Media Relations
Hootville Communications knows media and how to get it. We talk to journalists daily and enjoy strong relationships with the people you need to know. 

We help decide what you have to offer media, identify media targets, develop the supporting materials such as briefings, biographies and media releases, decide on key messages, inform the media about you; facilitate suitable locations for photoshoots and play bad cop with errant journalists.

Sometimes we’ll keep you out of the media in times of crisis.

We’ve racked up acres of coverage from local to national for events including:

• Foster Care Week;
• Make A Wish Day;
• Children's Week;
• Mental Health Week;
• Haemophilia Awareness Week.

Ongoing clients enjoy our media relations services year round. We can do the same for your:

• lobbying campaign;
• opening;
• launch;
• fundraising initiative;
• conference;
• speaker tour;
• budget response;
• election campaign.
  

Copywriting & Editing
We write and edit:

• websites and on-line communications;
• membership magazines and newsletters;
• annual reports;
• marketing collateral such as brochures;
• slogans;
• speeches;
• radio and television commercials;
• opinion pieces.

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On-Line Communications
We’ve worked with a slew of clients renovating their websites, turning unread, dusty on-line brochures into sites that:

• boost membership;
• increase subscribers;
• become a source of reference;
• retain repeat visitors;  
• ease workload;
• gain higher Google rankings;
• wrangle donations.

Are your written communications aligned with your website? Are you spending money printing and posting communications that you can’t measure? Tell us about it. We can do a lot more than just write good copy.

Lobbying / Campaigning
We design and implement multi-faceted political campaigns aimed at influencing decision makers and building awareness. We use media and other strategies such as research, surveys, on-line campaigns, grass roots lobbying, events, CSAs and partnership building.  Contact us for a case study.

Speaking / Chairing / Facilitating
Mayor Brett regularly speaks to groups on media and communications. Let him bring his special brand of smart and smug to your next awards ceremony, AGM, panel discussion or conference. He has hogged limelight at events for:

• Allanah and Madeline Foundation;
• United Way International;
• Australian Institute of Environmental Health;
• Local governments;
• National Speakers Association of Australia;
• Rotary;
• Australian Marketing Institute;
• Family Services Australia;
• Our Community.
  

Crisis Management
Hootville can be engaged at short notice to deal with crises. Our response may be media-based or internally focused aimed at stakeholders. Regardless; you’ll fare better with us than without.