Media Insider Tactics
During my time as a local TV news producer, I had to come up with original ideas on a daily basis. Sometimes, the barrel was dry, and when that happened, I turned to the affiliate feeds for new ideas.
Every local TV station subscribes to affiliate feeds that deliver video and stories into their newsroom. If you can sell a story to the affiliate desk, you can have a story go national overnight.
Getting a story on the in-house or affiliate feed is more difficult than it sounds. It’s more than just calling up the affiliate desk and saying, “hey, can you put up the story?”I won’t give away our insider tactics and approaches on this blog, but here is an example of how we used that approach to help a local story get more coverage around the country. If you watch the segment below, you can see how one affiliate feed story elevated the brand to a national stage.
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