Posts Tagged ‘Internet Marketing’

4 ways to optimize your news and get in front of the media

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

press release optimizationAfter a flurry of work into some exciting and upcoming developments that are about to be launched we are back again. Enough about that though, that can all wait for the press for you to see elsewhere.

You won’t find us putting in Miracle’s upcoming news in our blog. This can be suicide for a company’s brand, transforming it into a faceless corporation. Let’s face it nobody is as excited about your new up and coming “state-of-the-art”, “revolutionary”, “groundbreaking” product/service as you are. So relax a bit with the sell, sell, sell mode that you are so good at and show your blog readers that you are a few human beings that make up your proficient company.

Blogs are a communication tool that builds brand awareness and nurtures a sense of engagement and not a medium to waffle on about your company; this will only make your customers turn away from you. This distinction needs to be made. Don’t follow the hype and “experts” that have made claims that “the press release is dead” and that they have made way for blogs. Blogs are becoming increasingly important, but they should hold a different communication strategy to the public then that of the press release.

The traditional Press release does need to altered, that much is true. The press release is still vital for company to get in front of the media, it just need to written with smarts so that it can be found through press release optimization and to grab the attention of journalists who see hundreds of press releases per day.

So many get this wrong and end up writing their press release so its looks and sounds like an advertisement. Be weary of this of doing this, the journalist could not care less about the product you sell, the amazing customer service. Instead there are a set of guidelines that should be followed to develop a press release that will be found, grab the attention of discerning journalists.

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How to use social media in small business

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
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Social Media in small businesses is becoming more common, many are aware of the potential benefits that can be developed. Many are still lagging behind as the recent survey by Citibank has portrayed (Reuters, 2009). 86% of small businesses in the US (under 100 employees) do not use social networking sites or do not find them useful in generating business leads or to expand business, can you believe that?! I sure can.

Small businesses that use social media correctly will be using it as a relationship marketing tool rather than a point of sale tool. To do this, it does take a considered effort and time to start creating the social networks that your business can benefit from. As within the physical world networks and relationships take time develop. Small businesses need to make time or hire SMO professionals to develop social media strategies that suit their business.

There are many social media outlets such as blogging, networking, and bookmarking. What is important is that a company does not get excited and start creating profiles all over the web and jump straight into writing a blog.

A business must get try and optimize the way they communicate their brands message through social media the first time. It is important that the message in which the company is communicating is integrated consistently with the current brand image and positioning. Social media has many mediums in which to communicate across; small businesses need to be made aware of how one should communicate consistently along these mediums.

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Search Engine Blues

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

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Majority of people use a search engine by simply typing a few words into the query box and then scrolling through whatever comes up in the search engine results. It happens quite often that their choice of words ends up narrowing the search unduly and causing them not to find what they’re looking for. More often the end result of the search is a haystack of off-target web pages that must be combed through. You can do better than that, and that’s what this page is about.

Well, just follow these four things, start narrow, Find exact phrases, trim back on the URL, and then look for similar pages. So if you make a habit of using the four techniques described above, you’ll be a much better searcher than 90% of all web-users. It’s just four things, and each will provide you with a better net for information catching.

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