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Media Relations: Quickly Pitch Journalists in Meltwater

Save time and interact authentically directly with members of the press.

Cheyenne V. avatar
Written by Cheyenne V.
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Previously, sending 1:1 emails to journalists required you to be on the full contact profile. Now, firing off an email directly to a contact can be done from from multiple places in the Meltwater tool.

This article will cover:


Prerequisite

Before sending emails using Meltwater, you must integrate your email address in the platform. To integrate your email, follow the on-screen instructions here: app.meltwater.com/account/email-integration/.

Note: This process is different from configuring your email as an approved sender.


Quickly Pitching Journalists

After integrating your email, follow these steps to send emails to individual journalists and newsdesks:

From Media Lists

  1. Click the Media Relations drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Media Lists

  3. From a Contact or Source Profile

    1. ​​​​​​​Select a journalist or newsdesk's name

    2. Click Email

  4. From a Media Relations | Media List

    1. ​​​​​​​Select Media Lists in the top toolbar

    2. Click on a journalist or newsdesk’s name to open a preview of their profile.

    3. Click Email to open the composer on the right-hand side of your screen.

  5. Once you click the email button, a new message window will open

  6. Add a subject line and type your message

  7. Click Send.

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From Media Relations Search

  1. Click the Media Relations drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Search

  3. Enter your search in the search bar at the top of your screen

  4. Select a contact name

  5. Click Email in the right-hand pop-up

    Note: If you’d like to review all interactions between your team and a contact, you can do so from that contact or source’s full profile on the interactions tab.

  6. Navigate to a contact or source's full profile

  7. Click on the Interactions tab

  8. View any Outreach (Mass Distribution) or Individual emails directly from the table

  9. You can also follow-up or start a new thread directly from the profile, as well.

Note: At this time, email integration does not include engagement analytics or tracking statistics.

From PR Assistant

  1. Click Explore in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select PR Assistant

  3. Enter at least 100 characters in the text box to prompt the assistant

  4. Select a Format, Length, and Tone

  5. Click Generate

  6. Select Copy text to clipboard on the right-hand side if you are satisfied with the AI generated text

  7. Click Suggested Journalists

  8. Select a journalist to open their full profile

  9. Click the Actions drop-down

  10. Select Send email

  11. Once you click the email button, a new message window will open

  12. Add a subject line, paste your message and make necessary edits

  13. Click Send.

From Explore

  1. Click Explore in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Open an existing search or create a new one

  3. Select the Media Contacts tab

  4. Select a journlaist

  5. Click Email

  6. Once you click the email button, a new message window will open

  7. Add a subject line and type your message

  8. Click Send.

From Monitor

  1. Click Monitor in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Open and existing content stream or create a new one

  3. Hover over a news article

  4. Click Open author profile

  5. Click Email

  6. Once you click the email button, a new message window will open

  7. Add a subject line and type your message

  8. Click Send.


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