Accredited publicist Larissa Banting discusses how to find, get and leverage free publicity in media channels to help you rapidly develop your authority, increase your visibility with an audience full of your ideal clients, and grow your income.

Larissa Banting is an accredited publicist who helps entrepreneurs, authors and small business owners learn how to profit from free media features. She’s also had the experience of “blowing up” through PR while running a destination wedding business. 

Hosts Linda Claire Puig and Ari Iny explore with Larissa how to garner publicity through media both small and large—and how to target the right publications and podcasts to grow your visibility with an audience full of your ideal clients. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• A simple approach to finding, getting, and leveraging free publicity in big media channels, to rapidly develop your authority and grow your income
• How Larissa took her destination wedding business from “completely unknown” to being listed in a “Top 30 Destination Wedding Planners in the World” list (hint: it’s all about publicity)
• Why the smaller, easier-to-get publicity spots actually give you access to the most passionate people—and where to find these opportunities
• And much more!

“Don’t discount the power of smaller podcasts and blogs and media outlets. That’s where the people who are really interested in what you’re doing are hanging out.”

Larissa Banting

After a career as a professional dancer, Larissa Banting turned her creativity to marketing and public relations. One of only a handful of professionals to be accredited by the Canadian Public Relations Society, her past clients include The City of St. Albert, Bombay Sapphire Gin, the Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival, Nelvana, CBC and CTV networks. After moving to Costa Rica to be with her husband, she opened one of the first destination wedding planning firms in Central America and within four years had been named Top 30 Destination Wedding Planners in the World. Banting is the author of the best-selling Costa Rica—The Bradt Guide. She is also a ManyChat Agency Partner, was the creative head of a luxury men’s underwear company and is the CMO of the woman’s shapewear company, Lovable Curves.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee
6-Figure Newsletters
Larissa’s website
Larissa’s free gift

Credits:
Hosts: Linda Claire Puig & Ari Iny
Producer: Linda Claire Puig
Managing Producer: Cynthia Lamb 
Executive producer: Danny Iny
Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin
Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

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Music and SFX credits: 
Track Title: Sunny Side Up
Artist Name(s): Neon Beach
Writer Name: Aaron Sprinkle
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Presence
Artist Name(s): Mikey Geiger
Writer Name: Michael Thomas Geiger
Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Track Title: Coo Coos
Artist Name(s): Dresden, The Flamingo
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION