Comments on: How to get good press http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press Vitamin Features Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:45:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Zarko http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-317714 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:14:40 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-317714 Gill great article, and you look great as well. From the pic I picture you sitting on the beach somewhere chilling out and then when thinks begin to cool off you retract onto the patio of your five star hotel room overlooking the sea a begin to write about good press and self promotion. I can only assume that you where motivated to write this article by the events which happened to you that day. Probably a friend who deserved better then what she was perceived as in a some banal situation that set your mind racing, trying to figure out the perfect way to self promote. All this being said can you check this out http://mydataworld.co.uk and let me know what you think. Best, Zarko Gill great article, and you look great as well. From the pic I picture you sitting on the beach somewhere chilling out and then when thinks begin to cool off you retract onto the patio of your five star hotel room overlooking the sea a begin to write about good press and self promotion. I can only assume that you where motivated to write this article by the events which happened to you that day. Probably a friend who deserved better then what she was perceived as in a some banal situation that set your mind racing, trying to figure out the perfect way to self promote.

All this being said can you check this out http://mydataworld.co.uk and let me know what you think.

Best,
Zarko

]]> by: alan patrick http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-14683 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:46:29 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-14683 Nice article....great advice for those of us from techy backgrounds. How about a bigger PR 101 Article :) Nice article….great advice for those of us from techy backgrounds. How about a bigger PR 101 Article :)

]]> by: Richard Kuhlenschmidt http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-3477 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:07:35 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-3477 Gillian Thanks for the great article. My partner is a regular reader of your blog and forwarded it to me. We are just starting up and don't have a budget to hire a PR firm. this is VERY helpful. Richard Gillian

Thanks for the great article. My partner is a regular reader of your blog and forwarded it to me.

We are just starting up and don’t have a budget to hire a PR firm. this is VERY helpful.

Richard

]]> by: Colin http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-3343 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:42:17 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-3343 Good post. I thought this was a good (free) e-book about using press releases for the media and for consumers too: http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/documents/New_Rules_of_PR.pdf Good post. I thought this was a good (free) e-book about using press releases for the media and for consumers too:

http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/documents/New_Rules_of_PR.pdf

]]> by: Serge Lescouarnec http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-3190 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:16:11 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-3190 Gillian Thanks for your very detailed piece. Personally what worked best for me as far as press goes was a short article in a New Jersey magazine in their Nov/Dec edition. Even though the story was not available online, it got me a number of leads and a few jobs. One thing I have to say though is that it took 5 months between the initial contact and the actual publication. Magazines have their own rhythm. Serge Biz: http://www.njconcierges.com Blog: http://www.sergetheconcierge.com Gillian

Thanks for your very detailed piece.
Personally what worked best for me as far as press goes was a short article in a New Jersey magazine in their Nov/Dec edition.

Even though the story was not available online, it got me a number of leads and a few jobs.

One thing I have to say though is that it took 5 months between the initial contact and the actual publication.
Magazines have their own rhythm.

Serge
Biz:
http://www.njconcierges.com
Blog:
http://www.sergetheconcierge.com

]]> by: onelurv » Beyond tactics to grab the press - ego evolution http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-3164 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:33:58 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-3164 [...] How To Get Good Press tells about how print media still matters and how you could get their attention. [...] […] How To Get Good Press tells about how print media still matters and how you could get their attention. […]

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]]> by: Gillian Carson http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-2887 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:18:55 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-2887 Chris, Thanks for posting. I agree. If you can get the magazine staff to listen to your hard sell then you're on to a winner. But remember the magazine gets hundreds of calls everyday from PRs who are paid to follow up on press releases. So make sure your call doesn't blend in to the rest of them. Chris,

Thanks for posting.

I agree. If you can get the magazine staff to listen to your hard sell then you’re on to a winner. But remember the magazine gets hundreds of calls everyday from PRs who are paid to follow up on press releases. So make sure your call doesn’t blend in to the rest of them.

]]> by: Chris Anderson http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-2833 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:02:19 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-get-good-press#comment-2833 <blockquote>'Don't: Call the magazine to find out if they got your press release - they did.'</blockquote> Calling to follow up your press release might sometimes meet with some frosty (or flaming) reactions, but it will also increase the likelihood of your story getting published. A lot of press releases end up in the deleted emails folder without being read properly. A phone call allows you to pitch the story with some enthusiasm, and also show them that you are serious (its easy to send out a thousand press release emails, but you only phone a dozen magazines).

‘Don’t: Call the magazine to find out if they got your press release - they did.’

Calling to follow up your press release might sometimes meet with some frosty (or flaming) reactions, but it will also increase the likelihood of your story getting published.

A lot of press releases end up in the deleted emails folder without being read properly. A phone call allows you to pitch the story with some enthusiasm, and also show them that you are serious (its easy to send out a thousand press release emails, but you only phone a dozen magazines).

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