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Doing a TV Interview From Home

Doing a TV Interview From Home

Television stations are still hosting interviews with experts who are home. It’s important that you make good TV by knowing how to have a nice set up and good lighting. In this week’s Free Publicity Friday PR Tip, I show you how I’ve set up my living room for the interviews I’ve been doing. In fact, on the last one I did, the reporter said “Wow! This looks great. You’ve obviously done these before.”

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How to Get Publicity After Re-Opening

How to Get Publicity After Re-Opening

Things are changing on a daily basis and states are starting to reopen. It’s a gradual process and unique everywhere. We are now entering a new PR cycle of what happens after re-opening? What does it mean for your industry in your state? And on a whole, industry-wide? We are certainly facing a new “normal” in every industry and this is your opportunity to land media coverage discussing what that is.

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How to Stand Out with the Media

How to Stand Out with the Media

Journalists are pitched…. a lot…. so it’s up to you to stand out. How do you make them want to use you? Do something outside of the ordinary. Don’t pitch what everyone else is pitching. Be unique. Be different.

You are an expert in your industry. Use that expertise, not to pitch a story around your expertise but pitch something going on in the world that you can then position yourself as the expert to talk about it.

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Establish yourself as an industry expert

Establish yourself as an industry expert

Are you waiting for this pandemic to end before you relaunch your business?

The answer should be NO. You can use a proven and tested formula that will help with your publicity even during the Coronavirus crisis.

In this episode, we will find out more about public relations management, and the techniques you can use during this COVID-19 outbreak.

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What’s Your Story?

What’s Your Story?

You can actually be your own public relations manager just by honing in on your story. Everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours? That’s what the media is looking for – what’s your story? It could be a rags to riches. It could be David vs. Goliath. It’s important for you to formulate your “why” and why you do what you do.

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Doing a TV Segment From Home

Doing a TV Segment From Home

Hey everybody. It’s Christina Daves with PR for Anyone. I want to share what I just did. Because now we’re in this really unique time where in order for us to provide value to the media, we’re doing it from home. So I just filmed a segment for ABC 7 and I tried to stage it pretty well for them.

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Newsjacking with David Meerman Scott

Newsjacking with David Meerman Scott

Every news story breaks in a typical bell-shaped curve. When you understand that news cycle and you have particular expertise, reporters and editors are going to look for your expertise, and that’s your moment to jump in there. In this week’s episode, Christina Daves welcomes her special guest to talk about newsjacking.

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Getting Publicity in The Age of Coronavirus

Getting Publicity in The Age of Coronavirus

“What Can You Niche Down To Help People In This Age Of Coronavirus?”

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to disrupt many people’s lives. However, there are many opportunities where you can get media coverage and share your knowledge with the world. This week, Christina Daves talks about getting publicity in the age of the Coronavirus.

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Public Relations Review

Public Relations Review

Now is the time to up-level your marketing plan by adding in free publicity. What we know for sure is that the more visibility you get, more potential customers and clients can learn about you and that means more business for you and ultimately more revenue and profits. Most of you are already growing your visibility with social media and now by adding in free publicity, you’re making it all happen that much faster and to a much larger audience. Landing in the media can expose you to hundreds of thousands, even millions of new people.

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Importance of PR in Today’s Uncertain World

Importance of PR in Today’s Uncertain World

In this crazy time that we are suddenly thrust into, I want to share the importance of PR and what your role can and should be. You have expertise in a subject matter. We all do. Right now, every single industry is being affected by Covid-19 (coronavirus). From imports to supply chain to product distribution to service industries (travel, hospitality, legal, financial, etc.) to retail to small business, big business, even Wall Street.

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Baking Hack Products

Baking Hack Products

I love entertaining, cooking, and baking! But I'm always looking for ways to make it easier and love gadgets that help me do that. In today's Good Morning Washington segment, I share some great finds for making baking simpler. Let's start with the Spifter. If you've...

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Dorm Essentials and Space Savers

Dorm Essentials and Space Savers

In this Good Morning Washington segment, I dive into last-minute dorm and college apartment space savers. Space is at a premium for college living so check out some of my favorites. You might think the 20-pocket long organizer is just for shoes but wait... there so...

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