How to spot a news story within your business

Annette Moran • 13 September 2019

Developing positive PR

When it comes to identifying news within your business it can be really easy to consider everything you are doing as “just the day job” and not particularly special or interesting – however, to an outsider or someone else in your industry, your way of working could be awe-inspiring.

Spotting a news story comes down to being able to find something which will interest the media, which you could potentially include in a press release out to the local media and the trade press for your industry.

Here are few of the more obvious items which could make a good story:

·Being shortlisted for an award

·Winning an award

·Launching a brand new product or service

·Celebrating a long service award for a team member

·A charity event you are hosting

·A significant company anniversary

·A company merger

·The creation of new jobs in the area

·Any kind of photo opportunity you can create

·Events or training programmes you are offering

·New starters

·Retirement parties

These are all related to things which are happening within your company or your team, which you could use as content for a newsletter, blog and for a press release to help portray your business in a positive way.

There is also another way to get into the news and that’s by becoming the go-to expert in your industry area, so that every time something happens that is related to your industry, the journalists will be on the phone calling you for an interview and a quote.

You can help facilitate this by sharing your views on key talking points in the industry through your blog and by offering thought leadership articles for your key trade press publications. If you can position yourself as an industry leader the news will start to approach you.

As well as looking proactively for positive news stories to share from your business, you should also keep an eye out for anything which has the potential to become a crisis PR issue for you, so that you can resolve it before anyone resorts to going to the media.

Keep an eye out for:

·Any disgruntled employees

·Ongoing disputes between staff

·Negative reviews or comments on your website

·Customer complaints via social media

·Any issues with suppliers or third parties

·General complaint levels within the company

·Issues which the unions are raising

Any of these has the potential to become a much bigger problem if it gets picked up by the mainstream media or if it gets spread far and wide on the social media platforms so keep an eye to the ground so that you can head off a PR crisis before it happens.

At LCM Marketing our team of experts can help you develop a positive PR strategy to generate those news stories, as well as supporting during times of PR crisis so do get in touch with us if you need any help.

How can LCM help?

If you’d like help with selecting imagery or any aspect of building your brand, please get in touch with us at LCM and we will be happy to talk through what you are trying to achieve. We will ask you guided questions to find out if you need our kind of input, or if another route is best for you.

Telephone 01489 891870 or email info@lcm.co.uk

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