Public Relations Prescription for Healthy Media Relations from the PR Doctor
Public Relations Prescription for Healthy Media Relations from the PR Doctor
By: J. Glenn Ebersole, Jr., Chief Executive of J. G. Ebersole Associates and The Renaissance Group™
Are you frustrated in your dealings with media? Are you becoming ill because you cannot achieve positive media coverage or a single media placement? If you responded YES, then the “PR Doctor” is recommending a thorough “check-up” of your media relations skills and is writing a prescription to help you achieve healthy and successful media relations.
Let's do a media relations check-up to determine how you are communicating with the media and the state of health of your media relations.
1. Do you know the media reporters and the publication you are dealing with?
2. Do you know when to contact the media and how the media wants to be contacted?
3. Have you introduced yourself appropriately and worked on establishing a positive professional relationship with the media?
4. Have you prepared and practiced your “pitch” to the media before you call?
5. Do you show respect for media deadlines?
6. Are you being creative in your “pitches” to the media?
7. Do you follow-up consistently with the media?
8. Do you have a media strategy?
9. Are you available for contacts from the media?
10. Do you make promises to the media that you cannot keep?
Now, let's look at a prescription to address any of the check-up items that received a negative response and to help you improve the health of your media relations.
1. Know the media, the publication and the audience that you are dealing with in your public relation efforts.
2. Always ask if a reporter is on deadline when you call. And find out the best time and the best was to communicate with the media (e.g. FAX, email, etc.).
3. Introduce yourself properly and build trusting relationships with the media now
4. Develop a good story that is compelling and prepare and practice your “pitch” before calling the media.
5. Always learn and respect media deadlines.
6. Use some innovative thinking to produce more effective results. Try different “hooks” for your story.
7. Be very positive and persistent in your follow-up contacts with the media.
8. Develop a different media strategy for each of your stories.
9. Make yourself available for contacts from the media about your story.
10. Always be honest and truthful and keep yor promises with the media.
What are the results of your media relations check-up? Could there be improvement? If you want an individualized prescription to help cure your media ills and achieve healthy media relations, please visit www.prdoctor4u.com and contact Glenn Ebersole at jgeprman@aol.com
Public Relations Prescription for Healthy Media Relations from the PR Doctor - To learn more about this author, visit Glenn Ebersole's Website.
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“Public Relations Prescription for Healthy Media Relations from the PR Doctor”
By: J. Glenn Ebersole, Jr., Chief Executive of J. G. Ebersole Associates and The Renaissance Group™
Are you frustrated in your dealings with media? Are you becoming ill because you cannot achieve positive media coverage or a single media placement? If you responded YES, then the “PR Doctor” is recommending a thorough “check-up” of your media relations skills and is writing a prescription to help you achieve healthy and successful media relations.
Let's do a media relations check-up to determine how you are communicating with the media and the state of health of your media relations.
1. Do you know the media reporters and the publication you are dealing with?
2. Do you know when to contact the media and how the media wants to be contacted?
3. Have you introduced yourself appropriately and worked on establishing a positive professional relationship with the media?
4. Have you prepared and practiced your “pitch” to the media before you call?
5. Do you show respect for media deadlines?
6. Are you being creative in your “pitches” to the media?
7. Do you follow-up consistently with the media?
8. Do you have a media strategy?
9. Are you available for contacts from the media?
10. Do you make promises to the media that you cannot keep?
Now, let's look at a prescription to address any of the check-up items that received a negative response and to help you improve the health of your media relations.
1. Know the media, the publication and the audience that you are dealing with in your public relation efforts.
2. Always ask if a reporter is on deadline when you call. And find out the best time and the best was to communicate with the media (e.g. FAX, email, etc.).
3. Introduce yourself properly and build trusting relationships with the media now
4. Develop a good story that is compelling and prepare and practice your “pitch” before calling the media.
5. Always learn and respect media deadlines.
6. Use some innovative thinking to produce more effective results. Try different “hooks” for your story.
7. Be very positive and persistent in your follow-up contacts with the media.
8. Develop a different media strategy for each of your stories.
9. Make yourself available for contacts from the media about your story.
10. Always be honest and truthful and keep yor promises with the media.
What are the results of your media relations check-up? Could there be improvement? If you want an individualized prescription to help cure your media ills and achieve healthy media relations, please visit www.prdoctor4u.com and contact Glenn Ebersole at jgeprman@aol.com
Public Relations Prescription for Healthy Media Relations from the PR Doctor - To learn more about this author, visit Glenn Ebersole's Website.
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 Glenn Ebersole (Visit Glenn's Website) J. Glenn Ebersole, Jr. is a multi-faceted professional, who is recognized as a visionary, guide and facilitator in the fields of marketing, public relations, management, and engineering. He is the Founder & Chief Executive of the Lancaster, PA based multi-disciplinary & strategic thinking consulting practices, J. G. Ebersole Associates and The Renaissance Group™. He is a Certified Facilitator and business and strategic thinking and planning coach to a diverse list of clients. Also called the "PR Doctor." At J. G. Ebersole Associates and The Renaissance Group™, we offer a unique approach to a wide range of strategic planning, management, marketing, public relations, and communications assignments through our team of independent professionals. We believe that our multi-disciplinary, customized and strategic thinking approach to our clients makes us unique.
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