Having an Effective Press Release Strategy | The Communication Blog

Monday, January 4, 2010

Having an Effective Press Release Strategy

By Brock Hamilton

If I walked up to you and asked you what exactly is your press release strategy would you know what I was talking about or would you just give me a deer in the headlights look. Chances are you would do the latter. The reason for this is because many people are lost when it comes to having a press release strategy that is proven to work.

The harsh truth is that many companies big and small fail to use this in their marketing of the company. This can sometimes mean the difference between make or break. If you ask many business owners they have no idea what a press release is or how to use it in marketing, that is why I am here to help you through this sometimes difficult process and ease you into the world of press releases.

If someone were to ask you what your press release marketing strategy, would you even have a reply? Unfortunately, many businesses, both small and large, fail to use press releases as a part of their marketing strategy. Many business owners may not even be aware of what exactly a press release is, let alone, know how to use one to advertise their business. The following information will help you to figure out how you can use press releases as part of your marketing campaign.

The first thing that you need to know is what exactly is a press release. In short it is a written announcement of an event that is happening at your business, or to announce a product release. A press release does not have to written by a scholar, it just needs to give the basic information of who, what, when and where. Many companies will decide to have a press release written in house and will decide to do so as a cost effective method.

Now that you are familiar with a press release you will need to actually write the release itself. If you are not comfortable with writing the press release then you will have to hire a person to write it for you. If you hire a person to write your press release then you will also be able to get them to help in the distribution of the press releases. This will be an important aspect of getting the word about your business out to the masses.

Once you have the release written and everything a great idea is to take the press release and to post it to your website. This will help you in the fact that it will give you extra exposure to get the word about your business out and to make sure that you get an extra push in trying to promote your news or product. This has been designed as an overview of how the press release works and the many benefits that having an effective one will serve. If you really want to compete with the big boys then you will need an out of this world press release.

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