Schedule All Your Online PR Releases

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Thursday, April 2, 2009 Leave a comment

When you finally decide to start launching an online publicity and pr campaign for your business you might find that there is a great deal of topics you can announce and write about. Scheduling out what you want to write about and when and where you want to distribute it will be very important.

Each time you write a press release you don’t want to be scrambling around trying to remember where you submitted your online publicity last time and what topics you have already announced. Try scheduling out everything either 6 or 12 months out so that you know exactly what is happening each and every month. One thing you never want to do is duplicate an announcement from a few months back. This could cause a reputation management issue if someone notices it and decides to call your business out on the duplication. Press releases should always be written with some keywords placed naturally in the text to get them really moving around in the search engines for others to read.

This type of scheduling doesn’t just apply to your online publicity schedule but just about everything you do with your online marketing. A serious online marketing approach requires many different directions and efforts all working at the same time. keeping everything on the same schedule will be important to keep your sanity.

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What to Look for When Hiring an Online PR Company

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Thursday, February 5, 2009 Comments (1)

Online publicity has become a vital component for any successful business looking to dominate the online space for their product or service. many companies offering copy writing for press releases along with distribution so it is important to find one that will work well with your organization. It is important to treat your vendor like a partner so that the partnership meshes well. Here are something to look out for an ask when finding the right company to help you with your online PR.

1. Ask for a portfolio: For any company proud of their work they will be happy to show you their prior work they have completed for either themselves or their past clients. This will give you a better understanding of their style of writing.

2. In-house or outsourced?: Ask if their writing is outsourced or if they perform all writing in house. This will make a big difference. If they outsource writing a press release target for English speaking residents than I would be hesitant to have a release written by someone who’s English might be broken or a second language.

3. What distributors do you use?: Find out how they distribute their press releases. Some companies like to use one or two and some like to use a wide variety of distribution channels. This is important to know because depending on what you offer for a product or service will determine which channel might work out better for you.

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Online Reputation Management for Doctors using Online PR

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Thursday, October 9, 2008 Leave a comment

Are you a doctor who has recently found themselves on the examining table with an irate patient or client? If you have never approached the internet help your practice or taken it seriously now will be the time.

Chances are that a client or ex-employee will visit one of the whistle blowing sites to express their pain or anger. Often times nobody wants to listen to an angry patient but Rip Off Report will, and with open arms. One post on rip off report could cripple your practice for ever if nothing is done about it. The longer you let the listing sit the deeper that link will anchor itself in under your search results. Many people these days will search for a doctor’s name before visiting that specific practice to see what others might have had to say. A proper on press release campaign along with various other ingredients like active profile building will help clean up your online publicity. Online publicity in a digital age could be the make or break for your growing practice or business. It is important to keep it as clean as possible in order to stay competitive with your local competition. Launching an active and aggressive online press release campaign will become a vital ingredient in order to flush any negative press you might have hanging over your name in the all the major search engines. An online press release campaign targeting your name and your practices name is the first step of many to successfully clean up your online presence. Whistle blowing website such as Rip Off report have tremendous stickiness and quickly climb to the top of a search result. Whether proactive or reactive necessary steps must be taken.

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Attracting Media Attention: Getting Your Press Release Noticed

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Leave a comment

One of the most important things for marketing professionals and business owners who plan to use press release writing to attract media attention is actually quite simple: if you want to attract media attention, you’re going to need to be sure that your press release stands out:

(source)“I found that the average journalist receives 215 press releases a week – mostly e-mailed – but some receive many more.

“In a situation where most journalists suffer from press release overload, it’s vital that a winning release presents a relevant news story in a compelling way.”

Simply put, when you want to be sure that you are attracting media attention to your press release, you’re going to want to be sure that you:

  1. Have a great story – a newsworthy event or announcement
  2. Use the right format
  3. Use quotations and site sources that will give credibility to your story
  4. Ensure that you are sending a relevant announcement

While it’s possible to attract media attention in other ways; the above will help to ensure that you get your press release noticed in a way that will be advantageous to your business.

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Attracting Media Attention: Making it Easy for Journalists

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Sunday, July 6, 2008 Leave a comment

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When you are writing a press release to market your business, you’re going to always want to be sure that you are writing to your audience. When the goal of your press release is to attract media attention to your products, services, events or simply your company, you’re going to want – at least some of the time – to focus your press releases in such a way that writing the story will be easy for the journalists.

Simply put, when you want to attract media attention, you’re going to want to be sure that you’ve got a great headline for your press release and that you are able to include the who, what, where, when, why and how of the story in your lead paragraph. However, when you’re looking for the opportunity to make it even easier (and you’re distributing your press releases online), you’ll find that there are a number of ways to simplify the process for the writers.

For example, you can be sure that the contact information that you provide in your press release will put the journalist in touch with someone in the media department of your company who will be able to answer their questions. You can make sure that you’re providing links to the pages on your web site that will give journalists a place to find additional information about your business – including links to or the web address of your frequently asked questions page.

Attracting media attention is always going to be easier when you can ensure that the journalists whose desk your press release crosses is able to write the story with as little work as possible. By focusing on providing ample information and details, you can feel confident that you’re reaching out and attracting the media attention your business needs.

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Attracting Media Attention Focuses on Telling a Story

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Leave a comment

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When you’re looking for the chance to attract media attention to your web site, press releases are a great option – provided of course you are putting out information that will interest the media. On one hand, that means understanding what makes your news newsworthy; on the other, it means knowing what the media is looking for in a press release.

In order to attract media attention, you’re going to find that it’s important to include the who, what, where, when, why and how as quickly as possible within your press release: after all, any great news story always includes all of those elements. The reason for this is fairly straightforward: by including the details that a member of the media needs for a story or a filler piece, you make his or her job a lot easier.

Additionally, when the time comes to attract media attention to your press release, one of the things that you’re going to want to be looking at is the type of story that the newspaper picks up or that the magazine or news program tends to run with. By focusing on telling the story that they regularly use, you’ll find that you are able to increase the likelihood that you attract the media attention you’re looking for.

When you’re able to tell a story within your press release, simply put, you’ll find that you are able to attract more media attention to your news – and that will lead to increasing coverage.

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Attracting Media Attention: Making Sure That Your Stories Get Noticed

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Saturday, June 14, 2008 Leave a comment

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One of the best reasons to launch any public relations campaign – and to send out press releases to promote your business, products, services or events – is to make sure that you are getting favorable media attention. Of course, there are going to be some key elements that go into attracting media attention.

When you want to be sure that your stories get noticed and attract the media attention that you’re looking for, the first thing that you need to do is to make sure that the stories that you are releasing really are newsworthy – and sometimes that might mean making an effort to tie your product into something bigger. If you’ve got a great endorsement from a celebrity or your product is going to be featured in a major presentation or even a film, you’re going to want to include these details in your press release because that’s something that will be noticed even on a quick scan.

Sometimes attracting media attention is all about knowing what will grab someone’s eye. Sometimes attracting media attention is about making connections. While you want to be sure that you have a relevant, newsworthy press release of its own right, you’re going to want to be able to be sure too that members of the media take notice – and sometimes that means thinking beyond the news itself.

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Attracting Media Attention: Why to Put Your Press Releases Online

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Leave a comment

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When you’re looking for the chance to attract media attention to the events, products, services and news that your company has to offer, it’s not only important to send out press releases to members of the conventional media. When you want to be sure that you are attracting media attention to your news, you’re going to find that it is essential to get your press releases online.

Even when you are looking for the opportunity to attract the attention from members of the media who work for traditional publications, you will find that putting the press releases that you write online that they get noticed. Simply put, when you want to attract media attention to your press releases, you need to consider the fact that many members of the media spend time browsing the web for key bits of information that can lead to a great story.

If you are able to put your press releases online and to make sure that you are using those keywords that will attract the right attention, you will find that the web is a great ally – especially when you do more than simply adding your press releases to your own company web site. By distributing press releases online, you’ll find that it is more likely that they will be discovered; if your press releases aren’t noticed, after all, how can you be sure that you are attracting the media attention that you’re looking for?

There is an art to attracting media attention; you’re going to want to be sure that you are doing everything that you can to get noticed. Putting your press releases online is an important step.

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