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Tips for writing an exceptional Press Release

Friends, Thank you very much for taking out time from your very busy schedule to read my blog(s). I really feel encouraged after reading your feedback in the comments column. Friends, presenting 61st blog titled  “Tips for writing an exceptional Press Release”.   A press release, news release, media release, press statement or video release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something ostensibly newsworthy. Typically, they are mailed, faxed, or e-mailed to assignment editors and journalists at newspapers, magazines, radio stations, online media, television stations or television networks. The first modern press releases were created by Ivy Lee. Lee's agency was working with the Pennsylvania Railroad at the time of the 1906 Atlantic City train wreck. Ivy Lee and the company collaborated to issue the first press release directly to journalists, before other versions of the story, or suppositions,...

Online PR – To keep your Reputation and visibility intact

Friends, Thank you very much for taking out time from your very busy schedule to read my blog(s). I really feel encouraged after reading your feedback in the comments column. Friends, presenting 60 th  blog titled “Online PR – To keep your Reputation and visibility intact”.   COVID19  has made online reputation  more important than ever and online reputation built by companies during the pandemic will have a lasting impact. The behaviour of brands during the pandemic would influence future decisions of the customers / buyers whether they bought from them afterwards, according to Edelman’s Covid-19 brand trust report.  During Covid-19, social media platforms have become the main source of information surpassing print and other digital media platforms. More and more people are now relying on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp to stay updated. Social media has become indispensible component of our daily routine which has led to a ...

Hospitality PR – Need of the hour to promote staycation or holistay

Friends, Thank you very much for taking out time from your very busy schedule to read my blog(s). I really feel encouraged after reading your feedback in the comments column. Friends, presenting 59 th  blog titled “Hospitality PR – Need of the hour to promote staycation or holistay”. Covid-19 pandemic shut down almost overnight (UNWTO,  2020 ). The pandemic has confronted the hospitality industry with an unprecedented challenge. Strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve such as community lockdowns, social distancing, stay-at-home orders, travel and mobility restrictions have resulted in temporary closure of many hospitality businesses and significantly decreased the demand for businesses that were allowed to continue to operate (Bartik 2020). While the hospitality industry is slowly recovering, the COVID-19 crisis continues to exert profound impacts on how hospitality businesses operate. Hospitality businesses are expected to make substantial changes to their operatio...

Advocacy PR - a strong and passionate voice

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  Friends, Thank you very much for taking out time from your very busy schedule to read my blog(s). I really feel encouraged after reading your feedback in the comments column. Friends, presenting 58 th  blog titled “ Advocacy PR - a strong and passionate voice” Recently I was reading an article titled – What is Advocacy and why should you care? The article has shared the ideas of some advocates about advocacy i.e. what does Advocacy means to them? An interesting read…sharing some of the ideas I liked and which prompted me discuss the finer points of Advocacy and Advocacy PR with you. Ø   People are often unaware of how to help, even after being introduced to a cause. Creative advocacy brings solutions/therapies to the foreground. – Ed Tessaro Ø   There are a lot of people with the same great idea who don’t know how to make it achievable. There are a lot of people who wish they could help and don’t know how. When an organization or individu...