Why should you use LinkedIn to connect with journalists?

Answer 1

Because a recent survey has shown that LinkedIn is the preferred social media platform among journalists.

Answer 2

Because LinkedIn is increasing in popularity.

Answer 3

Because LinkedIn is the top social media forum for professionals.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

You can export your list of contacts to Excel, sort it by job title and filter out the journalists.

Answer 6

You can search for specific journalists by name.

Answer 7

You can narrow down your search selecting your industry and typing ‘journalist’ as the job title.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

The email approach: you export your contacts list to Excel, sort it by job title to identify journalists, and then email each using your personal email address.

Answer 10

The individual approach: you email each journalist on LinkedIn with your press release.

Answer 11

The automated approach: you publish your press release on LinkedIn using the “Publish a post” feature.

Answer 12

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