Earned Media: Why Relationships Aren't Strategy with Ronica Cleary

Earned Media: Why Relationships Aren't Strategy with Ronica Cleary

April 22, 2026 · 57 min · Episode 134

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Ronica Cleary discusses effective strategies for earned media in small businesses.

Most people buy PR the wrong way: they ask “who do you know?” and hope connections turn into coverage. We sit down with Ronica Cleary, founder of Cleary Strategies and a former TV journalist who covered the White House, to talk about what actually drives earned media for a small business: preparation, systems, and a repeatable pitching strategy that does not depend on favors. We get concrete about what “strategy” looks like in public relations. Ronica walks us through her discovery process a...

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