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Attention Editors and Reporters!

by Jason Kincy

1. The following are good strategies for getting positive media coverage EXCEPT for:

   [] Get to know the local media.

   [] Build a relationship with the media owner.

   [] Uncover the needs of local media.

   [] Help the local media to meet their needs.

2. As part of a media relations plan, all bank employees should be trained to:

   [] Respond immediately whenever they are asked a question by the media.

   [] Respond "no comment" if the question involves a controversial issue.

   [] Forward all media inquiries to the bank president.

   [] Forward all media inquiries to a designated person.

3. An important piece of information that a bank should know about each local media is:

   [] How much advertising the bank buys from this media.

   [] Does someone at the bank know the ad sales director?

   [] Who makes the decision about what news gets covered?

   [] Why the media has not used all the bank's press releases in the past.

   Time to Tweet?

   by Meagan Fish

4. The best way to understand Twitter is to:

   [] Read the Twitter manual. [] Take a training class.

   [] Become a personal user. [] Have a Generation Y person explain it.

5. Once your bank has followers on Twitter, it is a best practice to:

   [] Refollow these users.

   [] Immediately thank them.

   [] Send them an appreciation gift.

   [] Ask them to take a survey on Twitter.

6. Retweets are important to your bank because you can:

   [] Correct inaccurate information.

   [] Send a message to a targeted audience.

   [] Expand on a message that wasn't complete the first time.

   [] Share a...