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Pitch the Media

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My dear friend and colleague, Jeff, an award winning television news reporter, told me his favorite email he ever got was “your blue eyes look so great on camera.” Journalists, particularly television stations are territorial and will often ask you for an exclusive. ” He still gushes about that. The answer is, “No.”

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Back to School Media Pitches

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I gave a bunch of examples in the video above (and the transcript below). This is the perfect example of newsjacking. So for the next thirty days, in terms of your local media, newspaper, radio, television, you have a great opportunity to pitch back-to-school stories. Transcript. It is the end of August.

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Advertising vs Publicity

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And I always love to use an example of Joe’s Pizza because we all have Joe’s Pizza. But let’s say you see an ad in your local Gazette, and it says, “Joe’s Pizza, Best Pizza Outside of New York City and, you know, it’s an ad, you know what the pizza ad looks like.

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Land Stories

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And then, on the local level, I want you to think about what’s happening in September. I’ll give you an example. Remember it’s super competitive too for the national publications so you really need to have a niche, a unique selling proposition, something that makes you different from everybody else who’s pitching.

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Land Media Using a Non-Profit

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Another example is a former client who lives in the town where Lydia Taft cast the first women’s vote for President. She also created an essay contest at the local high school about what it means to be a woman when you can now run for President. It allow you to niche to attract your ideal clientele as well.

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What to Pitch the Media in May

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If you want to stay local, things to pitch for July are: Summer vacation/travel – Inflation is high, times are tough. Her charity, Saving Promise was created because her granddaughter, Promise, was the 5th generation of women in her family to experience domestic violence. You can see their segment below.

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Qualify Hard; Close Easy: Leads in Unscripted Marketing Links

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So I turned to a local repair shop to see what could be done. Content, Local Search and Leads. But that’s not how this local business gets most of its leads, according to the owner George Roberts. That day, I became a lead and one that converted the old fashioned way: retail foot traffic.