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How to create compelling topics for thought leadership articles
How MVPR builds thought leadership topic lists that earn coverage — using a structured interview process that surfaces the angles journalists actually want.
Tom Lawrence
July 2024 · 4 min read
When companies onboard onto MVPR, we always start by interviewing them against the same set of 9 questions.
These are the questions that we've found are the best at extracting differentiated insights that we can turn into newsworthy thought leadership.
40+ years of PR experience distilled into 9 questions that we have used across hundreds of companies:
- What was your leadership team’s Eureka moment?
- Did you have prior experience in this industry? Give us some details!
- What is it about your USP or way of working that makes clients choose you over competing solutions?
- How do you see yourself influencing the industry that you’re in long term?
- What are the key challenges your industry is facing that you can help solve better than competitors?
- What is your favourite story to tell about your business?
- What kind of data or insights does your company collect which could tell an interesting story about your company’s market opportunity?
- What never seems to get covered by the media, yet is an interesting development or challenge for your sector?
- What is one controversial or contrarian insight that you or your team holds about your industry?
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