Publicizing your high school journalism program - San Diego 2014

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This was my presentation from the jEA/NSPA National High School Spring Journalism Convention in San Diego in 2014. In it, I give a variety of ideas to programs for creating and executing plans to publicize different media within the school and journalism programs as a whole.

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publicitycreating awareness

Aaron Manfull, Media Adviser | Francis Howell North High School | St. Charles, MoJEADigitalMedia.org| MediaNowSTL.com| Next26.com | AaronManfull.com

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More than Awareness…

• Deciding who and what you are as a publication (your attitude)

• Creating ways to communicate that to your audience– What will make them want to develop a

relationship with your publication?– What do you have to offer them?

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Make Publicity Work for You – Two Steps to Get Started

define the

problemset the

goal

GOALMOVE YOUR AUDIENCE TO: READ ITWATCH ITSHARE ITBUY IT

WHYKNOW ABOUT IT

BUILD RELATIONSHIP: PRESENT WAYS TO INTERACT

GUT CHECKSFIVE

GOALMOVE YOUR AUDIENCE TO: READ ITWATCH ITSHARE ITBUY IT

EASYMAKE IT

WORTH ITMAKE IT

MEMORABLEMAKE IT

FUNMAKE IT

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FEED YOUR GOALMAKE IT

WHAT TO DO NOWWE PLAN.WE GUT CHECK.WE PLAN.WE GUT CHECK.WE PLAN.WE GUT CHECK.WE PLAN.

WE WIN!

SO…WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

HAPPENMAKE IT

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• Screensavers• Wallpapers• Buddy Icons• Music • Posters• Twitter and Instagram profiles• Mobile games, Online games• Phone wallpapers, ringtones, texts• Website with video, forums, blogs,

audio slide shows, contests, interaction, etc.

• eNews alerts

yournews

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YOUR publicity in

action

keeping it

simple,easy (and

cheap)

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Meet your audience where they are. Online, on their phones, in school or…in their car.

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• Sidewalk Chalk• Car paint• Posters • Flyers• Become a homepage for all

shared school computers• Tag your web site on all

school communication• Offer to flow names to

sports flyers• Hang a banner

with a URL in your gymnasium

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buildingmomentum

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• Utilize your Web site• Use your biggest asset – publication students!• Start working your freshmen early• Engage your audience• Send out newsletters• Make signs for the water fountains, business cards to hand

out• Create T-Shirts

for your publication – with school-wide appeal

This site was recommended to you

by a friend.

interaction with your audiencecontests

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Start Out Easy

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More Involvement

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Up the Game

• Maybe your publication is ready to move forward in contests. Consider sweetening the incentive with a prize.

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theLittleHawk.com• Cutest Couple• Cutest Pet• Cutest Pet• Best Spring Break Photo• Selfie Contest

• Publish a story on the web• Push it through Twitter and have students

submit photos on Twitter• Voting for best is done on Facebook

• Prizes are usually good, like $50 • Prizes are donated by local companies in

exchange for advertising

• Facebook traffic goes up by thousands, Twitter interactions by hundreds during a good contesthttp://goo.gl/ZThrmJ

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NilesWestNews.org

• Prizes offered• Voting uses WP-pollshttp://goo.gl/Mck7bq

http://goo.gl/jJGR4C

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How to get prizes

• Request items from large companies or those that advertise with you.

• You can exchange a product for some ad space.

• Get a contest sponsor• Gomoxie.org is also a website that sends your

publications free things that you may give out as prizes.

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keep in contact

eLetters

E-newsletter

The e-newsletter helps promote the publication and its web site.

Benefits?

Instead of receiving regular mail, with the e-news letter, subscribers are only a click away from being taken to the web site for an opportunity to interact with your publication.

Customize Your eNews

Content

• weekly updates help inform parents

• podcast teaser

• quick links go straight to the website

• Plus - people can pass it on to help publicize for you!

getting

social

Tips for Social Use

• Go with a 60/40 ratio• Work to have links go directly to your site (not

Youtube, Instagram, etc.)• Compose Tweets of roughly 100 characters.• Engage in conversations, share posts, be social• Avoid posting message blasting across

platforms

Cross Marketing combines the strengths of two or more groups for the benefit of both

crossmarketing

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Why Cross MarketCross marketing develops relationships with groups other; it also provides a partnership that can be called on in the future for prizes, favors and advertising opportunities.

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measuring

success

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publicitybenefiting your

program

Aaron Manfull, Media Adviser | Francis Howell North High School | St. Charles, MoJEADigitalMedia.org| MediaNowSTL.com| Next26.com | AaronManfull.com

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Your publications are what sell your program. Your people are what seal the deal.

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Top Three Recruiting Methods• Individual Conversations

with students• Begin in 8th grade• Get the staff to help

For a full list check out Next26.com

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publicitycreating awareness

Aaron Manfull, Media Adviser | Francis Howell North High School | St. Charles, MoJEADigitalMedia.org| MediaNowSTL.com| Next26.com | AaronManfull.com

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