3 Better Ways To Submit Your Press Release
One of the easiest and most effective ways of sharing exciting news about your company is distributing press releases to journalists. However, journalists receive hundreds of emails everyday from different companies who want to make into their publications, so you have to make sure that you’re applying some best practices to catch their attention.
1. Get your story in front of real journalists.
Your press release isn’t going to do anything for you unless you can get it in front of people who will cover it.
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2. Know where to find journalists’ contact information.
If you’ve identified the section and the publication you want to pitch your story to, and are just missing the correct journalist contact information, make sure you know where to find it. To begin with, you can use limited free version of the sites below to begin your media list. Each allows you to look up a few free contacts before asking for a fee.
- https://contactable.io
- https://press.farm
- https://anewstip.com
- https://muckrack.com
- https://www.hey.press
3. Personalize your pitch by mentioning similar articles the reporter has covered.
There is simply no substitute for cultivating a list of reporters and bloggers who specialize in your field and writing them individually with your press release. Even better – include a mention of a recent article they wrote that was on the same topic as your press release.
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