Beatrice Said:

When writing a press release, do you submit the same piece to?

We Answered:

It depends. If you are trying to reach different audiences, you may want to tailor your releases to different markets. For example, if you are going to issue a release inviting the public to an antique show, you can have the same information to the local newspapers and broadcast outlets. If you are sending a press release to an antique collectors' magazine, you may want to go into greater depth about items for sale or on display, where the dealers come from, their specialties and oganisational affiliations.
In other words, consider your audience.

Rebecca Said:

Press release?

We Answered:

Try contacting the Public Information Officer of a large corp. or government entity. Ask them to perform this service for you not for profit project. Possibly one of them will perform this service for you for no charge. If your project is worthwhile, I expect you will have no problem finding someone to perform this for you "pro bono". Good luck.

Dennis Said:

Is £168 too much to pay for a press release distribution?

We Answered:

why should this agency get your message in front of more people who want to publish it?

what have you got that menas these outlets should bcarry your message / advertorial.

this agency may well send your message to 80,000 media contacts.. but
do you know how many of these are still active
do you know how many are relavant to your message?
do you know how these are borken down.. is it 80,000 fuly qualified contacts, or a mialing list with 80,000 names on
do you know how many of the contacs are for the same organaation

if you want to spend money get the agency to give you a sample of say... 100 contacts on the list.. or 50 customers of theires and ask those customers waht they thought.. did their press realease appear.

personly it sounds cheap £170 for 80,000 contacts
..actualy it sounds too cheap.. what are they doing for your

Lance Said:

How do you go about writing a press release ?

We Answered:

Write in the third person. Stick to the facts. Make it timely and interesting. Make your article answer some questions readers might have.

Write the important stuff first, so that an editor crammed for space can cut from the back.

Get it to the editor's desk and mark it "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE"

Good luck!

Jeanette Said:

HEADING OF A PRESS RELEASE - I am writing a press release and want to choose a suitable heading that fulfills?

We Answered:

No respectable reporter would go to yahoo questions for a heading for an article. Who do you think your fooling

Thomas Said:

Where do I find information on writing a press release for a new doctor joining our medical practice?

We Answered:

There are probably thousands of web sites that specialize in Press Release distribution and list their client's press releases on their sites - giving you many, many examples to choose from. Here's a few that I know of:

http://www.prlog.org/
http://www.marketwire.com
http://i-newswire.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/
http://www.prweb.com

Or, if you'd rather, I would be willing to write the press release for you. I have written many of them myself and have loads of experience. E-mail me if you'd like to discuss this further. :)