Media Relations & PR Content

Creating stories journalists love, for the publications read by your customers

When you’ve worked in the travel PR industry for over 20 years, there’s always something worthwhile to make a story about.  But a story isn’t enough on its own - knowing what your target publication’s journalists will actually publish is the most important thing, closely followed by how to get noticed by those journalists.  I take care of all of this, measuring results and keeping you in the loop all the way.

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What’s included in my media relations and content offering?

  • Fantastic media relationships (I’m lucky to count travel journalists as some of my good friends)

  • Stories that not only get published, but which resonate with your target audience

  • Proactive and reactive PR 

  • Follow ups to ensure journalists have everything they could need, as soon as they need it

Initiative What it involves
PR content & storytelling
  • Press releases
  • Media content
  • Develop angles and stories for different audiences
  • Adapt messaging for different publications
  • Make stories genuinely relevant to the target media
Proactive media relations
  • Continually seek new media opportunities
  • Target relevant journalists and publications
  • Pitch stories directly
  • Build and maintain journalist relationships
  • Develop relationships rather than relying solely on databases
Reactive media relations
  • Monitor journalist requests
  • Respond to relevant media opportunities
  • Manage press office activity
  • Connect journalists with appropriate information/spokespeople
  • Turn around opportunities quickly
Trend monitoring & newsjacking
  • Monitor trends and the news cycle
  • Identify opportunities for the brand to add something useful
  • Develop reactive stories/comments where appropriate
  • Move quickly when an opportunity arises

Media and content initiatives: what’s involved?

Measuring success of media relations and PR content

It’s always helpful to see where your coverage is landing.  That’s why I’ll keep track of and share the below with you:

  • Press cuttings

  • Monthly reporting

  • Coverage and reach

  • Relevant metrics such as CPM

  • Review what's working and refine future activity

Are you ready to focus on getting the right stories in front of the right people?