5 Great Reasons for Press Release Writing

Writing by Brick Marketing on Saturday, 31 of May , 2008 at 8:44 pm Leave a comment

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When it comes to press release writing, it’s essential that you are writing a press release about a newsworthy event. Of course, there are different situations that businesses and individuals consider to be newsworthy. The following list include a number of situations in which press release writing is a great way to market your business.

  1. You’re about to host a grand opening event at one of your locations; press release writing can help you to get the word out and to ensure that people learn about it and have the opportunity to attend.
  2. You’ve just brought a big plater into your industry onto your team; press release writing let’s people know about the association.
  3. You’ve just received a great testimonial or endorsement from a celebrity; press release writing lets you let others know about it.
  4. You’ve just broken a sales record and you want let people in the industry know about it; press release writing and targeted distribution can ensure that it happens.
  5. You’re about to launch a product that is more energy efficient and less expensive than the model that you currently offer; press release writing helps others to geel as great about it as you do.

When you know the right reasons for and have the right motivations for press release writing, you’ll find that it’s a lot easier to get your customers and members of your industry interested in what you have going on.

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Press Release SEO: Is Your Press Release Getting the Job Done?

Writing by Brick Marketing on Friday, 30 of May , 2008 at 7:18 pm Comments (1)

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When you’re distributing press releases on line, having a sense of search engine optimization is essential. While you may not know much about press release SEO, there are tools that are available that can help you to be sure that your press release is getting the job done:

(source)I write sometimes 8-12 press releases each month, mostly for our client businesses. I have a process I use that makes sure I’m hitting all the bases to both optimize the press release for the search engines and also that the content is newsworthy and presented in an intersting way…

But everyone can use a little help now and then. Just recently David Meerman Scott noted a new tool called Press Release Grader. I have to say it’s definitely a tool worth checking out if you write press releases, whether you’re just starting or you’ve got a gazillion under your belt. After all, the factors that make a press release successful are still evolving.

When you want to be sure that your press release is getting the job done - both in terms of press release SEO and with regard to getting the word out about the products or services or events that you know are newsworthy - it’s important to look at whether or not you are sticking to the right format, whether or not the links that you choose to include go to the right pages and whether or not you’re using your keyword or key phrase enough.

By analyzing the press releases that you write - whether or not you use a tool like Press Release Grader - you’ll find that you’re able to really see what you’re doing well and to see where you could benefit from a little more work.

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Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking - Book Review

Writing by Kate Dickman on Friday, 30 of May , 2008 at 4:26 pm Leave a comment

Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking goes hand in hand with public relations in terms of how people perceive and speak about your company and what you can do to keep the buzz going in a positive way. Marketing expert Andy Sernovitz shows the reader in a straightforward and funny way how profitable companies get their best customers through the traditional power of word of mouth.

By reading the book, one will also understand the purpose and value of blogs, viral emails, communities and be able to utilize them fully and make them work to their advantage. Understand why certain companies and products have the buzz you desire and why others are virtually ignored.

It will appeal to those without a large advertising budget and will also improve awareness of a company and the general view people have of the brand. It shows that word of mouth marketing is measureable yet cannot be bought.

Some products become huge successes without a spending a dime and others spend millions only to fail miserably at advertising their product. This honest way of marketing and branding yourself as a company makes more money as customers who talk are customers who trust. By becoming an extraordinary company, your customers will speak endlessly about you. Find out exactly how to do this with this detailed step by step guide. It will teach you how to find people who will talk about you, give these people a reason to talk, help the message spread like wildfire, join in on the conversation and measure what the people are saying and comprehend it as well. The author does a great job of explaining it in a way that any reader can understand and anyone can benefit from. Whether you are a skilled marketer or a new business owner, Word of Mouth Marketing is a valuable addition to your library.

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Press Release Distribution: What Needs to Happen

Writing by Brick Marketing on Thursday, 29 of May , 2008 at 6:06 pm Leave a comment

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When you’re looking at distributing press releases to market your business - whether you run an online business, a traditional brick and mortar store or a combination of the two - you will find that there are a few key steps that need to be taken.

Simply put, when you are choosing a press release distrubition service, it’s important to be sure that:

  • The press release distribution network can get your release out online - to a large range of media outlets.
  • The press release distribution network can provide hints and help to make sure that you are getting as much as possible out of your press release.
  • Your press release is distributed with faxes, email and, in some cases, audio to make sure that everyone who needs to get the information does.
  • The press release distribution network that you choose should have a proven track record of helping businesses like yours to get the word out to the media.
  • The press release distribution network that you choose should be able to reach your target market.

By taking the time to research press release distribution, you’ll be in a better position to get the word out about what you’re doing, why you’re doing it and who will benefit the most. In other words, by researching your press release distribution options and choosing those that are best for your business, you’ll find that you are in a better position to market your business successfully.

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Press Release SEO: Keeping Information Central

Writing by Brick Marketing on Wednesday, 28 of May , 2008 at 2:18 pm Leave a comment

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When you are going to be distributing press releases on the web, you’re going to want to be sure that you’re taking press release SEO into consideration - after all, you want to be sure that your press releases will be easy to find if someone is searching for a relevant keyword or the specific product or service that you have to offer. However, being sure that you’ll looking at press release SEO does not mean neglecting the information that is central to your story.

After all, when you are distributing press releases online, you want people to find information. You want people to see that you can anticipate their needs and that you’re prepared to meet those needs. You want to be sure too that members of the media (traditional media like newspapers, TV and radio along with more modern media members like bloggers) are able to learn about an event you are sponsoring, an important change at your company or the products and services that you have to offer.

Press release SEO can make it easy for people to find your press releases, however, if you spend too much time paying attention to press release SEO and not enough time getting the word out about the newsworthy event that you are marketing, chances are good that others won’t get the gist of what you are saying. When you’re looking at spreading the word, keep your information central to the release that you distribute.

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Find Online Publicity and Public Relations Jobs at eMarketingSilo

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Wednesday, 28 of May , 2008 at 12:15 pm Leave a comment

In the world of online public relations making sure your image is portrayed correctly is just as important as it is having the right employee that is capable of managing a client’s image. What good does it do when you finally bring aboard that client you have been reeling in for 6 months only to look at the back of their head as they walk out of your board room with a ripped up contract in their hand?

eMarketingSilo has become a one stop shop for the online marketing industries need for good quality employees that have the knowledge and hunger and will to do what it takes. This niche employment website has enough resources for you or your organization to staff your entire online marketing department. When it comes to writing a press release or simply just distributing it you want to know that you have a qualified individual behind the wheel. eMarketingSilo has a vast database ranging of qualified PR managers to PR associates. With the rise to power of technology and the ability to communicate and portray a person or companies image even quicker and easier than it ever has been you want to make sure your employee is on top of opportunities. It has never been as important as it is now to utilize all communication tools at our finger tips. eMarketingSilo can help you find a candidate that is right for your company. You can stop wasting your time visiting sites with endless amounts of resumes and inquiries from unqualified candidates. eMarketingSilo only traffics qualified candidates that have the expertise in the online public relations industry to satisfy clients and go above and beyond what is expected. With an entire area of the website dedicated towards finding online public relations professionals your journey to find the right employee has just become much easier.

For more information on how to help your organization with its employments needs please visit http://www.emarketingsilo.com

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Press Release Management Allows You to Notice a Number of Things

Writing by Brick Marketing on Tuesday, 27 of May , 2008 at 11:24 am Leave a comment


When it comes to press release management, it’s important to focus on whether or not your press releases are getting the results that you’re looking for. Therefore, with press release management, you’re going to want to:


  • Make sure that you are reaching your target audience with the right messages. In other words, make sure that you’re addressing the concerns of those individuals - whether in the media or not - with each press release.

  • Set goals for each press release that you send out and make sure that you are reaching them and develop a press release management strategy that allows you to achieve those goals.

  • Determine a way to follow up on the press releases that you write so that you can determine whether or not people’s opinions are changing or whether they are acting on the story you send out.

With a press release management strategy, you’ll find that you’re able to determine whether or not you are accomplishing your goals: it really is as simple as that. Which is also waht makes press release management essential.

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Press Release Writing: Knowing What Is Important

Writing by Brick Marketing on Sunday, 25 of May , 2008 at 7:43 pm Leave a comment


When it comes to press release writing, it’s essential that you know which points are important - and which you should be focusing a bit less time on. In other words, when you’re going to start writing press releases to market your business, you need to know what points to focus on.

When you’re writing press releases, it’s important to:

  • Know what keywords you are supposed to be focusing on - which keywords your prospects are going to be using to look into products and services like those that you have to offer.
  • Know how to create a great headline that will help you to draw the attention of customers and media personnel alike.
  • Know that the press release that you are writing is in reference to something that is newsworthy so that the readers will understand what they are reading is important.
  • Know that, when you are looking over the press release that you have written, you have accomplished what you set out to do.

By taking the time to read through your press release after knowing that you’ve covered the right events, you’ll find that you are in a position to get more out of each and every press release that you write to market your business.

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How All of Your Marketing Efforts Come Together

Writing by Brick Marketing on Saturday, 24 of May , 2008 at 6:12 pm Leave a comment


When it comes to marketing your business online, creating a buzz is essential. While using online press releases as well as traditional media releases is an effective way of getting the word out and getting people talking simply because you will be able to get your stories out there to the media (in some cases, while writers and editors are hungry for a newsworthy event), it’s not your only option.

In addition to press releases, when you want to be sure that you’re creating a buzz, you’ll want to be sure that you are:

  • Keeping your own blog up to date. When you’ve got news and want to create a buzz, don’t count exclusively on someone else to get the word out.
  • Writing articles for online distribution so that you can get people talking about the ways in which your products or services can benefit them.
  • Distributing a newsletter to your mailing list - and making it easy for recipients to forward each mailing - enables you to get people talking (and creating a buzz).

Each of these steps - the combination of all of your marketing efforts - is what enables you to create a buzz; when you know that you’re doing everything that you can to spread the word, you’ll know that there’s a better chance that the story will be picked up. That’s something that, invariably, will help you to create the buzz you’re looking for.

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Press Release Writing: What Will Help to Ensure Success?

Writing by Brick Marketing on Friday, 23 of May , 2008 at 1:05 pm Leave a comment


When you’re looking into press release writing for your business - whether you work in travel, real estate, coffee, computers or anything and everything in between - it’s important to make an effort to make your campaigns as solid as possible.

Fortunately, there are some basic tips that you can take advantage of while writing press releases - tips that can help you to get the results that you’re looking for

  1. Make sure that the information that you are writing about in a press release is newsworthy; if it’s not, it will be a turn off to editors who may then pay less attention to your big stories.
  2. Make sure that the reader understands what’s in it for them when you are writing a press release.
  3. Make sure that the first paragraph of your press release offers a brief summation of the story: let people know what they will be reading up front.
  4. Make sure that you keep to the facts and keep the press release you are writing clear and concise.
  5. Be sure that you make it easy for editors and readers to contact you to get additional information when they are done reading.

By making sure that you’re writing the best possible press release, you can be sure that readers get something out of it - and that’s a sure fire way to get results.

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Why Is It Important to Create a Buzz?

Writing by Brick Marketing on Thursday, 22 of May , 2008 at 3:37 pm Leave a comment


When you’re looking at promoting your business, creating a buzz is essential. When you’re able to create a buzz, after all, you will find that it is a lot easier to get the word out about what you are doing simply because you aren’t going to be the one who is getting the word out; your customers, your prospects and the media will be spreading the word for you.

Creating a buzz - whether you focus on creating a buzz as the primary task for your publicity campaigns or you just hope that it is something of a side effect - is important. When you’re able to get people talking, the tasks assigned to your publicity department will be more readily accomplished.

By creating a buzz, you’ll find that you are able to get more people interested in what you have to offer, you’ll also discover that you are able to get them talking and asking questions and sharing opinions; word of mouth advertising can take you far.

Likewise, you’ll find that, when you successfully create a buzz, more people will be interested in your products, services and events - even those who you were not directly trying to reach. And, ultimately, it’s for that very reason that creating a buzz is so important: it allows you to reach your prospects, even those that you weren’t aware that you had.

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Press Release Management: Is Anybody Out There Reading What You Write?

Writing by Brick Marketing on Wednesday, 21 of May , 2008 at 8:53 pm Leave a comment


When your business is using press releases in order to start generating additional publicity for a product, service or event, it is essential that you have a press release management policy in place. Simply put, without a press release management plan, how are you going to know whether or not anybody out there is reading what you write (or, in other words, without a press release management policy, how are you going to know that you’re not just wasting your time)?

Press release management is not an altogether difficult thing to do. Really, it’s just a matter of know how different members of the media want to be contacted - email, fax, mail - so that you distribute your press releases appropriately. It’s a matter of keeping track of where you sent press releases to and what the result was - did the editor run the story? When it comes to online press release management, it’s also a matter of knowing how many people who visited your web site came in because of a press release that you had written.

In other words, press release management is simply a matter of looking at what you’re doing, knowing what you are doing well and where you could use improvement.

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The 5 Ws of Press Release Writing

Writing by Brick Marketing on Tuesday, 20 of May , 2008 at 9:23 am Leave a comment


When you’re looking at using press release writing to get the word out about your business and what it has to offer for both current and prospective clients, it’s essential to be sure that you are covering the 5 Ws.

  1. What: What are you writing your press release about.
  2. Who: First, who are you writing the press release for - your target market and second, who you are and what your company stands for.
  3. When: Whether you are releasing a new product or you are focusing on a specific event, it’s important to the reader to know when things are taking place. It’s also important to let editors know when to market your press release.
  4. Where: Where is your business located, where will the event be taking place or where can your customers find the products or services that you have to offer.
  5. Why: In terms of press release writing, the why of your press release should address two points. First, why you want people to know and, second, why they should care about what you have to tell them.

While your press release writing should be formatted correctly and while it’s important to acknowledge what your process is, by focusing your writing on what is in the event/product/service for the reader will take you further.

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Press Release Distribution: Making Sure You’re Getting the Word Out

Writing by Brick Marketing on Monday, 19 of May , 2008 at 2:52 pm Leave a comment


When you write press releases, one of the goals that you have is to simply get the word out about the products, services or events that your company has to offer. That’s great - press releases are an effective tool for generating publicity; however, if you don’t have a solid press release distribution strategy that you’re working from, chances are good that you’ll face some challenges.

In other words, without a press release distribution strategy, how can you be sure that your press release is doing its job and getting the word out? (The unfortunate answer is that unless you’re distributing your press releases, there’s a good chance that they aren’t going to help to bring traffic to your website or to attract customers)

If your thoughts about press release distribution are centered around online press release distribution, you’re going to want to be sure that you are submitting your press release to those sites that get traffic and have a solid page rank. Likewise, if your focus is getting the word out to members of the traditional media, you’re going to want to focus on getting a great mailing list and distribution list put together - you’re going to want to be sure that the right people receive your press releases.

In other words, when you’re using press releases to get publicity - regardless of what you are trying to attract attention to - your press release distribution plan is going to have a huge impact on the success of your campaign.

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Press Release Writing: What Can You Accomplish With It?

Writing by Brick Marketing on Sunday, 18 of May , 2008 at 12:41 pm Leave a comment


There are plenty of business professionals who have heard about the benefits of press release writing for their business; still, it seems as though a fair number of people aren’t entirely sure of what they would be able to accomplish with press release writing.

So, just what can you accomplish with press release writing? In part, it depends on your goals, of course, but:

  • With press release writing, you can get the word out about products, services, events or changes at your company
  • With press release writing, you can help to increase your site’s search engine rankings
  • With press release writing, you’ll find that you are able to increase awareness about your company brand
  • With press release writing and distribution, you’ll find that you’re able to attract media attention to the important events
  • With press release writing, you’ll be able to get people talking

In other words, when you are focused on all that you can accomplish with press release writing, you’re going to find that it’s a lot easier to reach all of your company goals - whatever they may be.

The reality is simple: everything that you have heard about what can be accomplished with press release writing can be done - it’s all just a matter of understanding your goals and working to reach them.

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