Do you have a special event, occasion, or unique story about your company? If so, you should be sharing it in a press release.
Press releases are an excellent way to keep your company in the spotlight. They allow you to share what you are doing in your industry with your allies, employees, customers, and prospects.
When you distribute a press release to the masses through a service like PR Newswire or PR Web, you increase your chances of getting picked up by hundreds of major media outlets, including magazines, newspapers, top media websites, and broadcast TV affiliates. Press releases can help open the door to inquiring minds – people who want to learn more about your work.
You should post a press release on your company website and email it to your lists whenever you distribute it.
To give you some ideas, here’s a short list of possible reasons for you to write and distribute a press release right now.
- New products that solve unique problems
- Business start-up
- Partnerships, especially with well-known entities
- Strategic alliances with other companies in the same industry
- New or innovative business strategy
- Restructuring your company
- Taking your company public
- Overcoming a major challenge that’s known to the public
- Influential executive retiring or resigning
- Comment from company executives regarding business or economic trends
- Announcement of research results
- Major anniversary
- Major new client acquisition
- Company revenue, sales growth
- Company name change
- Winning a major award or receiving national recognition
- Your company presenting an award
- Your company sponsoring an event
- Receiving sponsorship for a company event
- Receiving industry accreditation or certification
- Holding a free learning event such as a seminar or workshop
- Issuing a statement on a popular subject that positions your company as a leader
- Important, free information available to your target market
- Company speaker’s bureau
- Community work or philanthropic support
- Major company milestones such as a 25th anniversary or the hiring of a 1,000th employee
- A new board of directors
- A new website that offers more value and better functionality for visitors
A press release is a cost-effective way to reach more of your market while positioning your company as a leader in your industry. The time to start getting more customers and clients is now.
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