3/24/2015 We asked Journalists: What are your top 3 sources for stories? 75% 68% IS THE PRESS RELEASE DEAD? Half of journalists polled check Wire services at least once a day. 41% 37% 17% 10% Email from companies/agencies Press releases Assigned by editor Twitter Facebook Other Source: 2013 survey of PR Newswire for Journalists members conducted by KPMG. MEDIA EVOLUTION Source: Comscore Device Essentials, U.S., Monday, 21st January 2013 1 3/24/2015 MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR NEWS FROM SOCIAL 85% use their smartphones before leaving bed in the morning Source: AOL Morning Rituals Study – Nov 2014 8 AUDIENCES NOW PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE Source: The American Journalist in the Digital Age – Indiana University May 2014 9 8 GOLDEN RULES OF WRITING GREAT PRESS RELEASES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lead with the story, not the brand. Headlines should be short. Lead with the why. Use subheadings. Use multimedia such as photos, videos, and graphics. Resist use of more than 1‐3 hyperlinks in a release. Don’t create news releases that are blocks of paragraphs. Have a call to action. 2 3/24/2015 IT ALL STARTS WITH A GOOD HEADLINE if your content is a gift, then your headline is the wrapping. …this? Would you rather get….. 80/20 RULE …or THIS? For every 10 people that see your headline… …8 will only read the headline… Headline Article …and only 2 will make it to the article. Source: uyr HEADLINE FORMULA One in five people 1 in 5 people Number/Trigger Keyword Adjective + Promise _______________ Headline + + Source: Jeff Goins 3 3/24/2015 HEADLINE FORMULA Source: Jeff Goins DISTRIBUTION VS. OWNED EXPERIMENT Large Grocery Retail Chain Distribution Media pick up Major media RANK 13 WIRE “Art of Dairy” May 3, 2013 Picked up multiple times Google search of store name RANK 35 NO WIRE “World Vegetarian Day” October 1, 2013 Online discoverability benefits (below the fold) Google search of store name Not Picked up Source: KPMG Image sources: • http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/chapter1.htm • AP Multimedia Drives Discovery IT ONLY TAKES 150 MILLISECONDS TO PROCESS AN IMAGE TEXT RELEASE TEXT RELEASE + 1 VISUAL ASSET Source: PR Newswire analysis of 2013 releases. TEXT RELEASE + MULTIPLE MEDIA MULTIMEDIA NEWS RELEASES & CAMPAIGN MICROSITES Source: http://neomam.com/interactive/13reasons/ 4 3/24/2015 ..A STORY AT THE HUFFINGTON POST CANNOT BE PUBLISHED UNLESS IT HAS A MULTIMEDIA ASSET, A SEARCH HEADLINE, A TWEET AND A FACEBOOK POST… Source: NYT Innovation Report 2014 Source: http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp‐content/uploads/2009/11/thank‐you‐for‐sign.jpg 5
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