The AMA Recap: PR & Pitching

Here's what we covered.

On November 19, Jennifer Ortakales from Business Insider, Julia Glum from Money, and Abrar Al-Heeti from CNET answered all your juicy PR & pitching questions. These three top reporters and contributors for business publications answered questions for 60 minutes straight, so make sure you check out the recording below. Thank you to everyone for their questions and participation!

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Here are some of the top AMA tweets and words of advice from our panelists. If you want the full scoop, check out the recording of the webinar above. 

Jennifer Ortakales of Business Insider

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "I get a lot of pitches in my inbox and very few of them actually turn into stories." - @JOrtakales of @businessinsider

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "My biggest pet peeve is horrible subject lines - If it sounds very promotional or telling me something I already know with no context, I just delete it." - @JOrtakales of @businessinsider

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "I really appreciate when PR people reach out and ask what I’m working on and how they can provide sources - I appreciate the intentionality behind that." - @JOrtakales of @businessinsider

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020

Julia Glum from Money

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "I like when someone who pitches me proves that they’ve read my coverage. " - @SuperJulia of @Money

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "I definitely miss the office a lot. My company has been pretty good and proactive about doing teamwork activities over Zoom." - @SuperJulia of @Money

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "I’m looking for people who can get on the phone quickly and are nice." - @SuperJulia of @Money

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020

Abrar Al-Heeti from CNET

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "Do you want me to cover your cool company, or is it actually relevant to me?" - @alheeti_3 of @CNET

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "The stories I’m really proud of I promote on LinkedIn, so if you review my LinkedIn, you can see what kinds of stories I’m working on." - @alheeti_3 of @CNET

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "My biggest pet peeve is horrible subject lines - If it sounds very promotional or telling me something I already know with no context, I just delete it." - @JOrtakales of @businessinsider

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) November 19, 2020