I’ve been with email newsletter publisher iContact since December using the same list of approximately 12,000 subscribers. Well, a recent newsletter triggered some AOL unsubscribes in which AOL users find it easier to flag as spam than go through the effort to find an unsubscribe link.
This is th… Read more
I have seen press releases generate tens of millions of dollars in publicity $449 at a time. If you don’t believe me, just visit: https://www.ereleases.com/testimonials/
Why didn’t your press release do the same? The likely answer is that you gave up, perhaps even after a single press rele… Read more
I sent an email yesterday welcoming customers of a company we just acquired. It included a staff photo welcoming these customers (see below). I followed up today with an email asking for customer feedback. I got it.
Paula Raeburn CAE of Florida Aviation Trades Association wrote:
I tweeted about this earlier today (http://twitter.com/ereleases) and it bears a longer message about using celebrities in your PR efforts. Over the past couple of years, the newswire has been cracking down on clients that name-drop celebrities. For instance:
This article was inspired by a potential customer wondering whether a service that charged $38 to blast his press release to 50 free press release websites was a good use of his money.… Read more
I promote the importance of press releases because they are the great equalizer. A small company, or even an individual, has as much chance of getting media attention as a big, well-financed company. Sure, the big company might be able to afford its own public relations department as well as coordinate wi… Read more
You have some important issues you want the public to know about. You are so concerned about it that you call a news conference.
It wasn’t an easy decision. You don’t know which reporters will show up and their quick-fire questions can be intimidating. If you make one mistake, it will be captur… Read more
I follow the television industry. It’s a medium I devote about five minutes a day trying to follow largely by headlines and RSS feeds. Today I saw this headline and had to dig deeper: Big Media Sites Like Hulu “Anti-Consumer, Anti-Media Employees, Anti-America”?
The headline borrow… Read more
If you’re not archiving press releases on your company’s website, you might be missing out on valuable media coverage. Reporters increasingly rely on the Internet to conduct research on the issues and industries they cover. When they reach your site, it is important that they can quickly a… Read more
It’s once again time to dip into the PR Fuel mailbag for another batch of reader queries. How much do I charge for public relations services? Can a newswire service refuse to distribute my press release? Come find out the answers to these puzzlers from the world of public relations.
Question: I recen… Read more