PR For Bands & Businesses W/ Nicole of Rough Edge Media

E45   All press is good press… It’s what we’ve heard but let’s dive in a bit. Today the guys talk to Nicole from Rough Edge Media about PR for bands and businesses. Not sure what PR is? Know what it is but don’t know where to start? This episode was built for you.   We discuss how to implement PR on your own time, what things you can hire someone to go deeper on and how to use PR as a tool to change the perception of your creative life. We all should know who we are or how we perceive ourselves but knowing how the public views you and your endeavors is also very important. What can you do to work on it? Let’s see.   In This Episode We Cover   Who is your audience?   What can you do in your own ?   Genre based PR for music   Press release or press kit to send out   Don’t copy and paste   Be authentic   Connect first   What’s spam and what’s hustle to reach out?   Camping food   Patience   Rejection   Business v casual   Actions that change perception   Perception is reality   Quotes   “Your trying to do guerrilla marketing and your trying to save money until you make it big and if you make it big. Let’s be real here there’s so many people out there, there’s so much competition but if you keep trying, do your research, and except the rejection and get past it you can be successful” Nicole Rough Edge Media   “Research reflect, research more” Nicole Rough Edge Media   “There’s a lot of tips I’m sure you know because you’ve been doing this but what I got from that essentially on how to get on these playlists? How do we get on these blog? Ultimately your saying so the f#@$ work” Host Dave Swillum   Nicole's Links   Instagram @rough_edge_media   Personal @nicole_gentilee   Facebook/Linked In/Youtube Rough Edge Media   Nicoles Recommended Resources   Rocket Reach https://rocketreach.co/     Big Picture Media http://bigpicturemediaonline.com/     Waking Up From Work Podcast Links   Website www.wakingupfromwork.com     Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you) https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork     Instagram/Twitter/Tik Tok @davewakeup   Facebook Community to connect to creatives https://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/   Email [email protected]   Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber   For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave www.crawlspaceaudio.com