by Jess Todtfeld | May 29, 2019 | Blog, Media Training, PR | Public Relations
Here’s a great post from Adweek Magazine The journalism category includes many jobs, and a reporter is someone who writes stories for a living but doesn’t necessarily how to master the other needs of the news industry (e.g., editing, production, publishing,...
by Jess Todtfeld | Oct 17, 2018 | Pitching, PR | Public Relations, PR Marketing
Today’s topic is for those who are busy reaching out to the media. Do you know your email open rate? If you are pitching the media, this is something you need to know. In today’s video I help those pitching the media learn how to check your open rate and...
by Jess Todtfeld | May 31, 2018 | Pitching, PR | Public Relations, PR Marketing
This week’s topic… PR Secret Weapons! What did I learn when I was one of the media gate-keepers, a producer on the national level? In this short video, I share a couple of the big mistakes people make as well as how you can avoid making those mistakes....
by Jess Todtfeld | Feb 8, 2017 | Crisis, Media Critique, PR | Public Relations
In the new, President Trump era, Aggressive Fact Checking is the new thing. You’d think it should have been all along, but that’s not the case. I will tell you, having worked in news that it can be a high deadline, short attention span, quick turn-around...
by Jess Todtfeld | Feb 6, 2017 | Email Marketing, PR | Public Relations, PR Marketing
What is the Best Way to End an Email? Financial Review Put Together a Great Piece with Different Ways to End Your Emails. We all want emails that are effective. A portion of my business is training public relations companies on how to best break through to media, how...
by Jess Todtfeld | Oct 17, 2016 | Blog, Media Training, PR | Public Relations
The following is an excerpt from the new book “Media Secrets: A Media Training Crash Course Navigating the waters of the media continues to change—and at record pace Media training used to be focused on what a reporter asked you. Now it can be anyone who...
