Category Archives: Press Release

What should you look for in press release services

No matter what how much you SEO your website at some point or other you may want to include some press release services into your branding campaign. It just makes sense. It makes even more sense when you consider that Google’s latest changes have made it so that SEO has less of an impact. Getting…

The press release debate: Is it still relevant?

Public relations is changing. This is a fact that is not lost on PR companies, bloggers or the press. It’s often lost on companies with news to release however. I get queries from a lot of clients still looking for a more traditional approach and who try to rebuff efforts to take a more contemporary…

Are you sharing your news?

By Shelly Cone Do you remember those days when you were just a kid coming home from school full of stories to tell and your mom would offer you a freshly-made cookie, sit down and ask about your day? Yeah, I don’t know what I’m talking about, I didn’t have that mom either. But I…

Your press release is too spammy and other submission pitfalls

By Shelly Cone I get lots of inquiries on a daily basis from potential clients looking for press release services. Of those I close a few deals but some decide to go elsewhere for various reasons. Sometimes it’s because of price, other times it’s because they aren’t sure what they want. But the reason that…

Is your press release really an advertisement?

Have you ever tried submitting your press release to an online press release submission site only to have it rejected for some unknown reason? Or maybe you’ve sent out press releases to the media only to hear nothing back. It could be that your press release was actually an advertisement. There are a variety of…