Comments on: 7 Day Focus To More PR For Your Business – Ten Habits Day 11 http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/ The Renaissance Woman Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Focus Your Efforts – Ten Habits Day 10 – Angela England http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-682 Focus Your Efforts – Ten Habits Day 10 – Angela England Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:36:24 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-682 [...] more tips for focusing your blog efforts, and then click over to Ten Habits, Day 11 to learn how to market yourself. Or learn more about how I manage writing for multiple blogs and websites. Share and [...] [...] more tips for focusing your blog efforts, and then click over to Ten Habits, Day 11 to learn how to market yourself. Or learn more about how I manage writing for multiple blogs and websites. Share and [...]

]]> By: Ten Habits of Successful Blogging – Angela England http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-681 Ten Habits of Successful Blogging – Angela England Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:47:38 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-681 [...] go. More: Focus Your Efforts (by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlin) Eliminate When Needed and Work Smarter! Seven Day PR Focus (by John Sternal) [...] [...] go. More: Focus Your Efforts (by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlin) Eliminate When Needed and Work Smarter! Seven Day PR Focus (by John Sternal) [...]

]]> By: Lorie Huston http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-680 Lorie Huston Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:25:22 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-680 It helps a lot. Thank you, John. I'll check out marketwire and pitchengine. It helps a lot. Thank you, John. I’ll check out marketwire and pitchengine.

]]> By: john sternal http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-679 john sternal Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:23:58 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-679 Hi Lorie, great question. I'm a big fan of the paid press release sites like prnewswire, marketwire and businesswire. I honestly can't say I have a lot of experience with prweb. I use mainly marketwire because you can send a release and have it optimized for search engines for not that much money. And you get great pickup too. Pitchengine is also good for Seo press releases. Hope this helps! Hi Lorie, great question. I’m a big fan of the paid press release sites like prnewswire, marketwire and businesswire. I honestly can’t say I have a lot of experience with prweb. I use mainly marketwire because you can send a release and have it optimized for search engines for not that much money. And you get great pickup too. Pitchengine is also good for Seo press releases.

Hope this helps!

]]> By: Lorie Huston http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-678 Lorie Huston Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:24:49 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-678 You're right, this is absolutely a source to print and have on hand. Which I've already done :-) Another source I've located which may help in contacting journalists is here: http://helpareporter.com/. They will send you queries from reporters looking for sources for a specific story idea. The queries may be for magazines, newspapers, television, blogs or books. If you find a query that you can serve as a source for, you can contact the reporter with your information. It's free to sign up. I'm still in the prep phase of the PR process so haven't really utilized this source yet. But I have signed up and receive their emails. There seems to be a pretty wide variety of topics included in the queries, including queries for sources which are experts with social media, small business owners, work-at-home moms and experts in PR and promoting a small business. (Also a few gardening and parenting queries for those of you with expertise in these areas). This may be a source which can help with PR and promotion for some of us. Anyway, I intend to give them a try when I get to that stage. John, what do think of sites like PRWeb and similar? Are they worth the cost involved with posting a press release? You’re right, this is absolutely a source to print and have on hand. Which I’ve already done :-)

Another source I’ve located which may help in contacting journalists is here: http://helpareporter.com/. They will send you queries from reporters looking for sources for a specific story idea. The queries may be for magazines, newspapers, television, blogs or books. If you find a query that you can serve as a source for, you can contact the reporter with your information. It’s free to sign up.

I’m still in the prep phase of the PR process so haven’t really utilized this source yet. But I have signed up and receive their emails. There seems to be a pretty wide variety of topics included in the queries, including queries for sources which are experts with social media, small business owners, work-at-home moms and experts in PR and promoting a small business. (Also a few gardening and parenting queries for those of you with expertise in these areas). This may be a source which can help with PR and promotion for some of us. Anyway, I intend to give them a try when I get to that stage.

John, what do think of sites like PRWeb and similar? Are they worth the cost involved with posting a press release?

]]> By: AngEngland http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-677 AngEngland Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:48:54 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-677 Exactly! Sometimes the pre-steps to these seven is the prep work. I'm just glad that we have such a wonderful step-by-step laid out for us by someone who KNOWS. :-) Like I said - it's a post to print out and have on hand for when you're ready to take this step. Exactly! Sometimes the pre-steps to these seven is the prep work. I’m just glad that we have such a wonderful step-by-step laid out for us by someone who KNOWS. :-) Like I said – it’s a post to print out and have on hand for when you’re ready to take this step.

]]> By: John Sternal http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-676 John Sternal Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:55:37 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-676 Great point, Erica. Where you direct the media (when they do background on you) can make or break your credibility level. Get that blog/Web site in order! John Sternal Great point, Erica. Where you direct the media (when they do background on you) can make or break your credibility level. Get that blog/Web site in order!

John Sternal

]]> By: Erica Mueller http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-675 Erica Mueller Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:40:28 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-675 I'm wanting to do some things like this, but before I go marketing the heck out of myself, I want to look good. So, my first focus is getting my blog fixed. The theme I have doesn't even load properly all the time. (I want people to come back, not run scared!) Artwork is commissioned, ideas in place, and theme picked. Soon! I’m wanting to do some things like this, but before I go marketing the heck out of myself, I want to look good. So, my first focus is getting my blog fixed. The theme I have doesn’t even load properly all the time. (I want people to come back, not run scared!) Artwork is commissioned, ideas in place, and theme picked. Soon!

]]> By: AngEngland http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-674 AngEngland Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:21:05 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-674 Um honey - YOU ARE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! Lol! If they don't apply to YOU they don't apply to anyone. *grin* I did warn you guys I would be stretching you. ;-) Angela < Um honey – YOU ARE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! Lol! If they don’t apply to YOU they don’t apply to anyone. *grin*

I did warn you guys I would be stretching you. ;-)

Angela <

]]> By: Chris (@Suburban_Farmer) http://www.angengland.com/7-day-focus-to-more-pr-for-your-business-ten-habits-day-11/#comment-673 Chris (@Suburban_Farmer) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:18:30 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=914#comment-673 Very interesting! At first glance, I wasn't sure how this particular habit applied to me. But once I read it again, I began to see how I could modify use these ideas... Very interesting! At first glance, I wasn’t sure how this particular habit applied to me. But once I read it again, I began to see how I could modify use these ideas…

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