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Public Relations Review

PR for Anyone

Be Newsworthy My biggest piece of advice when it comes to publicity is to start locally. Local media loves to cover stories about local businesses. Did you invent a new product, write a book, or win an award? Those are all topics that interest local media. Make your business newsworthy. New” is the key word.

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These are the local publishers getting engagement in the U.S. and U.K.

NewsWhip

We looked back at the local publishers that are seeing significant engagement in two different countries, looking at both the United States and the United Kingdom. . So we decided to analyze the local stories and publishers that are getting the most public interest. Local-national publishers. The top local U.S.

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Why Social Shares Are Key to Pitching Media

Cision

Have you noticed on your local or national news programs how often they now say, “Go over to our Facebook page and leave a comment” or “Tweet us what you think?” ” In magazines in the signature line and on television next to the anchor name, you’ll often find their Twitter handle.

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Public Relations Skills

PR for Anyone

Getting local media coverage makes you a star in your community. Here are some tips to create newsworthy story ideas: 1) Take a national trend or study and show how it relates to the local market (Trulia, Inman, Realtor.com and other regularly do studies and research). This is what you use to attract and pitch the media. It’s Google.

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Graduation party planning

PR for Anyone

Guests can write down their advice or well-wishes and drop them into the jar. You can get a clear jar at Hobby Lobby and apply a chalkboard label and write their name on it and that way you could re-use it if you want. We used my daughter’s jar for this purpose. Just make sure the paper folds easily to keep the messages private.

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Public Relations Plan - Provide Value

PR for Anyone

One of my biggest media hits, a syndicated show on FOX about “ The Next Great Thing ” came because I regularly offered story ideas about other entrepreneurs to a local news anchor I had built a relationship with. The reporter writes, edits. If it's for television, they're writing the television copy.

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Helsinki, Finland – Growth Path Ahead

Landis PR

In this week’s blog, our Public Relations Global Network partner, Taru Tujunen from Ellun Kanat , writes about the business environment in Finland. YLE, the state-owned communications company, broadcasts on four television channels visible throughout the country. Finland’s largest commercial television channel is MTV3.

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