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Why won t the news media cover us? Quiz What business are they in: Newspaper TV Radio Digital Magazine
Why Do We Care About Media?
Let s Define Media?
Who Are News Media? Newspapers TV news News magazines Digital news aggregators Radio news
Why won t the news media cover us? Why do the media only want to talk to us when they have something negative? How can we get our story covered? What do the media want? How can we explain all the things we do? How do we get top-of-mind with reporters when issues related to our work come up?
Why won t the news media cover us? Know what they need. Hint: It rhymes with SNOOZE. Make it easy for them to cover it. Package the story for them. Know their particular medium Know when they need it. Hint: 6:00 pm TV newscasts don t like 5:00 pm stories.
Why won t the news media cover us? Know what they need. I don t care about your damn program. --Dave Marshall
Why won t the news media cover us? Understand their medium TV needs visuals Radio needs sound Newspapers need depth Magazines need evergreen Geographic media need their town Business media need business stories
Why won t the news media cover us? Make it easy for them to cover it.
Why won t the news media cover us? Know when they need it. (Not now.)
Why all the negativity? Consider these headlines: Salvation Army Does Great Job Helping Poor Red Cross: 25 Years Without Scandal Children Happy & Learning at XYZ Elementary New United Way Program Seeks Good Results
How can we explain all the things we do?
How can we explain all the things we do?
How do we get top-of-mind with media? Take out an ad in their brain.
How do we get top-of-mind with media? Methods Editorial Board meetings Visits to news directors Cultivate friendly reporters/editors Provide clear information at their campaign Send scoops to friendly reporters
How do we get top-of-mind with media? Methods Suggest day-in-the-life story Offer behind-scenes help Provide expert list Your staff is your PR team
But Wait... What about this new Interweb thingie on my phone? Thank you, Don Martin.
But Wait...
Bypassing News Media How can we effectively get our message out without the news media?
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Bypassing News Media What do all these have in common? You re communicating directly with your key constituents.
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Bypassing News Media How does Social Media fit into our plan?
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Bypassing News Media Best Practices on Facebook No more than once/day (around noon) Make it about them, not about you Photos, videos, audio People! Animals!
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Bypassing News Media Light-hearted, off-beat, fun
Bypassing News Media Drawing Fans on Facebook Interactive: Provocative questions Promote others too Follow your friends Like, comment, post on other sites Invite your supporters Incentivize Advertise
Bypassing News Media Mashable.com
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Questions? Concerns? Queries? Interrogatives? Inquiries? Grievances? Objections? Gripes? Bellyaches?
The End It s about time.