Do These Things After You’ve Received Media Coverage
You spend a lot of time and money trying to get earned media. It’s a never-ending war filled with constant defeats in battle. But when you finally do receive positive media coverage, it’s a great feeling, right? What a lot of people don’t realize, however, is that your work isn’t finished. Now, you need to ca… Read more
Why You Should Still Try To Get Print Media Coverage
Because most people tend to get their news online these days, most PR people have shifted their efforts from getting coverage in traditional newspapers and magazines to getting coverage on blogs and relevant websites. And while there are certainly many advantages to targeting online publications (e.… Read more
Should You Still Be Putting Keywords In Your Press Release Headlines?
We all know that SEO has evolved drastically over the past year or so. What once worked no longer works today, and if you don’t adapt, you run the risk of damaging your online presence. Simply put, the traditional SEO press release is dead. The days of stuffing your press releases with keywords and keyword-r… Read more
Keeping Your Email Content Crispy Fresh
An email campaign is only as good as its content. If you work hard to get a million subscribers you’re just going to lose them if your actual emails stink. What’s even more of a pain is having to constantly come up with fresh content as the weeks, months, and even years go by.
How do you keep the content fresh afte… Read more
Recent Press Releases That Show You How It’s Done
Need help with your press release efforts? Looking at samples of press releases is often the best way to know if you’re doing the best job with your own writing. One tendency is to stick to the past and look at press releases that have been successful before.
Instead, try reading recent ones and keeping up wit… Read more
How to Use Reddit for PR
Reddit—it’s uncharted territory for most businesses. And who could blame them? The site is full of people just looking to rain on someone’s parade. The “Redditors” (as they like to be called) are notorious for their cynical, glass-half-empty attitudes and are ready, willing, and able to call out any BS t… Read more
No Money? 6 Cheap Alternatives to Sending a Press Release
I’ll be perfectly honest with you. Sending a press release the right way costs money. If you can’t write very well, you’ll need to pay someone to write your press release for you. But even if you do write your own press releases, you’ll still need to get them in the hands of the right reporters, and that costs mo… Read more
How You Can Make Your Press Releases More Shareable
Do you often feel like you write a press release, distribute it, and then it goes off to die a sad, lonely death? A lot of people struggle with gaining visibility for their press releases. Fortunately, there are some easy things you can do to make your press releases more visible and more shareable.
With thes… Read more
The 5 Things BuzzFeed Can Teach You About Press Release Writing
It seems like I can’t go a day without seeing a link to a BuzzFeed article. Whether it’s 34 Things That Will Make ‘90s Girls Feel Old or 18 Shocking But True Celebrity Facts, people go crazy for BuzzFeed’s content. The popular site was valued at $200 million earlier this year, so clearly they’re doing somethi… Read more
The New 10 Commandments of Press Releases
A lot has changed with press releases over the years, particularly in the last few months thanks to Google’s algorithm updates. While the press release is still alive and well, not to mention very useful, it’s undoubtedly in a period of transition. That’s why I thought it’d be a good idea to come up with a set … Read more