How To Leverage Media Coverage to Grow Your Business

By |2017-08-11T11:00:08-04:00September 10th, 2014|

There’s no question you aspire to take your business to the next level. But where the doubt lies is in how to do it. You may have tried networking, Internet marketing or advertising only to come out in the end with fewer clients than you expected and more expenses than you anticipated. You want to [...]

Gender Wars Score USA Today

By |2016-10-13T16:38:06-04:00August 29th, 2014|

We just scored USA Today by playing the gender game. See the article here. When I was a child I remember a playground gender game incident. Just for time reference, Jimmy Carter was up for election. The boy in my class – I don’t even remember his name, maybe Timothy – said girls couldn’t do […]

Zip Your Way to Media Coverage

By |2016-10-13T16:38:06-04:00May 24th, 2014|

I just became a Costco member this month. Did you know they have organic items in bulk? I am stoked about that. A nutritionist I hired to coach me told me to drive the 40 minute distance to stock up. Luckily, I had a client in the May issue of their magazine Costco Connection, so when […]

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 […]