What to release

Substantial and ready to rock
Iterate rapidly, bundle around features and themes
Code names (useful)

Know your Coverers

Make Lists (Twitter and Email) – divvy it up, invite personally
Kindness, not condescension
Understand their beat
Respect time (make it easy)

Craft Stories

Same (3) talking points > into different forms
Quote from customers (CEO sparingly)
Lead with “why this matters”
Tune your vocab and tense (active not passive)
Images to support theme (illustrative)

Line up Dominoes &/or House of Cards

Constant – Media kit tune up blog.hootsuite.com/media

Thursday – Internal memo: master plan to share with squad

Monday 1PM PW Local Press release with assets
Monday 1PM Media preview email: short with embargo deets, interview, assets (infographic!)
Monday 4PM Key client preview email (optional)

Tuesday 5AM Blog post (canonical ~ everything points here)
5:15AM Twitter
5:15AM Facebook
5:20AM General email
5:30AM Wire release
9AM Linkedin groups
9:15 AM Forums, Q &As
11AM Webinar
+ Interviews

then….
Listen
Reply
Thank
Share
Repeat

Prepare for pushback (haters & carpetbaggers) with comment copy

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Thursday – News Round-up with “mini-release” push (trackbacks too)