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The Anatomy of a High-Converting Commerce Pitch
Hey there — Sarah Karger here! Jill was kind enough to let me crash her newsletter this week, and then she did something genuinely brave. She opened her inbox and forwarded me 8 real pitches.
Not the bad ones. Anybody can dunk on a bad pit...
Medicare, RDs, Gift Guides, Flight Attendants ... I’m working on a lot!
Hello from somewhere between the Channel Islands and Spain (on a luxury yacht, of course)!
I hope you’ve been following along via Instagram on my month-long trip through 9 European countries, where I’m back to sharing stories after a long...
The Most Important Thing Publicists Aren’t Putting in Their Emails
Three travel assignments went sideways in three weeks—and each exposed the same easily preventable PR problem.
In the past three weeks, I’ve had three completely different travel assignments go sideways for three completely different PR-re...
The Wait Is Over: Holiday Gift Guide Season Starts ... NOW!
A month ago, I told every publicist asking about holiday gift guides to pump the brakes.
My advice was simple: Wait until mid-August.
Well...
It’s mid-August.
And judging by what’s happening in my inbox, the entire PR industry had the s...
What 2 Million Media Pitches Reveal About the Future of PR
AI has made pitching easier than ever.
It’s also made it noisier.
Journalists are drowning in generic responses, inboxes are filling faster than ever, and publicists are trying to figure out how to stand out in a sea of increasingly simil...
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