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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. Guest Post by Rebekah Iliff. Rebekah holds a B.A.

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Press release: B2B Marketing launch Propolis online community for marketers

Socialmedia.biz

The platform consists of eight distinct ‘hives’, each dedicated to a different pillar of B2B marketing and overseen by a recognized B2B expert. B2B Marketing and Zapnito are already planning for the future of Propolis, with the aim of generating more content from users and hosting a number of virtual events on the platform.

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Multimedia with Press Releases Gets More Views and Engagement

Proactive Report

Every so often we hear that press releases are dead. Just recently the Google updates about treating press releases as advertisements had PR folk jittery once again. However, there is ample evidence to show that the digital age has given press releases a new lease on life. 2 and included a video.

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How to Tie Social Strategy into Broader Communications Strategy

Social Media Strategies Summit

Social media for government should form an integral part of any agency’s communications strategy, with 82% of Americans having profiles on at least one social platform. We released them first on social media on Twitter, and then later in the day, we did other platforms and traditional channels.”. The word spreads organically.”.

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Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live?

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? I want to stress that this issue is not unique to PitchEngine, it applies to many third-party release hosting services. Specific to the SEO implications, I believe that is still the best approach.

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Changes in News Delivery Give New Power to Press Releases

Proactive Report

We need to understand the current media landscape: What journalists need today, how best to work with them, where the opportunities lie for PR news material — and what that means for Press Releases. How does this affect the way we write a press release? The press release is available here.).

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Press Releases 1.0 and 2.0

Proactive Report

Paul Gillin makes an excellent case for the value of the press release: Yahoo changed the rules of marketing more than a decade ago when it elected to define press releases as news. Company searches in Google turn up press releases from the wire services – see this search for Reed’s Inc.