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Don’t Ask Reporters for Interview Questions Ahead of Time

August 29 2014

business meeting conference journalism microphonesSo you are being interviewed and you’re nervous. Maybe it’s your first time as a small business owner to sit across from a reporter. Maybe you’ve finally hit the big time and are facing the national media. Or maybe it’s a negative—maybe you have to have a press conference or interview about a crisis your comp… Read more

Morning Press Release Distribution Just Makes Sense

August 27 2014

EI’ve been in the PR game for a long time. I started eReleases back in 1998, and during that time, I’ve sent hundreds of thousands of press releases for more than 15,000 clients. It’s safe to say that I’ve learned quite a bit about press release distribution during that time. And one of the most important lesso… Read more

What Your PR Team and Sales Team Should Be Doing for Each Other

August 15 2014

HandshakeMany companies fail to take advantage of internal relationships that could help build their brand and further sales. Case in point—the PR team and the sales team. In many cases, they act like two separate families living in the same town. Maybe they see each other from time to time in passing, but they aren’… Read more

Why You Should Be Using Long-tail Keywords in Your Press Releases

August 08 2014

Keyword_buttonIt’s true, if you’re using press releases simply for search engine optimization, you’re “in them” for all the wrong reasons. However, that doesn’t mean you don’t want to use best SEO standard practices when composing them. And in this day and age, that mea… Read more

Press Releases During PR Disasters

July 21 2014

key with recovery text on laptop keyboard buttonYou sit down to write your next press release for your company. Just as you start writing your first sentence, you see on the news that your CEO has said something ridiculous and gotten into a ton of trouble over it. The news is reporting it on a constant loop. You realize your press release job just got that muc… Read more

How to React When Good Intentions Backfire Online

July 10 2014

boom01You never set out to intentionally offend or irritate someone. Well, that’s assuming a lot, but I’m going to pretend you’re not out to actively derail your own business. Anyway, it’s typically a surprise when something you thought was totally innocuous turns out to be a newsworthy chance for you to rethin… Read more

Keeping PR Tasks Under Control

June 24 2014

3d small people - carry jobAlways feel like you’re running to catch up? Public relations is not a field for the unorganized or easily stressed out. When I first started out I wasn’t keen on suddenly cleaning up my act, but it happened in no time flat anyway. If I didn’t learn how to organize my career would’ve gone up in smoke in no time. T… Read more

Google Confirms the Importance of PR in SEO

June 20 2014

seoMost of us have always known that an inextricable link existed between PR and SEO. Earning brand mentions and links from various websites—whether via guest blogging, earned media, etc.—has long been considered to be good for increasing your search engine presence. However, it wasn’t until very recent… Read more

4 PR Moves to Boost Your Crowdfunding Campaign

June 11 2014

Collaborative Finance, CrowdfundingWhether you’re using Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or another crowdfunding website, you need to find ways to get people interested in your project and giving out their hard-earned money. If you don’t, your campaign might fail and your project could fall on its face.

PR and social media can really help you get t… Read more

Coke is Killing the Press Release. Should You do the Same?

June 09 2014

press_release_gravestoneFor years, people have been proclaiming the death of the press release, yet thousands of press releases still get sent out every single day. But when Coca-Cola announced that it was on a mission to “kill the press release,” people started to take notice, and some questioned whether they should follow suit… Read more