Every time a corporation decides to create or release something new they always publish a press release. I recommend you all to try this, but it’s almost impossible to write something interesting enough to be published in any famous newspaper. Instead I recommend you to contact one of your local newspaper and try to convince them to publish a short interview with you.
What makes you special?
Find one thing that makes you special in your town. Even though there’s already a thousand different sites selling jewellery you may be the only one doing it in your hometown. Did you start your own company at a low age? Did you start your own company after you retired?
I’m sure there’s something that makes you special in your hometown. Find this thing and exaggerate until it gets interesting.
How to contact your local newspaper
If you haven’t done any truly remarkable things they are probably not interested in spending time writing about you. Therefore you should try to write the article by yourself, presenting you as a third person.
How to organize your mail:
- Present yourself and tell them why they should write about you
- Paste your article with all the details
- Give them your number if they would like to interview you by phone
- Attach photos for the article
I’ve used this method several times to get different newspaper to write about my local football club. Within a few weeks Sweden’s most popular football magazine for females will actually write an article about our local girls.
Have you done anything similar?
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This is a great idea. Unfurtuneately I live in a big city and is impossible to get published.
Do you not have any newspaper for your neighbourhood or maybe a newspaper working in a small niche? If the niche is just small enough I’m sure they will consider you even though it’s a big city.
Its not that easy since every magazine or small newspaper are ambicious and won’t consider you. But my biggest problem is that my blog and website are in english and I live on a spanish speaking country.
I have never really thought about this but it does sound like a good idea. I wonder how many people (bloggers) actually end up being interviewed by their local newspaper?
I think that’s only a handful in every city. Why? Because people always try to market themselves online and usually don’t try to find new ways.
In India its easy to get media focus, if you write anything contradictory news on politicians or celebrities