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How to Turn a Blog Post into a Press Release

ProBlogger

The post How to Turn a Blog Post into a Press Release appeared first on ProBlogger. If you’re an ace at writing blog copy, you can write an excellent press release. So, if you’re ready to put your news out there, here’s some basic steps to re-writing your blog post into a press release.

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NoFollow Links in Press Releases? How To Revise Your Press Release Strategy

Bill Hartzer

Recently, Google took the position that press releases were simply link schemes , advertorials for a business. Therefore, all links in press releases should have the nofollow attribute added to the links, so that the press release does not pass any SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) value to the website it’s linking to.

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PRFilter Shows Press Release Buzzword Abuse Still Prevalent

Adam Sherk

Press release search engine PRFilter came out of beta last week. It aggregates press releases from 10 wire services and distribution services and pulls them in directly from 60+ technology and media companies. Press releases from PR Newswire, Business Wire, PRWeb and Marketwire frequently appear in the listings.

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Night of the living dead press release

Socialized

Gini Dietrich admonishes PR professionals No One Cares About Your News Release, and goes on to advise against posting press releases (or links) to a company's Facebook page. Posting links to press releases on a company's Facebook page is not only acceptable, it's desirable.

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Creating a Communal Narrative: A Case for Skipping the Press Release

Waxing UnLyrical

While there are still some valid reasons for creating and pushing out a press release over the newswire, it’s far less necessary now than it used to be. Good reason: Press releases allow you to consolidate messaging and can act as true north throughout a PR campaign. Or, perhaps a better question is: What would you gain?

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Penalized or Banned in Google? Don’t Issue a Press Release Like IGXE Internet Gaming Exchange

Bill Hartzer

If your website is banned in the Google search engine or if your website is penalized, then I don’t recommend writing and distributing a press release about it. As a result, instead of admitting that they did something wrong, they issued a press release telling others that they should not hire network marketing companies.

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4 Top Facebook Mistakes by Companies in 2012

Atom Thought

Treat Facebook to push Press Releases: More often than not companies push their press releases intended for newspapers and magazines on Facebook. We have seen this become as bad as publishing scanned images of the press releases. If they.