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Media Relations in a Social Media World
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EOS
The Greek Goddess of Dawn
Our name is a mandate to make each day’s work new and fresh, that each day offers new opportunities.
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Today, You’ll Learn
• What drives better media placement results?• How to stay ahead in 24x7 media relations world.• Which channels work best for reaching journalists
now?
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It used to be so easy…
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Now it’s a Digital World
• Blogs• E-mail• Facebook• Google Chat/+• RSS Feeds• Text Messaging• Twitter• YouTube
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December 2011 Zoomerang Survey Results
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Which Social Media Channels Do You Use to Search for Stories?
I don't use social media
YouTube
Google Chat
Blogs
RSS Feeds
Tumblr
12%
25%
6%
44%
62%
12%
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Which Social Media Channel Do You Use Most?
I don't use social media
YouTube
Google Chat
Blogs
RSS Feeds 7%
20%
7%
27%
20%
20%
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What is the BEST Channel for PR to Pitch a Story?
Assignment Desk
Direct newsroom line
Your cellphone
Text message
Skype
Via your editor
6%
94%
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What role does the Assignment Desk play for pitching stories?
The best place to pitch
Rather be contacted directly
Both 36%
64%
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What is the BEST Time for PR to Pitch a Story?
After researching editorial cal-endars
One or more months out
Several days to a week out
The night before
Early morning 19%
6%
38%
38%
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Do you want calls/texts/emails after hours/weekends?
Yes
No
Depends on strength/time constraints of a story
62%
31%
6%
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Describe how you prefer a PR practitioner to pitch a story.
• #1 Email– concise, to-the-point, local, not clever
• Know the reporter, explain why it’s a good story/fit for THEM/station/paper.
• How will it benefit their viewers/readers/listeners?
• Who’s your client? They know you represent some one or some product, so be upfront.
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What gets your attention about a story?
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Describe the perfect PR pitch.
• Quick, to-the-point, clear, concise, short
• Calls out the news value and local impact
• Don’t try to be clever.
• Exclusive pitch to the reporter.
• Be upfront about money trail.
• Provide “Real People.”
http://www.wsbtv.com/s/people-2-people/
Gigi’s Playhouse Spotlight on People 2 People
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What is your pet peeve about PR people?
** Pitches that do not have real value to the reporter or the station pitching.
• Mass pitches, blind pitches
• Don’t do their homework
• Not identifying whom you represent
• No taking “No” for an answer
• Not being discerning
• Little Boy who cried wolf reputations
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It’s All About Relationships
• # 1 Fact: Local media trust relationships with PR pros
“The PR People I work with most know my style, are fast-reacting and pitch a story once, not over and
over.”
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Social Media for Building Media Relationships
• Facebook is an intimate platform for building relationships
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Use Social Media as a Research Tool
• Keep up with what reporters post and share so you can see what interests them as well as their most recent work.
• “If 80% of your communications are consistently focused on educating and entertaining your audience, they’ll tolerate 20% promotional content---as long as you maintain the context you’ve already built.” PR Newswire
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Social Media Disaster Recovery
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The Papa John’s Slice
• Micro-blog continues to gain traction thru hyper-short 140-character updates
• Twitter is adding nearly 500,000 users a day
• 84% of journalists are on Twitter
• 47% journalists use Twitter to source new leads
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To Have Better Local Media Relations Results in 2012…
• Become your go-to journalists “friend” on Facebook.
• Follow them on Twitter.
• Remove them from mass email pitches and send custom designs.
• Have REAL people who benefit from your expert product/service ready to interview.
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“Nothing replaces old-fashioned connections
based on relationships and years of performance.”
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Social Media is Gaining Global Ground
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Shocking Statistics
90 MillionThe average
number of tweets per day on
3,000Images uploaded to Flickr every minute
800 Million
Active Facebook users
490 Million
Unique users who visit the site each
month
20+ Million
Blogs are hosted on Tumblr
200+ Million
Average Monthly Connected Skype
Users
5+ Billion Mobile subscribers
worldwide
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Social Media Use - Update
• Fortune 500’s use of blogs, video, and podcasts has increased, but Twitter was the ‘09 social media channel of choiceSource: University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
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Facebook Why it’s important: • 800M active users
• Fastest growing segment is 55 years old+ women
• 350 users access Facebook through mobile devices
• 30 Billion pieces of content shared monthly
• 85% of B2B journalists comb Facebook for stories
• 35% of all journalists use Facebook for story angles
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Schramm with a Twist
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The presentation could not be possible without these research sources: pewresearch.orgPRWeek.comPRNewswire.comSocialmediaexaminer.comumassd.edu/Forbes.comPrsa.comJeffbullas.comSocialmediatoday.comDigitalbuzzblog.comReciprocatellc.comOrielladigitaljournalism.com
Bibliography
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BibliographyAnd the following journalists:
Michelle ShawLori JohnstonWendy Bowman-LittlerJulie Bryant FisherMaria SaportaByron SmallDavid GreerBetsy RileyKatrice MinesKevin McCauleyDana UrrutiaJeff HullingerTom ReganDiana DavisLori JohnstonBeth GalvinCaroline CoxCaroline SbargeCB HackworthDale CardwellDonna Lowry
Fred KalilHelen "H.M." CauleyJaye WatsonJeff DoreJennifer LeslieJerry CarnesJessica SaundersJim StricklandJon ShirekJohn BachmanKaryn GreerKevin RowsonLinda StoufferMark WinneMelissa JacksonNelson HicksPaul CrawleyRandy WatersReg GriffinRich EldredgeRichard Belcher
Rob StadlerRoss CavittShaunya ChavisVal HoffVikki LockeWendy BinnsChristopher OquendoKen RodriguezChristine TroykeBrandon BrigmanChip ZellerBuck LanfordAnthony AmeyBert WeissSteve SchwaidAmy SelbyBill LissDorthy DanielsDoug RichardsScott SladeAdam Carrington
John BednarowskiMatt NasconeGreg RossinoKelly QuinlanCynthia Good
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