Category Archive: blog

Nov
01

Never Stick To a Deadline – BEAT It

Runners Competing

Beat the heck out of it! Just like everything else in this world, competition for publicity gets stronger every day – and avenues of communication multiply and broaden. Whereas a reporter in the old days used to put out a few phone calls to find sources, now he posts his search on private services that …

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Oct
25

Never Break A Deadline

broken deadline

This is tip that I’ll contradict next week.  But read on. First, yes, absolutely honor the reporter’s stated deadline when he or she sends out a query.  Maybe you set aside the query and planned to get to it, and then it got buried, and then before you knew it, the deadline passed and – …

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Oct
11

Become a Storyteller for PR

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Sometimes the best way to pitch a reporter on your business or expertise is to tell a real, human story about a person or event. This is classic storytelling and it can be appealing and compelling. If you can pitch a story that would make an interesting article in which your business or service, by …

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Oct
04

Free Recorded Webinar – Holiday Gift Guides – Get YOUR Product Included

Holiday Gift Guide Webinar

We just finished a quick and info-packed webinar on how to get your product featured in this year’s Holiday Gift Guides.  It’s not too late to get your product featured in many of this year’s biggest and best gift guides, and our webinar shows you what you need to do, starting now, to get going …

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Sep
14

Holidays as PR opportunities

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I’m not talking about Gift Guides here. There are ways to use common holidays as opportunities to create a little extra buzz for your company or product. Think ahead, get creative, and take advantage.

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Sep
12

5 tips to make sure reporters like your website

saige nicole website

Otherwise – why put forth any effort at all on attracting the reporter to click to your home page? When you’ve worked to send a pitch to a reporter that’s interesting, timely, and well written – and you’ve succeeded in getting the reporter to click through to your website, make sure your maximize the opportunity …

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Sep
10

The one-line press release – Muckrack

muckrack

We’re trying out a very “now” form of press release distribution. It’s the One-Line Press Release Service from muckrack.com. The deal? You submit a tweet with your newsworthy announcement via Muck Rack, and link it to your press release, website, your twitter account – whatever you want. Muck Rack adds it to their press release …

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Sep
09

Awards are PR gold

award

If you win an award for your business, product, or contribution to your industry or to society, that’s PR gold, for two reasons: First, you have a perfect reason for contacting a reporter with real news, and second, you can add the award as a credibility enhancing footnote or addition to your boilerplate in future …

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