{"id":6381,"date":"2010-05-17T14:05:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T14:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2010-05-17T14:05:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T14:05:31","slug":"10-magic-questions-to-hook-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/publicity\/10-magic-questions-to-hook-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"10 magic questions to hook the media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/05\/10-magic-questions-to-hook-the-media.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6382\" style=\"float: left;margin-left: 12px;margin-right: 12px;margin-top: 6px;margin-bottom: 6px\" title=\"10 magic questions to hook the media\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/05\/10-magic-questions-to-hook-the-media.jpg\" alt=\"illustration of colored fish swimming around a fisherman's hook\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>The next time a journalist is interviewing you, or a blogger is interested in an idea you&#8217;re pitching, ask this question: &#8220;Do you need other sources?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>They love that question because it shows you&#8217;re trying to make their job easy and you don&#8217;t want to hog the media spotlight. \u00a0If you can provide a name, email address and phone number for an expert or source who you know would agree to be interviewed, you&#8217;ll position yourself as helpful.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">After 22 years working at newspapers, I can tell you that almost NOBODY asks that.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Here&#8217;s another question that people almost never ask: &#8220;Are you looking for photo ideas?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Those two questions area among 10 magic phrases to use with the media. \u00a0I&#8217;ll explain all of them when I present the 90-minute webinar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;How to REALLY Use Publicity as an Online Marketing Channel and ZIG When\u00a0Everyone Else is ZAGGING,&#8221;<\/a> from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, May 19.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>This session is perfect for beginner and intermediate self-promoters. \u00a0I presented it a few weeks ago to Stompernet, the association of Internet marketers, to rave reviews. Come with your questions and I&#8217;ll answer them all, either during or after the call.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;ll also explain the missing link&#8212;how to create relationships with journalists and bloggers. \u00a0And I&#8217;ll share my favorite free tools that help you know instantly which journalists need sources with your expertise, and how to contact them.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The session will be recorded, and you can watch the video replay after the call.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Register here.<\/a><\/div>\n<div>What other questions or phrases do you think are useful to use when speaking with journalists or bloggers?\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>(Shutterstock illustration)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next time a journalist is interviewing you, or a blogger is interested in an idea you&#8217;re pitching, ask this question: &#8220;Do you need other sources?&#8221; They love that question because it shows you&#8217;re trying to make their job easy and you don&#8217;t want to hog the media spotlight. \u00a0If you can provide a name,\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/publicity\/10-magic-questions-to-hook-the-media\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":1,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[691],"tags":[29,619],"class_list":{"0":"post-6381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-publicity","7":"tag-media-relations","8":"tag-photos-graphics","9":"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\/6381","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=6381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}