Photography tips for the social pages
As a lifestyle PR agency, we do lots of events and one of the objectives might be achieving coverage in the social pages. This coverage is predominately photography driven and each media outlet has their own style and requirements. Here are some insights into social photography. 1/ What are the main social pages (Sydney based)? The key outlets are The Sun Herald ‘S’, Sunday Telegraph Insider and the Daily Telegraph [...]
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What we did to win a Beauty Directory ‘Star Award’
We’ve been basking in the shiny golden rays of PR glory for the past couple of weeks because at the recent Beauty Directory Star Awards, Stellar* won the Luxe Category for Best PR Campaign. We graciously accepted this starry award for our work with ghd at this year’s Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW). The campaigns submitted were evaluated on key objectives, creativity, innovation and overall success and the PR category [...]
Regional press – the (sometimes) forgotten hero
It’s not wise to have a narrow view of the media (or anything for that matter!). While glossy magazines and metro newspapers are big alluring publicity targets, they’re not the be all and end all. So give some thorough consideration to the unsung hero that is regional press. As Rural Press states on its website: “Regional newspapers have unique properties in terms of reach and acceptance in the market, making [...]
Your news, your publicity, your side of the story, in full and unedited
In the words of Freddy Mercury: “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” The title of this post is a PR ‘fantasy made reality’ by the intro of a website called The FULL STORY. And not just for PR but for any business; we’d all like our news published our way. One of the best things about the internet is the ability to self publish at low or no cost. No longer [...]
Stellar* Analytics PR measurement and evaluation
You don’t know this but today is the Birthday of Stellar* Analytics; it’s officially 1 year old! We’ve been pretty quiet about our new baby but after 12 months of getting to know it, we are ready to unleash it! Stellar* Analytics is our custom measurement, analysis and reporting tool. It’s also a sophisticated online media centre which has pretty much saved our sanity here at Stellar* – but more on that later. Any [...]
A quick bitch about a slack pitch
Today something happened that made me appreciate why journalists loathe PR people who ‘slack pitch’ them. Let me explain. This morning I got an email from a PR person who was pitching their client to me for a possible story on the Stellar* blog. Firstly, the email was addressed to the sender with my email BCC’d, so it was a group email. Immediately I’m thinking: if you don’t know me, [...]
The best PR agency in the known universe
We’re in the business of blowing other people’s horns. We’ve become so accustomed to this role we often forget to blow our own. However, today we got this email from our client, The Wine Society, so we’re using it to blow our own horn: “Thank you for all your hard work and dedication. If people cannot see that Stellar* Concepts is the best PR agency in the known universe then [...]
Part 2: How to get coverage in the social pages
Here’s part 2 of our tips on getting your event in the social pages: 5. Hold your event later in the week when the social pages are being prepared and when people can feel a weekend coming on. If you hold your event on Friday or Saturday night don’t expect social coverage (see point 8). Wednesday or Thursday night is best and don’t rule out a breakfast or lunch timeslot [...]
Part 1: How to get coverage in the social pages
I love a party. The best party I ever went to was a wake. Let’s just say if it was the subject of a joke it would start something like this: “Fourteen people and a blow-up dolphin are in a spa…” but that’s a story for another time because I would like to keep my job and reputation in tact. We all know Sydney loves a party, but last week [...]
