If you have a new product that people should know about, advertising probably isn’t going to work. Take a minute and think about how you would explain your new product in a 30-second commercial spot or on a billboard. Difficult, right?
Now imagine explaining your product if you were being interviewed for TV news or for a story in a magazine. Much easier, huh? That’s where publicity comes in. Think of it this way: When a brand-new restaurant opens up, it’s the buzz generated around it that drives its initial sales. Media buzz will be good for your new product, too.
If you’re looking to harness the power of the most cost-effective and persuasive promotional channel, call us at 952-697-5269 and we’ll get you interviewed by the media. We’ve been at it for over 20 years and we know our stuff.
Publicity is a new product’s best friend.
P.S. When you have a cash cow brand like McDonald’s or Coke, Hamburglars and dancing penguins will work just fine. Until then, stick with promotional channels that allow you to tell a persuasive story.
Lonny Kocina is the CEO and Founder of Media Relations Agency which has been in business for nearly 35 years. During that time, Kocina also founded and sold two other businesses: Mid America Events and Expos, and Checkerboard Internet Services. Prior to that, Lonny worked as a marketing director for Investment Rarities Inc., a company with sales over 4 billion dollars. Kocina has also been a long time member of Vistage International which is a CEO peer mentoring organization. He was also a volunteer marketing mentor for Junior Achievement and the Carlson School of Business. For fun he has taught Principles of Marketing at the college level, and his recent book, the “CEO’s Guide to Marketing” is an Axiom Business Book silver medal winner as well as an Amazon bestseller. Lonny likes to kid that his third grade teacher may have summed him up best with a note sent home on his report card. “Lonny is a daydreamer and he’s getting worse each day. He complains of a stomach ache a lot and I don’t think he likes school much either.”