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Focus on the News with Press Release Creation

By Amy Trainor
Oct 20, 2009
Considering press release creation, the first question that should be asked is why is the story newsworthy? The only reason journalist care about your story is if it's news that applies to their audience. If you can't prove the importance of yours story, you'll be lost before anyone even reads it.

Quality press release creation spells out why the story is important from the beginning sentence. Provide useful information about the product with direct words that command attention.

Attention doesn't mean salesmanship. If a press release sounds like it just has something to sell, chances are it will just get deleted or hit the trash can.

Starting with direct, strong language, quality press releases clearly state the story from the first headline and lead paragraph. If the journalist doesn't know why he or she should keep reading, you'll be lucky If you end up as scrap paper.

Make sure your press release illustrates the relevance of your story through concrete examples. Make sure the illustrations directly relate to the media branch's market. Answer the question of why their audience should even care in the first place.

Stick to the facts. Press releases that embellish lose the media's trust. Once you've lost their trust, you can never recover.

Quality press release creation stays away from hype. That's an immediate give away that your story doesn't warrant attention. If the story is worth anyone's time, it should be clearly illustrated through concrete language that keeps to the facts.

Good press releases stick to angles that are timely. In the journalist world, timing is everything. Late news smells like bad cheese. The deadlines journalists face are tight, which makes the news always hungry. Feed the hungry with concrete, factual stories that hook the interest. As news is shared, hooking the right media outlet is the first step to getting the world to listen.
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