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Explore earned media coverage insights with Jason Mudd, CEO of Axia Public Relations, and gain valuable insights into effective PR strategies.

Guest Bio:

Our episode guest is Jason Mudd, the CEO of Axia Public Relations and a trusted adviser to some of America's most admired brands. With a career spanning decades, he has worked with prominent organizations, including American Airlines, Hilton, and Verizon.

Five things you’ll learn from this episode:

1. Why media coverage needs to feature your company’s products or services

2. Why more prominent, bigger media isn’t always better

3. Why you should act like a billion dollar company for media coverage

4. How to act like a publicly traded company in the media

5. How to make journalists care about your company and pitches

Quotables:

• “You are more likely to get more readership, maybe less eyeballs, but more readership on that brief than you are a full feature story because people are busy and they just don't have time to read a full feature story.” - Jason Mudd
• “At the end of the day, shorter means more people are going to invest in it.” Jason Mudd
• “In PR we tend to forget that it's about relationships and building relationships. So I'm a big advocate for putting relationships back into public relations.” - Jason Mudd
• “80% of the time they're covering prominent companies. Now, 20% of the time they're doing something else, and that's your opportunity, but it's only 20% of the time. So you've got to think more opportunistically about looking for ways to get woven into and tied into the organization.” - Jason Mudd
• “The more you act like a publicly traded company even when you're not public and you're willing to talk openly about your numbers, whether they're true financial dollars or percentages, then that makes you have more substance to the news that you're sharing and therefore automatically makes you more newsworthy.” - Jason Mudd
• “Have an audience focus, empathetic message about why they should care, how this is going to help them.” - Jason Mudd

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About Jason Mudd:

Jason Mudd is the CEO of Axia Public Relations, with a career spanning decades and collaborations with prominent organizations, including American Airlines, Hilton, and Verizon.

Guest’s contact info and resources:

• Jason Mudd on Twitter
• Jason Mudd on LinkedIn

Additional Resources from Axia Public Relations:

• How to measure and categorize the different tiers of news media outlet types
• 3 crucial differences between a news story and a feature story that will make you a better writer
• What is news? 10 elements of news and newsworthiness

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