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Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video)

Adam Sherk

At my first PR job I had to type in contact addresses from the hard-copy Bacon’s guide so we could mail merge and send out the press materials. Or stand over the fax machine feeding through one press release at at time. Seriously though, did you get my press release? –My press release.

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Five Newsworthy Stories for Your Next Press Release

ProBlogger

Most bloggers understand that online press releases can drive traffic. Press releases are powerful ways to reach people through search. ProBlogger has offered reasons to use press releases to promote a blog, and very sound editorial guidance on how to turn a press release into a blog post.

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Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com by Adam Sherk on August 14, 2009 Recently I wrote about the importance of including meaningful content in videos embedded in press releases. So far Google seems to agree.

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Be Careful When Choosing an SEO for Google Panda or Penguin Recovery

Bill Hartzer

All our links are submitted by our SEO experts in relevant niches with local listing, social bookmarking, document sharing, article directories, press releases, etc. They are saying that they do “local listing, social bookmarking, document sharing, article directories, press releases, etc.”

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Ripoff Report Strikes Back: Removes Code on Site Left by Hacker

Bill Hartzer

In a recent press release, Ripoff Report claims that they have removed code on their website that was left by a hacker hired by reputation management companies. The Ripoff Report has struck back against the so-called reputation management companies that claim to be able to remove posts about companies on the RipoffReport.com website.

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Types Of HTML 5 Content | Small Business Mavericks

Small Business Mavericks

Here they are in a nutshell: Metadata Flow Content Sectioning Content Heading Content Phrasing Content Embedded Content Interactive Content All of these types of content are in current use, of course, but HTML 5 provides definitions for them and specific protocols for deploying them within the HTML code. With Web 2.0

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Curiosity: One of the Three Cs of Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

The cap of the transistor blew off and embedded itself in the wall on the opposite side of the room! Well, I thought, if a battery enabled me to pick up a radio station 15 miles away… what might I get if I substituted direct-to-household current wiring for the battery? Note to readers : Have you ever seen a transistor explode ??