Authored by Michelle Tennant
Authored by Michelle Tennant
Bill Ringle and Michelle Tennant discuss how PR can catapult your expertise and business to the readers and listeners of major business media like CNN and the WSJ to attract new clients and customers.
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Top 3 Takeaways from this Interview
- Be thankful if you receive a complaint. It goes to show that someone cares enough to give their opinion about your business or product. Use the gift of complaint wisely to raise standards.
- Establish your authority to gain trust. Your authority and your credibility are your best PR.
- Listen to what the press needs and do not call them to promote you.
Read show notes for this interview
- The Bionic Woman (remember Lindsay Wagner?), who has the power of sharp hearing and listening, was a great inspiration to Michelle growing up. [00:55]
- Michelle shares her experience being on Good Morning America. [04:17]
- A tip that you won’t hear from anyone else about welcoming complaints. [05:47]
- Elizabeth Bernstein, a press contact of Michelle’s, shared her frustration with sources who were engaging and giving her good stories, yet not willing to go on the record. Michelle tells how she used that as an opportunity to win for Elizabeth, win for her best clients, and win for Michelle’s company. [07:34]
- The value of authoritative media versus social media for promotion. [10:22]
- The impact of the pandemic on the press. [15:24]
- Case: Kim, a journalist from South Carolina, was having trouble with entrepreneurs who couldn’t understand why they keep getting a ‘no.’ [19:54]
- Would you pitch yourself to Oprah or Anderson Cooper? [22:01]
- My Quest for the Best Lightning Round begins [23:26]
Expert Bio
Michelle Tennant , author of 21 Day PR Action Guide: The Who, What, When, and Where to Launch a Successful PR Campaign.
Good Morning America Producer Mable Chan calls Wasabi Publicity’s Chief Creative Officer Michelle Tennant Nicholson a “five-star publicist.”
Michelle calls herself a “storyteller to the media.”
For 30+ years, media friends have solicited her help in crafting news stories by requesting sources, sound bites, and statistics.
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Authored by Michelle Tennant
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