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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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Getting the Yes When Pitching the Media

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How do you get the yes when pitching the media? In fact, back in the day there were writer and editors for television reporters and anchors and now, it’s quite often that person doing everything. You pitch them in a way they want to be pitched. Journalists are busier than they’ve ever been. It was all about a new product.

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Good Stories

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Remember, these are for local media and national television. By being timely, Jonelle, just solidified her place as a go-to expert in the pediatric dentistry space for her local NBC. How is your business related to weather, topics, holidays in September. What to Pitch When. Anyone can get publicity!

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Why Publicity?

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Our Pitch Club Cafe client Gene just sent us an email and after pitching a television station using our system heard back right away and said “it’s the first time anyone from a news station has responded to a pitch.” ” We LOVE to get these and we get them quite frequently because the system works.

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Back to School Media Pitches

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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. .: Also, check out our next Get PR Famous upcoming live events at www.GetPRFamous.com and www.SpeakfromYourPowerLive.com. Transcript. It is the end of August.

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Being Smart and Strategic When Navigating the Current News Cycle

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A network television feed producer said that between the nonstop coronavirus stories and the presidential primary elections, “our resources have become even more scarce.” The medical producer at a local TV affiliate mentioned that COVID-19 “rules life right now.”

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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. 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. It’s back to school.

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