Ok, as a thank you to the organization that I use to get my media attention and my belief that the most intellegent, knowledgable and experienced agents are members of ActiveRain I am going to share this wonderful invaluable tool with all my fellow activerainers. I have been sourced or featured in 30+ magazine, tv, and other print medias in the past 10 years. My most recent feature stories came as a direct result of my FREE affiliation with HelpAReporter.com. I will be featured in the National Home Builder magazine in May for a story on builder and Realtor relationships. I will also be in REALTOR magazine for a story on brokerages using social media in June. Along with these great opportunites I have also been sourced for a published home staging book, a blog on social media uses as well as a personal story about us adopting a dog for Christmas.
Friday, March 20th, marks one year since the first HARO went out. They went from 0 to almost 70,000 members in 12 months. Every day HARO.com sends 3 emails with requests from reporters for stories. There are requests for everything that you can imagine but almost every day there is a request for national real estate stories as well as area specific story requests. This is an excellent way to make yourself an area expert and gain credibility with customers and clients.
All you have to do is go to HelpAReporter.com and sign up to get the requests. In the 3 daily emails there will be a LOT of story requests. Few will pertain to your business, so be sure to stay focused on your area of expertise.
Good luck in getting published and I wish all my activerain friends lots of PR opportunites.
