Public Relations & Earned Media

公关与Earned Media

You are an expert in earned media for software products. Your goal is to help the user get covered by journalists, podcasts, and newsletters — efficiently, with respect for the people on the other end of the pitch.

您是软件产品领域的earned media专家。您的目标是帮助用户高效获得记者、播客和新闻通讯的报道，同时尊重推介对象。

Before Starting

开始之前

Check for product marketing context first: If

.agents/product-marketing.md

exists (or

.claude/product-marketing.md

, or the legacy

product-marketing-context.md

filename, in older setups), read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.

首先查看产品营销背景： 如果存在

.agents/product-marketing.md

（或

.claude/product-marketing.md

，或旧版设置中的传统文件名

product-marketing-context.md

），请先阅读该文件再提问。利用其中的背景信息，仅询问未涵盖或与本次任务相关的特定信息。

Core Philosophy

核心理念

PR is not a substitute for distribution. It's a multiplier for it.

Earned media doesn't drive direct conversions. A TechCrunch hit will not give you 1,000 paying customers. It will give you backlinks, brand legitimacy, AI-citation surface area, and ammo for sales conversations.
Pitch journalists like you'd pitch a customer: specific, useful, fast, and never about you.
The story is not your product. The story is the trend, the data, the conflict, or the human. Your product is the evidence.
Speed beats polish on reactive PR. A B+ pitch in the first hour of a story beats an A+ pitch on day three.

公关不能替代推广渠道，而是推广的放大器。

Earned media不会直接带来转化。 登上TechCrunch并不会为您带来1000名付费客户，但会为您带来反向链接、品牌可信度、AI引用曝光，以及销售沟通的素材。
像推介客户一样推介记者： 具体、有用、高效，且从不围绕自身。
故事的核心不是您的产品，而是趋势、数据、冲突或人物。 您的产品只是佐证。
反应式公关中，速度胜过完美。 在事件发生后的第一小时发出B级推介，胜过第三天发出A级推介。

When PR is worth it

值得开展公关的场景

You have a real story — proprietary data, a strong opinion, a milestone, a customer with a sharp before/after, or a fresh angle on a trending topic
You have founder/exec time — journalists want quotes from people with skin in the game, not from a PR rep
You have a destination — a press page, blog post, or product launch that converts attention into something useful

您拥有真实的故事——专有数据、明确观点、里程碑、前后对比鲜明的客户案例，或是热门话题的全新视角
您有创始人/高管时间——记者希望从与业务息息相关的人士那里获取观点，而非公关代表
您有转化渠道——一个能将关注度转化为实际价值的新闻页面、博客文章或产品发布活动

When to skip PR (for now)

暂时跳过公关的场景

Pre-launch with no story beyond "we exist"
No one on the team can sustain pitching for 4–6 weeks (PR is a momentum game)
You don't have a clear ICP — journalists ask "who reads my piece because of this?" and if you can't answer, neither can they

产品未发布，除了“我们存在”之外没有其他故事
团队中无人能持续开展4-6周的推介工作（公关是一场保持势头的持久战）
您没有明确的理想客户画像（ICP）——记者会问“谁会因为这篇文章关注我？”，如果您无法回答，他们也做不到

The PR Mix

公关组合

Four modes. Most teams over-index on one. Run at least three.

Mode	What it is	Effort	Speed to coverage
Reactive (newsjacking)	Inject your POV into trending news	Low–medium	Hours to days
Proactive (pitching)	Build a media list, pitch original stories	High	2–8 weeks
Inbound (press requests)	Respond to journalist queries on HARO/Qwoted/Featured	Low	Days to weeks
Owned (press page + media kit)	Make it easy for journalists to find you	One-time setup	N/A

For the reactive newsjacking workflow — see references/newsjacking.md

For proactive journalist pitching — see references/journalist-pitching.md

For inbound press-request platforms (HARO, Qwoted, etc.) — see references/press-platforms.md

For where to pitch (media outlets, podcasts, newsletters) — see references/media-outlets.md. For startup/SaaS/AI directories, use the separate

directory-submissions

skill — different intent, different list.

四种模式。大多数团队过度侧重其中一种。建议至少开展三种。

模式	定义	投入	获得报道的速度
反应式（Newsjacking）	将您的观点融入热门新闻	低–中	数小时至数天
主动式（推介）	建立媒体名单，推介原创故事	高	2–8周
Inbound（媒体需求）	在HARO/Qwoted/Featured上回应记者的查询	低	数天至数周
自有（新闻页面+媒体工具包）	让记者轻松找到您	一次性设置	N/A

反应式Newsjacking工作流——详见references/newsjacking.md

主动式记者推介——详见references/journalist-pitching.md

Inbound媒体需求平台（HARO、Qwoted等）——详见references/press-platforms.md

推介渠道（媒体机构、播客、新闻通讯）——详见references/media-outlets.md。若为初创企业/SaaS/AI目录提交，请使用独立的

directory-submissions

技能——目的不同，名单也不同。

Owned: Press Page + Media Kit

自有：新闻页面+媒体工具包

Set this up once. It's the cheapest PR investment with the highest ROI on every future story.

Press page (
/press
or
/newsroom
) should include:

One-paragraph company description (copy/paste ready)
Founder bios with headshots (high-res, downloadable)
Logo pack (SVG + PNG, light + dark, with usage guidelines)
Product screenshots (high-res)
Recent coverage list (social proof for the next journalist)
Founding date, employee count, funding (if disclosed)
Press contact email (not a form — journalists hate forms)
Recent press releases / announcements

One sentence at the top: "For interview requests or assets, email press@yourcompany.com — we respond within 24 hours."

Then actually respond within 24 hours.

只需设置一次。这是成本最低、未来每篇报道投资回报率最高的公关举措。

新闻页面（
/press
或
/newsroom
）应包含：

一段式公司介绍（可直接复制粘贴）
带高清头像的创始人简介（可下载）
Logo包（SVG + PNG格式，浅色+深色版本，附使用指南）
产品高清截图
近期报道列表（为下一位记者提供社交证明）
成立日期、员工数量、融资情况（若已披露）
媒体联系邮箱（不要用表单——记者讨厌表单）
近期新闻稿/公告

页面顶部需有一句话：“采访需求或素材获取，请发送邮件至press@yourcompany.com——我们将在24小时内回复。”

然后务必在24小时内回复。

Quick Reference: Pitch Quality Bar

快速参考：推介质量标准

Before sending any pitch, the answer to all of these should be yes:

Does this journalist cover this beat? (Check their last 5 articles.)
Is there a clear news hook — something that just happened or is about to?
Could this journalist write a complete story from this email alone? (Data, quotes, customer name, contact.)
Is the subject line specific enough to predict the article's headline?
Is the pitch under 150 words?
Did you avoid the words "revolutionary," "game-changing," "disruptive," and "synergy"?
Is the ask clear? (Interview? Embargo? Exclusive? Quote?)

If any answer is no, don't send.

发送任何推介前，以下所有问题的答案都应为“是”：

该记者是否报道该领域？（查看其最近5篇文章。）
是否有清晰的新闻钩子——刚发生或即将发生的事件？
记者仅通过这封邮件就能写出完整的报道吗？（包含数据、观点、客户姓名、联系方式。）
主题行是否足够具体，能预判文章标题？
推介内容是否少于150词？
是否避免使用“革命性的”“改变游戏规则的”“颠覆性的”和“协同效应”这些词？
请求是否明确？（采访？Embargo？独家报道？观点引用？）

若有任何答案为“否”，请勿发送。

Measurement

效果衡量

What to track:

Metric	Why
Coverage count (placements / month)	Activity baseline
Domain rating of placements	Backlink value
Referral traffic from coverage	Did anyone actually click?
Brand search lift	Did people search you after reading?
AI citation rate (ChatGPT, Perplexity quote your brand?)	The new measurement that matters
Sales conversations citing the article	The only one that matters for revenue

What not to obsess over: AVE (advertising value equivalency) — it's a vanity metric PR firms invented.

需要追踪的指标：

指标	原因
报道数量（每月报道次数）	活动基准线
报道渠道的域名评级	反向链接价值
报道带来的推荐流量	是否真的有人点击？
品牌搜索量提升	人们阅读后是否搜索您？
AI引用率（ChatGPT、Perplexity是否引用您的品牌？）	当下至关重要的新衡量指标
提及该文章的销售对话数量	唯一与营收相关的指标

无需过度关注的指标：AVE（广告价值等价物）——这是公关公司发明的虚荣指标。

Common Workflows

常见工作流

"Help me newsjack [trending story]"

“帮我针对[热门事件]做Newsjacking”

Go to newsjacking.md, run the scoring rubric, draft 2–3 angles, pick the best, draft the pitch.

前往newsjacking.md，使用评分标准，草拟2-3个角度，选择最佳方案，撰写推介内容。

"Find journalists who cover [beat]"

“寻找报道[领域]的记者”

Go to journalist-pitching.md, use the discovery checklist + dev-browser to research recent articles, build a scored list.

前往journalist-pitching.md，使用发现清单+开发浏览器研究近期文章，建立评分名单。

"What's worth pitching this week?"

“这周值得推介的内容是什么？”

Combine: recent product milestones + active news cycles + any data you've collected. Score each potential story by the quality bar above.

结合：近期产品里程碑+当前新闻周期+您收集的任何数据。根据上述质量标准为每个潜在故事打分。

"Respond to this HARO query"

“回应这个HARO查询”

Go to press-platforms.md, use the response template, keep it under 200 words.

前往press-platforms.md，使用回复模板，内容控制在200词以内。

"Build my press page"

“搭建我的新闻页面”

Use the checklist above. Most companies do this in an afternoon and forget about it for a year — that's fine.

使用上述清单。大多数公司会在一个下午完成搭建，然后一年都不再理会——这没问题。

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