{"id":6361,"date":"2016-02-06T16:03:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/?p=6361"},"modified":"2024-04-29T22:24:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:24:27","slug":"media-topics-for-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/media-topics-for-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Topics for February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue #992 Feb. 6, 2016
Publisher: Joan Stewart<\/p>\n

“Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity”<\/h2>\n

In This Issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Media Topics for February<\/li>\n
  2. How to Avoid Being Misquoted<\/li>\n
  3. Your First Big National Media Hit<\/li>\n
  4. Hound Slideshow\u00a0of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    This Weekend in the Hound House:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I’m dreaming about fun Airbnb places to rent the next time I travel. There are more than 80,000 villas, 4,000 castles, 2,800 tree houses, 1,000 islands, 9,000 boats, 700 igloos and 500 lighthouses. On a recent night, more than 100 people were staying in yurts. What? No doghouses?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    1. Media Topics for February<\/h3>\n

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    Spunky Old Broads. National Pet Dental Health. Relationships.<\/p>\n

    They’re all hot topics in February, says my friend, radio deejay Wayne Kelly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Psychologists and counselors, Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day on Feb. 11 is an ideal day for telling people how to let go of the past.<\/p>\n

    Tech companies and professional organizers, Clean Out Your Computer Day is Feb. 15, a great topic for getting onto the air and talking about cleaning out old files.<\/p>\n

    February is International Self-Esteem Month, perfect for many authors, speakers and experts.<\/p>\n

    To do: Check out Wayne’s radio publicity blog<\/a> where you can find more hot story topics for February.<\/p>\n

    2. How to Avoid Being Misquoted<\/h3>\n

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    Scared of being misquoted by the media?<\/p>\n

    Media trainer Brad Phillips<\/strong> offers this tip. If you’re doing an in-person or phone interview, and the reporter is typing like mad or scribbling notes so fast their hand is a blur, help ensure more accurate quotes. Talk slowly.<\/p>\n

    Don’t worry that this might insult them. I worked as a reporter for many years and I loved it when sources did this.<\/p>\n

    To do: Brad has another oh-so-simple but effective media training tip<\/a> that ties into this one. Watch his two-and-a-half-minute video.<\/p>\n

    3. Your First Big National Media Hit<\/h3>\n

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    Few things can change the life of an author, speaker, expert or small business owner faster than landing the right national media appearance.<\/p>\n

    It could be a book review in USA Today. Or an interview on “Good Morning America” or “FOX & Friends.”<\/p>\n

    Steve Harrison<\/strong> is offering a free webinar at 2 and 7 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, Feb. 11, on “7 Secret Strategies for Landing Your First (or Next) National Media Appearance.”<\/a><\/p>\n

    If you’ve never done TV before, start trying to get onto your local stations in smaller markets so you have experience doing interviews on TV. Then follow Steve’s tips and advice.<\/p>\n

    To do: Sign up for a free seat<\/a> on one of the Thursday calls which I’m promoting as an affiliate.<\/p>\n

    4. Hound Slideshow\u00a0of the Week<\/h3>\n

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    Who’s a good boy? It’s Aspen, the newest Instagram sensation<\/a>. This dog is taking social media by storm.<\/p>\n[Tweet “#PublicityTips from @PublicityHound–Media Topics for February #Mediatraining”]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week<\/h2>\n

    – Issue #992 Feb. 6, 2016<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Media Topics for February<\/li>\n
    2. How to Avoid Being Misquoted<\/li>\n
    3. Your First Big National Media Hit<\/li>\n
    4. Hound Slideshow of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

       Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":7,"wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[396,277],"class_list":{"0":"post-6361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tips-of-the-week","8":"tag-media-training","9":"tag-radio-publicity","10":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}