯 Link to the interview in the comments, search Content Marketing Mastery on your favorite podcast app or go to my website: https://www.contentmentoring.com/

You can get in touch with Divya Parekh on her website: https://www.divyaparekh.com/ or through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyaparekh/

Got value, please 👍

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Let's connect to see more content like this 😁

🎧🎧 You can listen to the whole interview here: https://bit.ly/33xp9Zw

#publicrelations #publicrelationskills #publicrelationstips #journalism #journalists

⛔ Don’t offer money

⛔ Don’t know what topics are relevant for the medium

⛔ Don’t know the Contributor Guidelines

⛔ People reach out to the wrong contributor who doesn’t write about the topic

👉 The key is to build a relationship with journalists and contributors

🙋 What advice would you give entrepreneurs who are starting with their PR strategy?

Please tag two people who would benefit from reading this. 🙇‍♀️

🎯 Link to the interview in the comments, search Content Marketing Mastery on your favorite podcast app or go to my website: https://www.contentmentoring.com/

You can get in touch with Divya Parekh on her website: https://www.divyaparekh.com/ or through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyaparekh/

Got value, please 👍

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Let's connect to see more content like this 😁

🎧🎧 You can listen to the whole interview here: https://bit.ly/33xp9Zw

#publicrelations #publicrelationskills #publicrelationstips #journalism #journalists

Previous Episode

How journalists will love your story - Interview with Divya Parekh

☝️☝️ Questions that I asked Divya ☝️☝️

👉 What mistakes do you see when people pitch you?

👉 What advice would you give entrepreneurs and business owners when approaching journalists?

👉 How to position yourself for meaningful impact.

👉 What rituals or habits should I include in my day for creating more impact in my life?

#publicrelations #publicrelationskills #publicrelationstips #journalism #journalists

Next Episode

This is really important to me: 7 steps to earn the trust of journalists! 👍👍

👉 Give, give, give

👉 Comment articles

👉 Build relationships

👉 Do your research: Is this person promotion or not?

👉 Always combine your topic with relevant topics that are going on

👉 Are they promoting other people’s posts, products, launches and services?

👉 Ask yourself: How can you help the other person? Provide value first!

🙋 What advice would you give entrepreneurs who are starting with their PR strategy?

Please tag two people who would benefit from reading this. 🙇‍♀️

🎯 Link to the interview in the comments, search Content Marketing Mastery on your favorite podcast app or go to my website: https://www.contentmentoring.com/

You can get in touch with Divya Parekh on her website: https://www.divyaparekh.com/ or through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyaparekh/

Got value, please 👍

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Let's connect to see more content like this 😁

#publicrelations #publicrelationskills #publicrelationstips #journalism #journalists

🎧🎧 You can listen to the whole interview here: https://bit.ly/33xp9Zw