Comparing Press Release Distribution Services: Everything You Need to Know
Press releases are an efficient way for a business of any size to get information about a new company announcement, product, or any other piece of exciting news out to the media. Blasting out a release to media will help your company get wider exposure as editors write about your product.
If you’re n… Read more
How to Write an Eye-Catching Press Release Headline
A press release is a public relations strategy that involves writing a brief communication about your business activities and sharing it with the media. There are hundreds of press releases released daily. But most of them don’t get picked up by the media and very few are read by the intended audience.
Tell Your Story Like You Speak, Keep Pitching, and Earn Media Coverage
PR success is really pretty simple. I did not say “easy”… because most people don’t commit to the discipline. Below we quickly cover these elements which lead to PR success:
- Make your news a story
- Tell your story simply and naturally
- Keep trying, learning each time
- Accept that m
Dealing With Limited Resources
My company, for example, has exactly one person dealing with PR issues – me.
I do all the pitching, handle all of the inbound media requests, prepare all of the press releases, train all of our editors and analysts on how to speak to the media – and I actually do about 95% of the interviews myself. … Read more
Oprah-Worthy? How to Get on the Oprah Winfrey Show
… Read moreThe Oprah Winfrey Show
(noun)
1. (also known as Oprah) the highest-rated and longest-running daytime U.S. syndicated talk show. It is hosted and produced by Oprah Winfrey through her company Harpo Productions, Inc.
2. maker of dreams; the holy grail of public relations professionals, authors, entrep
PR Media Coverage
It’s easy for public relations firms to overestimate the impact of media coverage. Unless you land your client on the cover of Time or the front page of the New York Times, it can be disheartening to see how little impact a single piece of media coverage brings. My own history with media coverage is an e… Read more
Public Relations in a Political Crisis
I have one friend from the country of Georgia, and we were talking on the phone when President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia appeared on NBC News to discuss the recent Georgian crisis. Saakashvili compared Russia’s current actions to those of its predecessor, the Soviet Union, in 1956 in Hungary … Read more
Goodbye Newspapers, You Arrogant Monopolistic Dinosaurs
It’s no secret eReleases works with newspapers. Many of our subscribing journalists are from newspapers. Many of our customers have received print in local and nationwide newspapers alike. I like newspapers. I still subscribe to my local newspaper, the Baltimore Sun, as well as to the Wall Stree… Read more
Little White Lies Can Lead to Big Problems in Public Relations
In the world of journalism, every so often a reader will send in a tip that is worth a reporter’s time. Usually the reader has uncovered something about a company or individual that isn’t quite right. And that discovery can turn into a public relations nightmare for the company or individual i… Read more
Turning Down a Press Opportunity Isn’t PR Suicide
Many public relations professionals may find it hard to believe, but it’s okay to turn down a press opportunity. And I’m not talking about opportunities where you may get sandbagged by a reporter. I’m talking about a press opportunity that looks good, at least on the surface.
Case in p… Read more