WANT PUBLICITY FOR YOUR COMPANY? FORGET TRADITIONAL PRESS RELEASES! HERE'S WHAT WORKS NOW

Written by B.L. Ochman


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Be visible Make it easier for a journalist to come to you than to your competitors. If your posts in newsgroups and forums are smart and helpful, you can create a reputation for yourself as an expert. And journalists want to talk to experts.

Findrepparttar names of editorial directors of major Web sites, editors of e-zines and Online newsletters and analysts and address your pitches directly to these people.

The traditional press release is dead Journalists almost universally express disdain forrepparttar 125052 traditional press release. The vast majority of releases are formulaic, rambling and if they have a story to tell it is usually boring as hell and lost amidst superlatives and marketing babble.

Want to win coverage? Start by throwing outrepparttar 125053 tattered old print press release. Write like you have 10 seconds to make a point. Because online, you do.

The new message for new media Ten well-constructed story suggestions will dorepparttar 125054 work of 10,000 press releases.

Stories have to be individually tailored to specific outlets. The expectation of blandness, poor writing and bias is so ingrained in journalistic culture thatrepparttar 125055 form ofrepparttar 125056 press release has become entirely devalued.

Moderators of forums, newsgroups, Mail Lists and web sites have no use forrepparttar 125057 traditional press release. When you practice Reality PR you will learnrepparttar 125058 format they do need.

The Internet has rendered traditional made-for-print press releases obsolete.

Don't SPAMrepparttar 125059 Media While it is perfectly acceptable for pitches to be unsolicited, you need to observe a number of courtesies.

Relevance isrepparttar 125060 key. Readrepparttar 125061 publication, watch or listen torepparttar 125062 show BEFORE you pitch. Better yet, study several editions. Learn its point of view andrepparttar 125063 type of stories it features. Identifyrepparttar 125064 writers who cover your sector.

Give away your knowledge Write articles for online publications. Volunteer to be an on-call exert for a major web site. Make a genuine effort to help people who participate in forums, mail lists and newsgroups. Skiprepparttar 125065 bluster and bluff.

There is more to PR than publicity. If you're Number One in a field that affects millions of consumers,repparttar 125066 media will seek you out. Atrepparttar 125067 least, they will listen when you call or read release you send because a story about your industry wouldn't be complete if you aren't included. Approximately 100 companies inrepparttar 125068 United States fall into this category.

If your company is small to mid-sized, not publicly traded, new onrepparttar 125069 block or a behind-the-scenes business you'll have to learn other skills for spreadingrepparttar 125070 word about your virtues.

B.L. Ochman BLOchman@whatsnextonline.com Internet marketing strategist, journalist and speaker is the author of a new e-book on Reality PR ™ http://www.whatsnextonline.com


Good, Bad or Indifferent

Written by Bob Osgoodby


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Publishing your own newsletter also helps. It doesn't have to be long or involved, but it should be published on a definite schedule. There is a lot of different thinking on how frequently it should be published. Some people think that a monthly schedule is a waste of time, as people may forget who you are between publications. Some feel that weekly is OK and others, myself included, feel thatrepparttar more exposure you haverepparttar 125051 better.

Whatever frequency you select, it is imperative that it is published on a regular basis. If it is once a week, pick a day that it will be published and stick with it. If you are not going to publish in any given week, be sure to notify your subscribers in advance so they don't wonder what happened. Building a subscriber base is normally a slow process. You should have a sign-up process on your website.

You can use either a form for this or have them send you an email. A form isrepparttar 125052 preferred way as it is immediately identifiable as a subscription when it is received. If you don't use a form, then at least list your email address with subscribe inrepparttar 125053 subject so it doesn't get "trashed" withrepparttar 125054 rest ofrepparttar 125055 spam you receive.

Use something that will immediately identify it as a submission like mailto:bob@adv-marketing.com?subject=Subscribe - this way it will automatically insertrepparttar 125056 word "Subscribe" inrepparttar 125057 subject ofrepparttar 125058 email.

Whatever route you take on your road to building your reputation, probablyrepparttar 125059 most important thing to remember is thatrepparttar 125060 memory of most folks is short, and you will be forgottenrepparttar 125061 "blink of an eye". There are thousands of new prospects becoming available everyday. If you hope to do business onrepparttar 125062 web, you must not only build a good reputation, but you must be visible to your prospects on an ongoing and regular basis.



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