When your social media campaign is under way, you may wonder what daily tasks you can do to keep your numbers rising and traffic flowing. Here are five simple little things you should do every day to maintain a healthy campaign that will get noticed for months and years to come. Read More
When you think of press release topics, you probably think of time-sensitive news stories that have a very short shelf life. And while a lot of news is fleeting, it doesn’t always have to be this way. There is another type of news content that works great for press releases. I’m talking about evergreen content. Read More
Before everyone gets up in arms, I’m not here to say that the press release is dead. It’s not. What I am here to say is that the old way of writing press releases may no longer be the best tactic. No, I’m not just talking about SEO and optimizing your press releases. I’m talking about much more than that. Read More
So you’ve just written a press release, and you’re ready to blast it out to your media list. Not so fast, partner. Before you send out a press release, you need to do a quick quality check to ensure it’s the best it can be. Read More
We previously covered the Top 10 Tips for PR Success Using HARO. By now, I’m going to assume that most of you have heard of and signed up for HARO. Just in case there are a few of you who don’t know what it is, HARO is an email list you sign up for to receive queries each day from reporters who need sources for their stories. This is a great way to share your expertise and get some publicity for your company or for the clients you represent. Read More
In Glengarry Glen Ross (one of the best movies ever), Alec Baldwin’s character Blake delivers a speech to some underperforming salesmen. During the hilarious, profanity-laden speech, Blake discusses the AIDA method of selling. Read More
Since Twitter’s inception, its users have never hesitated to adapt the popular microblogging platform to their own needs. One of those needs turned out to be a way for a large group of people to converse together 140 characters at a time. Thus the TweetChat was born. Read More
The right tools can change everything about your SEO campaign. With good tools, you can more closely monitor your rankings, easily find the right keywords, track your links, and compare your websites to the competition. While there are many expensive SEO tools out there, you’ll be happy to know there are also countless free SEO tools that perform a variety of useful functions. Read More
Whenever we talk about building up media lists for sending out your press releases, it can be easy to overlook some of the hardworking, influential journalists who can get you the coverage you so covet. Read More
If you’ve been in the industry for any amount of time at all, you know that some PRs and journalists get along as well as cats and dogs. This isn’t always the case, but the truth is most journalists and PRs have at least a few pet peeves concerning each another. Read More