By Tracy Williams
Much is changing in the news media, and the numbers tell us opportunities to tell your story are strong.
1,380
In 1950, there were 1,772 daily newspapers.
By 2000 -- 1,480 daily newspapers.
Today -- There are still 1,380 daily newspapers, and each article carries more value than ever with fewer papers reporting.
23,108,914
The daily circulation at the top 100 newspapers. That's a lot of people who still like to get their fingers dirty.
430
Digital pay plans are now in place at 430 of the country's dailies. Gannett showed in 2013 that success at the New York Times would work at smaller newspapers and other media followed. People are willing to pay for information and services they value.
157.7 million
There are hundreds of millions of blogs. Tumblr alone has 157.7 million blogs with 69.9 billion posts. Of course, not all blogs are great news sources. Your cousin Jimmy's blog about turtles comes to mind. The Huffington Post is a good one, as are Gizmodo, Mashable and Business Insider, among others.
1.5 million
Cision's Global Media Database used by thousands of PR pros includes over 1.5 million journalists, editors, bloggers, freelancers, analysts and other influencers and is updated over 20,000 times a day.
7
Olmstead Williams Communications has won 7 PRisms over the past three years from the Public Relations Society of America- Los Angeles for work with technology, healthcare, professional services firms and non-profits. OWC positions CEOs and other executives as leaders in their fields through traditional and new media, as well as speaking opportunities and networking connections.
2014
Make sure everything you do is repurposed across as many of your company's platforms as you can in 2014, and don't forget SEO. That newspaper article about your latest product launch needs to be shared on all of your social media platforms. To assure maximum SEO benefits, make certain your website and blog are optimized to load quickly and take advantage of keywords in headlines, body copy, title tags, meta descriptions and permalinks. Consider creating an enewsletter announcing the news and send to your full database of clients and prospects through a tool like Constant Contact.
Williams is president and CEO of Olmstead Williams Communications.