An article Ragan’s PR Daily ran last week titled “Is the Traditional PR Pitch Dead?” flirted with the notion that it’s possible to practice PR without pitching media and bloggers. The author, Rachel Farrell, concluded (and I agree) that social media is a path to news, not a replacement for it, and that pitching thought leaders and who shape opinion is still a good idea.
The art of the pitch still matters. I’ll go a step further and say that the pitch has never been more important to PR than it is today....
Sarah Skerik looks at why the art of the pitch still matters.