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Posts: 215 Ohio | From Mary's post under prize money: We always get excellent coverage in our local newspapers here in the Keys, even though this is a wasteland as far as small-boat sailing. For every event that we host, Rick sends advance stories and photos to all the local and area papers. And immediately after the event he sends a regatta followup story and photos. If regatta organizers would do this in their home towns and in the towns of the regatta venues, it would do wonders to raise awareness about sailing in general and catamarans in particular. Let's start a thread here on what works. Who has recieved media coverage and how did you do it. TV, local papers, articles in sailing mags. Give details... what formats, size, etc. Who did you contact.
Mike, Ohio Former H16, H18, N20, N17, M4.3
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#16766 02/28/03 04:42 PM 02/28/03 04:42 PM |
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... RickWhite
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Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... | The fact that the media is lazy is really a good thing for us. However, as you said, you have to write a good story that the editor can simply glance over and not have to work on, and then print it. If you fill it full of self-serving promo stuff, it will be filed in the round cabinet that is emptied daily.
From the standpoint of Catamaran Sailor Magazine we are always amazed at how folks work and work and work at promoting a regatta, and then...Radio Silence. Not a word about anything for weeks and often months. What happened? Did a bomb land on the venue and wipe out all the sailors, RC and land crew? Amazes me! What folks don't realize is that getting the info out on Sunday nite or Monday morning is very, very important -- just as important as hyping before the regatta. Getting the info out quick gets folks interested in perhaps attending the next year -- in other words early promotion.
There are some that don't care about the media and think they don't help, but I really think they are dead wrong. The more good things you hear about a certain regatta, the more you want to attend in person. If you have never heard of the event, what chances are there of you ever wanting to attend? I think the Worrell is a good example of what the media can do.., and it could do even more. It is one of the only events for multihulls that people not into cat racing know about. That is due to media coverage. | | |
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