Is it just me or does it seem like there’s more breaking news than ever? In recent weeks we’ve seen numerous stories with everything ranging from Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett passing away to Sarah Palin’s surprising resignation. So what happens if there’s breaking news that you can comment on? Do you just sit by and hope someone will call you? You take action. So how do you do that? Well, http://www.moneyearners.xyz/ first off, it’s important to get into the conversation. Especially if it’s on your topic or within your area of expertise. If you can lend insight to a subject that’s being covered on television or hotly debated on your favorite cable talk show, then it might be worth getting yourself out there. Here are a few tips to hook your story on the latest breaking news topic. Blog on it: if you have a blog that has any kind of a readership, and even if you don’t: be sure to blog on it.
A blog is a great place to share your opinion on the subject and even (when appropriate) offer a solution. Bookmark your blog post. You can do this through sites like DIGG, Delicious, Stumbledupon, and Indian Pad. Bookmarking is a way of adding links to your blog post and sharing it with the world. It’s a simple process of getting to these sites, creating an account and listing your blog post. All in all it takes about 10 min per post to set this up. Well worth it as it will help to drive traffic and interest to your message. If the topic has legs, it’s likely the media will be talking about it for weeks so having some content out there could be helpful to your message and a way to get their attention. Contact your local media: one of the best ways to get local media interested in you is to offer them a local angle on a national story. So let’s say we’re addressing the deaths of two major pop icons, and you have written a book on historic figures. Would either of these two people be considered ”historic” per se?
Well, that’s debatable and perhaps a good subject for a segment. When does someone or something become historic and how do locals feel about this? There’s your local angle. Contact national media : If you have a subject that’s drawing national attention and your message is significant or different enough to pitch to a national show then get out there and start pitching. Remember: with so many shows on the air all competing for audience attention they’re all looking for a new and different angle. The only thing they can say is no and if you’re right for the topic and you’ve pitched effectively, you’re likely to get a yes. HARO is a newsletter that arrives as often as a few times a day and it’s packed with media leads. If there’s a hot story there will be a media person on HARO looking for someone to comment on it.
Google alerts so you can be aware of who’s saying what about your topic. Also, during non-breaking news times this is a good way to get to know media that covers your story and start networking with them so that when a breaking story hits, they already know you. Start a hashtag which helps to identify your story, or search the hashtags on Twitter to find out what hashtag your topic is being categorized under then start twittering on it. Direct folks to your blog, to other sites covering this, direct them to anything that will tie into this topic. The media is on Twitter and they just might find you! Breaking news doesn’t have to leave you, your story or your book in the dust. So often authors tell me they see ”experts” on TV and they feel they can do better. Well, now’s your chance. The next time a breaking news topic hits the airwaves, jump on it. You just never know what could happen.