NEWS RELEASE QUIZ
1. I write press releases primarily to encourage journalists at newspapers and magazines to write articles about my company, or for broadcasters who will feature us on the news or invite us as guests on talk shows. 2. I write press releases only when I have legitimate news that the media think will be worth covering. 3. Because journalists are busy and do not have time to read long press releases, my releases are always as short as possible. 4. I try to include “who, what, when, where, why and how” high in the press release, preferably the first paragraph, so journalists don’t have to spend valuable time hunting for it. 5. When I write a release and journalists never print it, or I get no calls for interviews, I chalk it up as a failure. Then I start all over again and find something better to write about so I can get the media coverage I need. 6. I measure the success of my press releases by the number of clippings I have generated, or the number of TV and radio shows that have covered my organization. Give yourself one point for every statement that you marked as true. Tally up your points. If you scored 5 or higher, you are writing press releases the old way — only for journalists — and you are completely overlooking an audience that you should be targeting with your message: the end user who will find your press releases online, read them, and buy what you are selling, even if journalists think your story is not worthy of their time and attention. If your score is 1 to 4, you are doing some things right but you are still missing the chance to really make your press releases as effective as possible. If you scored zero, congratulations! You understand why you are writing press releases. You are writing them not only for journalists, but for people who are in a position to buy your products and services. Twenty years ago, the old way worked just fine. Today, thanks to the Internet, everything we have learned about writing press releases has changed.
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Dianne CramptonDianne Crampton is an executive leadership coach, team culture consultant, author and president of TIGERS Success Series, Inc. Dianne has been helping CEO's and Executives connect their employees to their core values and goals for over 20 years using the trademarked TIGERS team culture process, which stands for trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk and success. To download a free white paper on behaviors that build strong teams and behaviors that will predictably tear them down go here. Dianne's contribution to the 2010 Pfeiffer Consulting Journal (an imprint of John Wiley and Sons Publishers) entitled TIGERS Hearted Teams is available in November 2009. Her new book TIGERS Among Us: 5 Winning Business Team Cultures And Why, Three Creeks Publishing will release in March 2010. To receive publishing discounts, subscribe to the free TigerTracks Newsletter here. - Visit Dianne Crampton's Website |
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