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With hundreds of millions of blogs crowding the internet, the blogosphere can be a little bit like the Wild, Wild West at times. People say and do whatever they want, and decency and respect are thrown out the window. Read More

Press Releases and Backgrounders

If you run a business and want to attract attention to your products or services, publishing a press release is a great way to reach your goal. A press release gets your business published by major news outlets so that you can enter a broad audience. But if you really want to get the most from your press release, you should also include a backgrounder with your publication. Read More

Exposure in magazines can be a great way to garner publicity for your organization, though lately there are fewer and fewer of them. Because of this, it’s important that a PR professional use all of her savvy when pitching a story to a magazine. Follow these tips to keep your pitch out of the “circular file.” Read More

Trust. It’s something you’re always trying to gain … especially in this new online marketplace where customers have a hard time trusting anybody. Read More

When you’re writing a press release, you’re in a constant battle to create an interesting story that grabs journalists’ attention without using marketing hype or exaggerated claims. To be effective, a press release needs to be unbiased and completely accurate. If a journalist gets even a hint that you’re exaggerating or making unsubstantiated claims, you can bet your press release will get deleted instantly. Read More

I’m a firm believer in studying the mistakes made by other PR campaigns so you can avoid making them yourself. Forget learning from your own mistakes. That’s too costly. The goal should be to let other people make the mistakes, you learn from them, and you never make mistakes at all. Read More

You can spend all the time you want writing a plan to build your brand, and you can create marketing materials and advertisements that reflect your branding goals too. But if you don’t train your employees to be ambassadors for your brand, it’ll all be for nothing. See, your brand is more than a tagline. It’s more than a logo. Your brand extends from the products you sell all the way to the way your employees interact with customers. Read More

As press release distribution has shifted from an offline to an online activity, a growing number of marketers are realizing the potential press releases have for increasing a company’s search engine presence. Simply put, SEO and press release writing go hand in hand these days. Read More

There’s nothing more disappointing than announcing your great news to the world through a press release only to wait by a phone that doesn’t ring or an email inbox that remains forlornly empty. Your story was newsworthy! Why did no one care? Well, guess what. Sometimes it’s not your news – it’s your press release. Read More

To people seeking press attention for a story, reporters can be like unfathomable magical creatures. When one does call in response to a press release, it’s like a visit from a unicorn. More often, reporters are like the Loch Ness Monster – rumored to exist, but rarely seen or heard from. When you have news but no one seems to be biting, it is easy to perceive reporters as exotic species always out of reach. Read More