Yes, we know it’s only July but chances are good that your competitors are already working on their 2021 holiday marketing campaigns. Why? Because they need to! Media coverage for Christmas starts now! Boosting your visibility through media coverage will put you in a better position when consumers start their gift searches. But the media often book holiday stories months in advance. Time is running out for Media Relations Agency to help you use the media to capture your share of this year’s holiday spending.
Publicity is one of the best ways to communicate the reasons why people should buy your product instead of your competition’s. It is a credible way to educate your audience and create desire for your product. Keep in mind: You need to repeat messaging three or more times before people start to remember it. That’s another reason to get started early!
Publicity maximizes your holiday marketing budget
With our performance-based Pay Per Interview® model, our clients pay only for results. To increase our success rate, there’s significant prep work required before our publicists start approaching reporters and producers with a client’s story. We work with each client to create a dynamic package: the right content, images, messengers and channels to enable them to reach their desired audiences and perhaps even discover new audiences.
Here are essentials to consider for your 2021 holiday PR campaign:
- Know your strengths. As part of our Strategically Aimed Marketing® process, we position our clients for the holiday buying season by focusing on what they can say that their competitors can’t.
- Be open to a carefully curated mix of publicity channels. Done right, media stories reinforce one another and enable our clients to tell a more complete story. Arranging a variety of media stories also increases the reach and frequency of our clients’ messaging.
- Be flexible about customizing your approach. We work on building a library of media stories for our clients, with each story nearly always contributing something unique. There are typically many different ways for reporters to talk about a company and product. For example, some reporters will highlight different information than others. We might also recommend using multiple angles to increase our clients’ appeal to wider audiences.
- Every media story can have national reach. Digital publicity increases our clients’ online visibility. Traditional media stories (TV, radio and print) direct audiences to our clients’ websites. Be sure you have a process for adding media coverage to your website’s “In The News” section, to further increase your online discoverability, and extend the reach and longevity of your media coverage.
Let’s talk now about creating a strong, strategic 2021 holiday marketing campaign for your business. There’s still a window of opportunity but you need to act quickly. Call us at 952-697-5269 or use this form to schedule time on our calendars. We wish you a very happy and prosperous holiday season!
