7 Tips for Using Metrics to Improve PR Campaigns

Thanks to the date from metrics, it has become easier to measure the effectiveness of PR campaigns. Historically, in order to gauge how successful a particular campaign was, PR professionals had to rely on somewhat mysterious reach and circulation numbers. Now anyone can improve their PR campaigns usi… Read more

Choosing the Right Keywords for Your Press Release

In one report from comScore, it was revealed that U.S. searchers conducted 371 million news-related searches on search engines in February 2012. 371 million news-related searches in one month!

What does this mean for you? It means you need to be optimizing your press releases. Reporters and customers a… Read more

The Dos and Don’ts of Linking in Press Releases

Links in Press Releases

As you undoubtedly know, one of the major SEO benefits of online press release distribution is that you can build links back to your website. By thoughtfully embedding links in your press releases, you can drive traffic back to your website and help bolster your search engine ranki… Read more

Why You Shouldn’t Put Too Many Links In Your Press Releases

Links in Press Releases

By now, you probably already know about the SEO benefits of press release distribution. Placing links in your press release that point back to your website can be helpful in boosting your search engine rankings (even though it shouldn’t be the only link building tactic you use).

Ho… Read more

The 6 Worst Press Release Headline Mistakes You Can Make

Writing a great press release headline is one of the most important things you need to do to get your announcement read. A great headline entices the reader and invites them to check out your story. It tells them to keep reading.

Having said that, anybody who has been in this business for more than a few minute… Read more

5 Blogging Rules You Should Break

When it comes to social media marketing (and all forms of marketing for that matter), I’ve never been a big fan of rules. People are always trying to tell you what you should do and how you should do it, but as the old saying goes, “there’s more than one way to skin a cat.”

Surely, you’ve heard at least a few of thes… Read more

10 Best Free SEO Tools You Should Be Using

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 … Read more

Does Article Marketing Still Work?

Article marketing is one of the oldest online marketing tools around. Because it’s been around for so long, some claim that article marketing is no longer effective. They believe online marketing efforts are better focused on social media marketing and other newer techniques.… Read more

Reputation Management: Dominating the Search Results for Your Company Name

Search engines have become a heavily used tool by consumers gearing up for a purchase. In fact, a study by Enquiro found that customers turn to search engines often for guidance during the buying process. Notice the percentage of customers who turn to search engines during various stages of the buying cyc… Read more

The True Cost of Bad Publicity

It has been said that “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” Looking around today, it’s clear that some companies still buy into this. … Read more