Even When it Works, There's More Work

Let's suppose an article has the exact effect thatwas on TV, she had received a mountain of press,
you're hoping for. The phones are ringing day and night.including stories in People, The Los Angeles Times and
Both your business and your bank account areEntertainment Tonight, but when I asked to see copies
flourishing. Success! Now you can forget about thator video of some of her media, she just stared at me.
story and move on. No. No. No. Whether the articleShe hadn't kept any. While she had been on the series,
elicits a negligible response or a huge response, you stillthe media exposure had accomplished its short term
need to work it. This is where most people fail towork, keeping her in the public eye, and that's all she
understand the process. Because their short-termhad been concerned with. She never looked at her
goals were met, they stop in mid process and neglectlong term goals. The media coverage she had
their long-term goals.received was worth its weight in gold, but she didn't
My first public relations firm specialized in representingsee it. You don't need to be in the entertainment
clients in the entertainment field. We were onceindustry to learn from her mistake. When it comes to
retained by a young actress who perfectly illustratedlaunching an effective, ongoing public relations
this point. She had been a regular in a prime time TVcampaign, you not only need to see the forest but the
series. The series had been canceled, and she wantedtrees, grass, and bushes, as well as all the furry
to do more film work. During the time that the seriesanimals along the way.