About Michelle Tennant

Good Morning America Producer Mable Chan calls Michelle Tennant a “Five Star Publicist.” Tennant, a partner and executive publicist with Wasabi Publicity Inc., calls herself a “storyteller to the media.” Her passion is telling “truly good stories” and “exclusively representing people who make a positive difference in the world.” For 30+ years, media friends have solicited her help in crafting news stories by requesting sources, sound bites, and statistics. An award-winning writer, Michelle peppers campaigns with insight from her master’s degree in human development, BFA from a top 25 drama school, and expertise seeing PR transition from typewriters to Twitter. She’s either spinning stories or spinning at the gym. After hours, she savors the Smoky Mountains with her husband, Siberian Husky, and backyard chickens. Learn more about her work through her column at Psychology Today. Check out the clients she's currently pitching at SearchPressKits.com.

Print Power

By |2017-08-11T11:00:08-04:00April 11th, 2014|

In today’s digital on-demand world, a question is often asked: “Does print have power today?” My answer: “You betcha.” Call me old-school, but I don’t care. As you know, I always say I’ve seen PR transition from typewriters to Twitter; and it’s true, I’m 44 … “So old,” says my teen-age nephew. I’m not dead. […]

Winter Do’s

By |2016-10-13T16:38:06-04:00March 20th, 2014|

Cold winter it’s been, right? Most say one of the hardest winters ever. That didn’t stop my team from heating up credible PR buzz for notable clients. Let me highlight a few so you can see what I’ve been doing with my cold winter months. Our team scored a coupon expert the Today Show; helped launch […]

Hunting for PR.. and Houses!

By |2016-10-13T16:38:06-04:00October 15th, 2013|

Media relations is a lot like looking for a house. Ask my business partner, Drew Gerber who will be featured on the very popular TV show House Hunters International tonight. He’s been abroad the past year and has purchased homes in Budapest and Serbia. Think about it. When you look for a house, you research the geographic […]

CBS Los Angeles

By |2016-10-13T16:38:06-04:00August 30th, 2013|

CBS Los Angeles I love working with CBS Los Angeles. I’ve placed several segments with them and here’s the latest one with my client Landmark  and their spokesperson, Josselyne Herman Saccio. See the clip. So, is this blog post all about CBS LA or what? Nope. It’s about intimacy. That’s right. I wrote intimacy. The actual […]

Getting Ink with Inc for Your Inc

By |2016-10-13T16:38:06-04:00July 1st, 2013|

“Thanks to Michelle Tennant’s PR tenacity, I’m now an Inc.com regular contributor.” Ari Zoldan, CEO, Quantum Media Holdings, LLC (New York). I scored Ari a regular gig with Inc. and in this post, I’m going to reveal the hottest PR secret ever so you can score yourself a regular blog, column, or job with your favorite […]

Do You Bully Media Contacts?

By |2016-10-13T16:38:06-04:00June 10th, 2013|

E-Bullying is in the news and it made me think. Do you bully media friends? How do I know e-bullying is a hot news topic? We got the topic and our client (an adult bullying expert) in USA Today last Friday. Read the article. So do you? I’m sure you’ll say, “I never bully my […]

Spring Clean Your PR

By |2016-10-13T16:38:08-04:00April 15th, 2013|

It’s that time of year again when everyone is spring cleaning. Are you? Well, even if you’re not think about angles that could land you choice media coverage. We pitched our client Pamela Yellen, who teaches financial self-sufficiency, around a ‘spring clean your budget’ angle and Fox Business picked it up. You never know what a […]

Have A Heart … Associate!

By |2016-10-13T16:38:08-04:00February 5th, 2013|

Wasabi Publicity client, Carrie Woodward, a fitness expert,  had a heart attack during our client intake call. Doctors say she wouldn’t be here today had she not been exercising and eating right like she does … and teaches. During the call, I didn’t know she had a heart attack. In fact, she just seemed a […]

Stay Positive

By |2016-10-13T16:38:08-04:00January 7th, 2013|

“Stay positive.” It’s about as cliché as it gets, right? Well, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Truth is, in my experience people gravitate toward the positive and that’s not only true for media contacts I know, but also any successful business leader, athlete or community leader I’ve met. Think about your own life. […]

End-Of-Year; End-Of-Time Media Pitching

By |2016-10-13T16:38:08-04:00December 11th, 2012|

Drew Gerber and Michelle Tennant Nicholson (me) recently had new photos taken. Write & let us know if you like the photo in this post. I asked people on my Facebook account and 50+ people loved it while two had reservations because the photo shows us too close. “Perhaps people will think you’re married,” said […]