If you’ve been looking for some unusual ways to get the media’s attention, try some of these ideas to not only get on the news, but maybe even get discovered for fame!

• If you have a local “dress” theme for your city or state, try dressing the part when going to the airport to pick up those coming into town. For instance, we are in Texas and when others visit our state, they are surprised that everyone isn’t dressed in cowboy boots, belts, spurs, and ten-gallon cowboy hats. But, if you dressed in that theme to pick up someone coming into town, you could “meet and greet” them in style and send a tip to the media beforehand, too.

• Do you happen to have a pet that is brilliant at performing unusual pet tricks? This would tie in beautifully with any event that the local pet shelters or charities are promoting. Teaming up with these groups is a great way to “showcase” your pet’s talents plus help give a great spin to any storyline presented. Bonus: since your pet probably only performs on cue from you, that means you get to be on camera, too!

• If you’re up for the challenge, find a world’s record you feel you could beat, and announce you are going for the record to the media. They will want to be there with a camera crew in tow to capture this on tape.

Whatever you decide to do to grab your fifteen minutes of fame... always remember to have fun and enjoy the ride!

May your fame always come from stardom and never from infamy – unless you do so by choice!

Carmen Wisenbaker, The Publicity Diva
(alter ego and pen name: Casey Lee)
carmen@penworth.com
Speaker, Author, Marketing Coach
Penworth Publishing & Publicity
www.penworth.com
(281) 404-5019