ChatGPT is well named, if only because lots of people are “chatting” about it. In case you’ve missed it, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can answer questions, draft content and summarize written material. ChatGPT does a lot more than that, but those are three of its primary capabilities. There is understandably a […]
Pitching the Media: the Sobering Stats
Journalists do not respond to most email pitches. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the best days to pitch a story. Short subject lines and pitches have the best chance of success These are some findings from the Propel Media Barometer for the third quarter of 2022. This quarterly benchmarking study analyzed a sample of about 400,000 […]
What I Learned About Wikipedia
For many people, Wikipedia is the “go-to” source for information about a company, product or other topic. With good reason. The English Wikipedia includes more than 6.5 million articles, averages more than 500 new articles per day, and has about 200,000 active users. Wikipedia often ranks high in search engine results, so it makes sense that many […]
Effective Pitching: What the Stats Tell Us
Journalists respond to about 3% of the email pitches they receive. Pitches under 150 words long get the most response. Friday is the best day to pitch journalists. These are some findings from the Propel Media Barometer for the first quarter of 2022. This quarterly benchmarking study analyzed a sample of nearly 400,000 email pitches […]
To Try or Not to Try, That is the Question
“I’ll try.” How many times do we hear those words? Too often. And statements like “I’ll try to do this or that” remind me of a workshop years ago where we were fined anytime we used the word “try.” Why? It’s a weak word. It implies lack of commitment. It does not inspire confidence. As […]
The Rule of Three
What can we learn from Thomas Jefferson, the French Revolution and Julius Caesar? The Rule of Three. This Rule says that ideas presented in threes “stick” in our minds better than ideas in larger groups. Consider: “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” “Liberty, equality and fraternity” “I came. I saw. I conquered.” I was […]
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