Beyond press coverage: creative promotion

Beyond press coverage: creative promotion

Getting media attention is just one piece of the promotional puzzle.  While press coverage remains valuable, smart entrepreneurs know that business promotion needs a range of strategies to elevate your small business’s visibility, reputation, and customer base....
How good are your stories?

How good are your stories?

Everyone loves a good story, but when you’re running a business finding good stories can be challenging. There was a time when a regular press release would go out to the company’s press list, but how many of these got published?  The answer is ‘very few’.  But why? ...
In print!

In print!

When you have a marketing budget the issue of PR is often something you start thinking about.  Dreams of making the headlines in the national dailies drift through your mind – in a positive way, of course.  The national dailies are hard to crack – unless you are...
How do you reach your audience?

How do you reach your audience?

If you read my blogs regularly, you’ll know that I bang on about ideal client profiles – and, at the risk of boring the pants off you, knowing who you’re trying to reach is essential to every marketing activity you do. If you know your audience, reaching them becomes...
How to get noticed

How to get noticed

Getting press coverage is Nirvana for most businesses, it’s a way to get your name in front of a whole audience who don’t yet know you – but it needs dedicated persistence, luck or investment of a substantial amount of money. However, there are many ways to expose...