35 Quick Tips for Writing A Press Release

Layout1. 1-2 pages in length.2. Double-space.3. 1.5 to 2 inch margins.4. Use company stationary with logo and slogan.5. Avoid bright or dark-colored paper.6. Center "News Release" at top.7. Place a "release date" under "News Release".8. On second page, type "page 2".9. Use company stationary with logo and slogan on page... Read More

Smashing the Myth of the Press Release

A musician spends years honing his craft. He writes world-class songs and performs them in a manner that moves his listeners to tears. He records a demo tape and sends it to record labels. He gets a contract and becomes rich, famous and adored.The lesson: demo tapes are the secret... Read More

10 Tips for Tantalizing News Releases

Want to get radio interviews and coverage in print publications to sell more books? Master the art of writing magnetic media releasesthat attract attention of editors and publishers. A media release (which also goes by its former name, the press release) is a one page, double spaced, single-sided document designed... Read More

The Four Seasons of Publicity - Building an All-Year Publicity

If you're like most publicity seekers, you probably think oneproject at a time. You've got a new product coming out in April,so you send out a release in March. You've hired a new executive,you'll put out a release when she's on board, etc. For hard-core publicity insiders, though, there's a... Read More

How to Tie-In With News Events to Score Publicity

It's safe to say that we live in interesting times. It seems wehardly have a breather between wars, tragedies, scandals,epidemics, circus trials and other events that capitalize themedia's attention. For the business seeking publicity, the "newshole" for more traditional stories -- new product reviews,business features, offbeat promotions -- keeps shrinking... Read More

Publicity From Thin Air

In an ideal world, your business would be overflowing withnewsworthy stories, and the media would be waiting with batedbreath for your next press release, ready to give you front pagecoverage. In the real world, however, it's not always so easy to generatereal news. There are only so many hot new... Read More

Grandma Says...

Southern grandmothers have often said, "there are only three times a respectable person's name should be in the paper: when you are born, when you are married, and when you die." This is the one area in which I part company with my grandmothers. Publicity... Read More

Press Releases for Every Occasion

To many marketers, the press release is something of a "one sizefits all" proposition. You want to get media coverage, you knockout a press release, send it to some journalists and sit back andwait. Of course, smart Publicity Insiders already know that's aprescription for failure. You know that your press... Read More

Press Kit Elements That Work

Considering how fundamental they are to the publicist's trade,it's always amazed me how lousy almost all press kits truly are.Your typical press kit is a bloated folder filled with puffery,hype, irrelevant information and worse. The vast majority ofthese monstrosities do little besides kill trees and clognewsroom trash baskets. The good... Read More

Forget the Press Release - Heres How to Pitch Like Roger Clemens

Stripped down to its core, publicity is little more than oneperson persuading another. You, the publicity seeker, mustpersuade a journalist that your story is worthy of receivingprint space or air time. Your ability to sell your story to ajournalist is what it's all about. If you've ever sat with an... Read More

MileSplit
Vincent Mauri's Epic PR In Ohio Won The Weekend
MileSplit
In Massachusetts, Grace Connolly dazzled at Brown Northeast. And in Illinois, Katelynne Hart dropped a PR for 3-miles. Click in the slideshow to find the top 500 performances over the past four days at 5K and 3-Miles. Or find each list in the links below.

GlobeNewswire (press release)
Fortune 1000 C-Suite Survey: 96% See Their Marketing & PR Teams as “Unwilling or Unable” to Prove ROI ...
GlobeNewswire (press release)
“The Proof survey is a giant wake-up call for marketing and PR teams, and their agencies too,” said Michelle Killebrew, head of global performance marketing at CA Technologies and the company's western regional marketing leader. “This survey places a ...

TransMedia Group to Paint a Swath of Publicity On Its Widest PR Canvass For Dazzling New Client, Prolific Post ...
PR Newswire (press release)
BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Prolific PR firm TransMedia Group has a prolific new client, the post-impressionist artist DUAIV. The firm that has worked with many impressive creatives from renowned sports artist LeRoy Neiman to one of ...

The Holmes Report
"PR Excels In The Complex," Richard Edelman Tells PRovoke18
The Holmes Report
WASHINGTON — Richard Edelman, president and CEO of the world's largest public relations firm, headlined the Independent Public Relations Firm Forum, kicking off the annual PRovoke18 Global Public Relations Summit. Edelman marked his Summit ...

Reuters
Philip Morris stop-smoking campaign attacked as PR stunt
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris International (PM.N) drew accusations of hypocrisy on Monday after using a four-page newspaper advertisement to urge smokers to quit cigarettes.
Philip Morris: Tobacco giant's anti-smoking campaign branded 'PR puff'Sky News
Marlboro-maker Philip Morris accused of 'PR puff' amid launch of £2m anti-smoking campaignThe Drum

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Forbes
Traditional Versus Digital PR: Is There A Need For Both?
Forbes
The last two decades have been a whirlwind of change. Email, social media, instant messaging -- there are now more ways to communicate with each other than ever before, and unsurprisingly, this revolution is changing the way that people consume ...

The Holmes Report
Q3 2018: Interpublic PR Agencies Continue Growth
The Holmes Report
While Interpublic's PR firms have consistently outperformed the market in recent years, PR revenues from the group's CMG were down for the last three consecutive quarters of 2017 and the year as a whole amid the economic turbulence that gripped the ...

The Spectator USA
When justice is a PR stunt
The Spectator USA
Last week the public was informed of the indictment of a Russian citizen, 'Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, 44', for conspiring to defraud the United States. What had she done wrong? According to FBI Special Agent, David Holt, whose girlish signature ...

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NewsOK.com
'Bite the dog,' buy this book, learn PR
NewsOK.com
A friend of mine wrote a book about public relations. It is a good book. I recommend it to anyone who dares practice the art of PR. There. Whew. It took nine months for me to be able to put those words down. See, my friend has committed PR for some ...

Vanguard
IPRA 2018: Russia, Japan, Turkey win Multiple PR Awards in Barcelona
Vanguard
In the ranking of multiple award winners among the PR agencies, Dentsu PR of Japan led with 10 awards in different categories followed by FleishmanHillard with Headquarters in the United States of America which won 6 awards for PR campaigns in Russia ...

Media Kit: 25 Component Possibilities

Media kits include a combination of information whether created for... Read More

Underestimating the Power of In-House PR

Do small-business owners always have to rely on large PR... Read More

PR: The Wildcard Marketing Strategy

What is the true purpose of public relations and how... Read More

Media Savvy - How To Lead, Persuade, And Influence

Media management has become one of the strategic tools for... Read More

Forget the Press Release - Heres How to Pitch Like Roger Clemens

Stripped down to its core, publicity is little more than... Read More

How To Write More Powerfully For PR, Offline And Online

Years ago when my Dad owned a group of local... Read More

Why PR Packs a Punch

Done right, it delivers the key, target audience behaviors you... Read More

PR Failure Defined

I define public relations failure this way:key audience perceptions are... Read More

PR Going According to Plan?

Think carefully! You're a department, division or subsidiary manager for... Read More

Making Your Own News

Getting a press release published in a newspaper or magazines... Read More

Permanent Press: Using Press Releases to Keep Your Company in the News

When is your best advertisement not an advertisement? When it's... Read More

Two Donts for Financial Planners Seeking Free Publicity

Many of my clients have had the misguided perception that... Read More

Photographs - Ten Tips For Getting Good Shots

Photographs are essential for getting good publicity in the print... Read More

The Press Release is Dead (Now Will Somebody Please Tell the Clients?)

In competing for a piece of business not too long... Read More

Meet The Media

Although media relations is not all there is to PR,... Read More

Your Online Newsroom: How to Give Reporters a Tip

It's hard to imagine a reporter working today who doesn't... Read More

Marketing-Minded Financial Planners, Focus on Main Points During an Interview

You never want to inundate a reporter with information, but... Read More

Financial Planner Marketing - Problems Are Good (For Financial Planners Seeking Free Publicity)

A common complaint you'll hear is that the media is... Read More

Media Relations: How We Landed on the Wall Street Journals Front Page

Media relations is a great profession.On good days, I earn... Read More

Using Media and PR to Your Advantage.

Lights...camera...ACTION.That's what often happens when people think of using media... Read More

How To Write A Killer Press Release

One of the primary tools still used by PR professionals... Read More

Much Ado About A Lot!

I say public relations can be a matter of survival... Read More

Top Five Publicity Myths

Most people consider getting publicity the most important part of... Read More

Did You Know That Even TV Remote Control Units Can Get Press and Media Coverage?

Did you Know That Even TV Remote Control Units... Read More

Tough Times, Tough Tactics

When times are tough, it's no time to ignore those... Read More