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Call it a left-brain, right-brain issue. Call it knowing where you excel and where you don’t. Call it effective marketing and management. Call it whatever you want; there is no harm in hiring someone to write a press release for you.
If you get to the point where you have a product, company, or cause to [...]

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Getting to this point, having an idea, business, or cause you want to generate publicity for and promote is like the old G.I. Joe TV tagline: “half the battle.” But the hard part isn’t necessarily over. Choosing the right press release writing service is perhaps the most important step in a marketing campaign, and an [...]

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New social media platforms seem to pop up every week it seems, and each one offers entrepreneurs, businesses, law firms, or publicly traded companies a unique opportunity to grow their business… if they know how.
As we begin the second decade of the 21st century, that may be the biggest “if” in marketing because it ties [...]

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It seems you can’t ride any form of mass transit, watch any television program, or even listen to the radio without being inundated with legal advertising. We’ve all seen them.
“Been in an accident?
“We fight for you!”
“On your side.”
And it all may very well be true. The problem is, these advertisements, these commercials, and these canned slogans are [...]

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You’ve taken care of the hard part; writing and distributing a press release. Now what? Well, to get more attention for your release you should head to the web. If your company has a website, post it. Most companies have a “news” section for this very purpose. It is also a smart idea to make [...]

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It just takes one.
One negative comment, one negative review, or one disgruntled employee could taint the way a business, product, or service is perceived online, and that’s not a risk that most small business owners can take. Imagine you are a customer looking to compare car cleaning services online. Both Joe’s Kwik Klean and Phase II Auto [...]

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Today is indeed the day to write an online press release. Why? Because it’s a holiday, and newsrooms are full of reporters who can’t get in touch with their usual contacts.

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How many emails do you delete every day?
Call it a seventh sense — you know a spam email when you see one.  What gives it away is its ultra-generic subject heading, whether it’s a sale on flowers or tips on enlarging a part of your anatomy.
That’s why it’s important to carefully consider your subject line in the press [...]

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You ask your friend whether she likes your new necktie.
“I really, really, really, really love it,” she says.
You realize by the third really that your friend really hates your tie.
What is it about repetition we think adds emphasis when it usually just adds insincerity?
The same is true for writing your press release.  Too much repetition [...]

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Because this is a tip from a PR pro I will tell you that unless you are a gifted writer, it is not easy to write an online press release fast.  You could use press release writing software, or follow a step by step guide to write a press release.  But at the end of the [...]

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