February 12, 2012

The Secret of Sending Press Releases

ChiefMarketer.com has a very interesting article that summarizes the essential elements of an effective press release. I’ve read a lot of articles on how to make your press release stand out and get noticed, but this article does a good job in outlining the strategies to ensure better pickup of your press releases:


  • Set an objective – who do you want to read your release?
  • Make your story relevant and real – how is your business revolutionizing the industry and what sets you apart from your competitors?
  • Sell your company – what makes your organization unique?
  • Drop names – they can give added credibility to your release
  • Punch up the headline – the headline is what sells
  • Provide hard numbers – stats grab attention
  • Cater to reporters – give them all the information they need and make it easy for them to write about your business
  • Remember the basics

You can read the article at ChiefMarketer.com

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About Isabel Isidro

Isabel Isidro is the co-founder of PowerHomeBiz.com. A mom of three boys, avid vintage postcard collector, frustrated scrapbooker, she also manages WomenHomeBusiness.com and LearningfromBigBoys.com. Follow her on Twitter and connect with her on Google +


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Comments

  1. Michael Levine says:

    Those are great tips. Thank you. I thought of a couple more thoughts.

    - Target some keywords.
    - Always good to use a PR publisher.

    Terrific link and thanks again.

    Regards,
    Michael Levine
    President
    RealStores
    Stores for everyone. For free.

    http://www.realstores.com

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  2. Willaim King says:

    Hi,

    The tips provided by you are really useful and informative. May I come to know the source of information for my personal understanding about press release? Actually what i think? Press release is a message for your customers to promote your business. I am not much aware about it because I am not from the same field so I want to take some information about press release. There are number of press releases available on internet but how can we judge that what should be good in a press release while writing or reading it? I would like to say thanks in advance to you “Isidro”.

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