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Study: Municipal League of King County
The
client: The Municipal League of King County, a non-partisan
public interest group working to enhance responsible government
and improve citizen civic participation.
The
objective:
Hired Moore Ink. to publicize its annual candidate ratings for the
2001 September primary election.
The
strategy: Leverage
the League’s 90-year history and positive reputation by building
anticipation among the media for the ratings to generate stories
and op-eds.
The
tactics:
Since March 2000 and continuing today, Moore Ink. has served as
chief strategist and implementer of comprehensive marketing and
promotional efforts including:
- Targeted
specific reporters and editors with advance notification of the
ratings release
- Emailed
and mailed a comprehensive, professionally written news release
to targeted publications
- Followed
up the release with phone calls, facilitated interviews with the
League’s president and executive director, and wrote and
pitched a League op-ed column
The
results:
Publicity in 2000 consisted of one small article in The Seattle
Times. Moore Ink.’s efforts in 2001 produced op-eds in The
Seattle Times and Puget
Sound Business Journal and 17 news articles in four daily and
eight weekly newspapers, including the Times,
Seattle
P-I and Eastside
Journal.
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