The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For this reason, you need a unique angle when speaking with your potential clients, so they feel comfortable up front that they’re in the hands of a true Professional. This eliminates the sales friction they’ll initially feel and removes the thought that you’re going to try and prematurely pitch them. That’s desperate.

Finance 138

Finance Product Sell Objectives and Key Results 138

Hubspot

JUNE 13, 2019

Keep reading to learn how you can properly create, pitch, and distribute a press release for optimal brand awareness. Along with crafting a press release that journalists are interested in, you’ll need to be super-specific with the people to whom you send your pitches. Craft a killer pitch. How to distribute your press release.

Pitch 101

Pitch Angle Contact Follow-up 101

The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Related article: Sales Pitches – How To Do It Right. By learning who the competition is, you can understand their potential positioning angles, and craft your presentation in a way that’ll focus on your own unique selling points. D – Decision Process. This is slightly different from the decision criteria.

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Angle Sales Clients Presentation 145

Search Engine Land

MAY 3, 2023

Blogs like to cite reputable sources, a unique angle universities can leverage to secure links. Then go down the list and begin pitching article topics. From this list, listen to each podcast to understand their angle on the topic. Finally, engage with the hosts or other guests on social media and prepare to pitch.

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Niche Technique Angle Pitch 105

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Still, pitching isn’t easy, but communication is key for building and nurturing the symbiotic relationship between marketers and the media. Do they regularly post on the topic you’re planning to pitch? There are really only two things that can set a pitch apart at first glance: the sender (i.e., Grab their attention.

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Pitch Entertainment Angle Objectives and Key Results 78

ConversionXL

AUGUST 24, 2021

Marketers can be involved in product development to ensure the product aligns with the customers’ needs, in communicating price points, in finding the best angles to keep customers coming back, and so on. If there aren’t any new projects coming up, do some research and pitch your own ideas to head. This is where you make your pitch.

Promote 141

Promote Pitch Campaign Niche 141

Martech

JANUARY 16, 2024

It’s about being the underdog who rose to the challenge, an angle that can create a powerful connection with your audience. Mix informational content with analytical insights or persuasive pitches to keep your audience engaged and interested. Your origin story is about the values and vision that drive you, not just your beginnings.

B2B 140

B2B Angle Contract Trust 140

Hubspot

JULY 18, 2019

Spend any amount of time searching the hashtag #PRFail on Twitter and you won't struggle to find journalists lamenting about all of the bad PR pitches they received this week. Journalists' Top Ten Email Pitch Pet Peeves. Receiving an irrelevant pitch. Receiving a pitch that is too self promotional without a real story.

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Pitch Niche Angle Cold Call 78

Salesforce

MARCH 28, 2022

Your mission statement takes a more visionary angle. Elevator pitch. Always work toward messaging that will resonate with their needs, wants, and pain points. Are you going for a more playful, fun brand? Does your audience require a more serious take? What do you hope to accomplish? What’s your ultimate goal? Tone of voice.

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Electricity Angle Pitch Campaign 98

Hubspot

APRIL 1, 2019

Muck Rack is a free media database that helps connect journalists with PR professionals, so if you use the site, you'll have good opportunities to network and receive PR pitches. You can even include specific topics you don't want to cover, which will filter out unfit pitches. Image courtesy of Muckrack.com/ggreenwald.

E-commerce 101

E-commerce UX Angle Pitch 101

The 5% Institute

JULY 14, 2020

For this reason, you need a unique angle when speaking with your potential clients, so they feel comfortable up front that they’re in the hands of a true Professional. This eliminates the sales friction they’ll initially feel and removes the thought that you’re going to try and prematurely pitch them. That’s desperate.

Service 98

Service Sell Objectives and Key Results Pitch 98

The 5% Institute

APRIL 24, 2020

For this reason, you need a unique angle when speaking with your potential clients, so they feel comfortable up front that they’re in the hands of a true Sales Professional. This eliminates the sales friction they’ll initially feel and removes the thought that you’re going to try and prematurely pitch them. That’s desperate.

Service 98

Service Closing Sell Objectives and Key Results 98

CloserIQ

APRIL 25, 2019

A sales pitch , no matter how perfect, can quickly be ruined by poor objection handling afterward. It’s a rare day when you pitch someone and they simply submit and ask where to sign. A tweak: Alongside those, you can suggest an angle that many don’t think of: using both services at once. Just send me the information.

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SQL Objection handling Angle Pitch 92

Hubspot

APRIL 28, 2017

You're pitching your content to publications that might be interested in sharing it with different audiences. 2) Only pitch guest posts or backlinks that add value for the reader. Never, and I mean never , mass email an enormous contacts list with a pitch template. A backlink is just the cherry on top. 1) The preview.

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Pitch Angle Follow-up Start-ups 78

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 28, 2021

Prospects are being pitched every single day by strangers hoping to connect with them on LinkedIn. Personalizing your LinkedIn InMail pitches to the person you’re pitching can be the difference between time on your calendar and getting ghosted. Keep it brief: You’re probably not going to sell a prospect in your first pitch.

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Pitch Networking Up-sell Prospecting 128

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

This includes, but is not limited to, surprise visits, gag gifts, hostile pitches, and guerilla marketing (to name a few), which more often than not inspires rage instead of coverage. Simply put, if you have truly interesting information, put it in the pitch itself. Are reporters perfect?

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Pitch Angle Follow-up Presentation 78

Hubspot

MARCH 13, 2012

So to help you excel with your own guest blogging efforts, here is a look at the mistakes guest bloggers commonly make when strategizing, pitching, and writing guest blog posts -- so you can avoid them and increase your chances of guest blogging success! Mistakes in Pitching Guest Posts. 6) Grammatical/Spelling Errors in Pitches.

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Pitch Angle Strategize Engineering 78

Hubspot

JUNE 14, 2018

Whether your role requires you to pitch ideas in marketing meetings, or design the products your company sells, it’s critical you know the process of human-centered design. You’re now ready to tackle your creative process from a new angle -- the human angle.

Product 101

Product Angle Gaming Pitch 101

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I wanted to write to you today as someone who has read countless articles on how I am supposed to grab the attention of journalists like you; compel you, intrigue you, pitch you, persuade you, befriend you, understand you. 1) Let us know when you run an article based off a pitch. Dear Journalists, It''s me, PR.

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Pitch Angle Construction Clients 78

Search Engine Land

MARCH 26, 2024

Try to find articles where your app isn’t listed and pitch the author why they should include it and link to your app listings. PR pitching Taking the PR angle has the same result as competitive conquesting, except you’re not trying to get into existing articles.

Real Estate 85

Real Estate Pitch A/B testing Angle 85

Lead Fuze

JULY 13, 2021

We have a provider for that already, don’t be like many salespeople will who quickly respond by pitching their product or offering a lesser price. According to HubSpot’s data , 44% of salespeople give up after one rejected pitch. Don’t ever give up on your pitch after just one failed attempt. 11 Learn from your loss.

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Objectives and Key Results Drivers/motivators Angle Pitch 98

Sales Hacker

APRIL 8, 2020

Find the relevant publications in your industry and pitch them a story. Consider their readership, and draw upon your own experiences when pitching. It might simply be a unique angle on an old issue. It could be about your mission, technology, or people. Read the publication to determine what they consider newsworthy.

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Closing Prospecting Referrals Trust 117

Hubspot

MAY 18, 2020

They generally surround one of the most fundamental concepts in sales — the elevator pitch. In this case, the pitch can't be delivered verbally. In all likelihood, you would create what's known as a sell sheet — a document that could be described as the physical equivalent of the elevator pitch. What would you do then?

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Sell Construction Pitch Angle 78

Hubspot

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Examine the previously published content on the publications you plan to submit to, and try to locate content gaps : topics that haven't been covered yet, or new angles on topics that you can offer a fresh perspective on. Once you know what you want to write about, read up on how to pitch your story idea to the editors. 3) Webinars.

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Referrals Pitch Networking Angle 78

Hubspot

MAY 16, 2019

Before you green light another slew of listicles, how-to posts, and ultimate guides, remember how powerful storytelling is and consider crafting a show chock-full of conflict, surprise, and emotion that also ties to a unique angle and is told in an episodic fashion. The Pillar-Cluster Model.

Technique 101

Technique A/B testing Angle Pitch 101

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 20, 2024

If you weren’t aware, they now measure things like: Bat speed Batted ball velocity Hard hit ball percentage Launch angle Distance Hang time Pitch Location Count Pitch type Blasts Squared Up Fast swing rates Blasts Swing length Swords It’s pretty cool and by using Statcast one can correlate KPIs to performance.

Angle 83

Angle Pitch Negotiate Promote 83

ConversionXL

JUNE 23, 2020

Advertorials are a PR play on steroids, akin to pitching your product or company to a journalist and getting a favorable write-up (but paying for the privilege). Define your angle. Define your angle. Venmo pitched their product, Venmo Mastercard, midway through the article. What problems can advertorials solve?

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Entertainment Angle Education Promote 105

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

We spend hours dedicated to coming up with new pitches, finding angles to beat the competition, and exploring the benefits of every feature. Unfortunately, it’s still surprisingly common to hear buyers say that many of the proposals they receive leave them uncertain of exactly how the seller plans to solve their problem.

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Prospecting Angle Follow-up Up-sell 119

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

When you’re more adaptable and well-rounded, you’ll be able to tackle problems from different angles at your regular job, enhancing your team’s overall creativity and effectiveness. You’ll also be more willing to take on new challenges because you already know how to study completely foreign concepts.

Angle 78

Angle Pitch Networking Meeting 78

Hubspot

JANUARY 24, 2014

Quality content digs more deeply, provides a new angle, makes unusual comparisons, and offers your own voice, your own experience, and your own interpretation. If you pitch an article to multiple sources, don''t approve publishing of the same article across different sites. What This Means for Authors. What This Means for Publishers.

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Angle Cold Call Niche Quota 78

Heinz Marketing

MAY 29, 2023

The amount of time it takes that buyer in the decision making process to engage with the seller, the number of buyers involved in the decision making process… I think we’ve looked at the complexity from that angle quite a lot and that it’s important to look at it from that angle. But we do that with salespeople sometimes.

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Pipeline Angle Sales Trust 98

Heinz Marketing

JULY 27, 2020

I love the angle they’re taking, we don’t see it often enough. Because I love the angle you’re taking, we don’t see it often enough. Stop the Sales Drop, it may not seem intuitive to some people, but I really like angle. Or am I pitching? Kristina is the President at Personal ABM. Is it personal?

Pipeline 101

Pipeline Angle Sales Pitch 101

Hubspot

DECEMBER 21, 2011

If they are a technology reporter, you wouldn't want to pitch a sports story to them. If they are a business reporter, you shouldn't pitch a travel story to them. If you think your company is interchangeable with another company the reporter has written about, pitch the story to them. Tip #3: Listen - Use Twitter.

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Pitch Angle Sports Follow-up 70

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

But the story was thin, few outlets had an original angle on it, and no one had reporters in the British Virgin Islands. By following and building relationships with influential journalists who cover stories in your industry, you expose yourself to more opportunities to hear about what they are interested in and to pitch them ideas.

Angle 77

Angle Follow-up Pitch Technique 77

Hubspot

MAY 7, 2018

Journalists crave juicy stories and viral marketing campaigns, but standing out in a sea of conventional pitches is one of the biggest challenges for any public relations professional. Sometimes, a press release about your company’s new product launch, significant hire, or acquisition fails to pick up the coverage you were expecting.

Campaign 101

Campaign Transportation Launch Hospitality 101

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Toss a sardine can out onto the pitch, and he'll swoop in violently and decimate everything in a 2-thumb radius (article written to smartphone scale). The effects can be devastating when teams work together to cover all the angles. Don't be Afraid to Use the Eagle Having trouble getting through a level? Just ask a pig.

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Angle Construction Strategize Gaming 78

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 24, 2022

As with all things in my career, I’ve always looked at goals with the angle of, “How do we get there faster and in a bigger way than I have before? I’ve always been intrinsically motivated by helping others. Making a positive impact in another person’s life is something that’s in my bones. How do I scale my success?”

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Intrinsic Networking Angle Sales 100