Getting featured in the news is not just for big brands anymore
There’s this quiet assumption that lives rent-free in the heads of most small and mid-size business owners. It goes something like: “Press coverage is for the big guys. Forbes, BBC, industry magazines — that’s not for us. That’s for companies with PR agencies and massive b udgets and public ists on speed dial. It’s an understandable assumption. And it’s completely wrong. The media landscape has changed more in the last five years than it did in the previous twenty. Journalists are stretched thin, publications are hungry for fresh voices, and the gatekeeping that used to protect “the big guys” has quietly crumbled. The playing field isn’t perfectly level — but it’s a lot flatter than most people think. “Journalists don’t need another press release from a Fortune 500 company. They need a real story. And small brands? They’ve got plenty of those.” What journalists actually want (and almost nobody gives them) Here’s something most people don’t realize: journalists don’t wake up h...