How to Meet & Pitch TV Journalists & Get Good TV Coverage

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Here's the slide show I used at the 2013 NC PR & Marketing Seminar to illustrate some of the techniques I've used to successfully attract TV coverage to events in more than 100 cities from Miami to Spokane and San Diego to Boston.

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HOW TO MEET & PITCH TV JOURNALISTS

and Get News Coverage

for your

Client, Company or Cause

#NCCommsSem

@engagetony

1+ Million PoundsOf

FREE Chicken

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i before e… except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor ~ @engagetony #NCCommsSem

Breaking…

“700

email pitches & news releases

per day”

Standing in line in Thailand

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Get in line, stay in line & move to the head of the line w TV news editors ~ @engagetony #NCCommsSem

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Be alert for piggyback opportunities to tie my story to top local, national & global news ~ @engagetony #NCCommsSem

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Make my news releases clear & compelling, not cute & clever ~ @engagetony #NCCommsSem

The 30 Second Email Package(actually it’s only 8-10 seconds)

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Use a hard, 1-syllable, action verb in your email subject line to grab the editors’ eyeballs ~ @engagetony #NCCommsSem

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I don’t care if editor reads my release as long as she reads my pitch & saves or assigns it ~ @engagetony #NCCommsSem

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When you ask the right question at the right time, TV editors think you’re an old PR pro ~ @engagetony #NCCommsSem

Your only minutes away…

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I do my PR job best… when I help TV News do their job @engagetony #NCCommsSem

Questions?

Be sure and pass in your business card or name on a piece of paper.

We’ll have a drawing for our door prize in just a minute.

Questions?

Tony Arnold

@engagetony

M# 919-244-3375

Tony.Arnold@EngagePRHelp.com

Door Prize

When I pitch the media, I picture the…

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Pitching a journalist is like sending a tasty appetizer to invite a starving person to a banquet ~ @engagetony #NCCommsSem

Tony.Arnold@EngagePRHelp.com

M# 919-244-3375@engagetony

www.EngageMediaCommunications.com

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