How PR Pros Can Write Subject Lines and Email Copy That Rivet Journalists' Attention

PR and marketing professionals who want to learn new and classic approaches for composing breakout email pitches and subject lines that vibrate with energy and produce immediate placement results will discover practical strategies at a new audio conference from Bulldog Reporter's PR University: "Email Pitching Secrets Guaranteed to Boost Hit Rates for PR: How to Write Subject Lines and Email Copy That Rivets Journalists' Attention and Delivers Greater ROI in 2009." Attendees will come away with proven techniques for crafting "magic" words and phrases that compel journalists' attention and high readership.

This exclusive, dial-in PR University audio conference takes place on Thursday, March 19th, at 1PM EST (noon CST; 11AM MST; 10AM PST). The panel includes some of the nation's leading PR writers and media relations veterans:

-- Heather Hamann, Producer, "Dr. Dean Edell Radio Program"

-- Gary North, Chief Copy Editor, Variety

-- Richard Laermer, CEO, RLM Public Relations; Co-Publisher, "BadPitchBlog"

-- Nancy Brenner, Senior Vice President, Director of Media Relations, MS&L Global Public Relations

-- Michael Schiferl, Executive Vice President, Director of Media Relations, Weber Shandwick

This 90-minute interactive call will give public relations professionals actionable tips and techniques for penning powerful, compelling subject lines and body copy, so they can escape the pitch-reject trap... and take pitching prowess (and media placements) to a higher level. It will also address a copywriting secret formula to help make email pitches sizzle and sell. Here are some of the practical and immediately applicable techniques attendees will cover in this audio conference:

-- Push Vs. Pull PR: Why email still matters in a Web 2.0 media world
increasingly reliant on "pull" technologies like RSS and social media tools
like Twitter
-- Targeting Essentials: What you must know about your target and subject
before you pitch -- and how to use these details to strengthen your copy
-- Secrets of "Sticky" Subject Lines: How to win journalists over in six
words or less
-- Leads That Sell: What grabs a journalist at the top of any email pitch
-- and how should you take advantage of it
-- The "Write" Stuff: Anatomies of stellar email pitches and the magic
elements you must make part of every single email pitch you craft
-- Editorial hot buttons, magic words and key phrases: How to entice
targets into reading pitches -- plus easy ways to peg to breaking news or
trends the media craves

Attendance at Bulldog Reporter's PR University audio conference costs $299 per telephone site. Participants in the 90-minute call will be able to pose specific questions for the panelists at several junctures during the discussion. Attendees of PR University conferences receive one credit toward PRSA accreditation maintenance. Registration also includes an up-to-the-minute conference manual and a full transcript. For more information on taking part in the event, go to our conference home page or phone toll free: 1-800-959-1059.