How to build a press list

How to build a press list

If you haven’t done this already, you may be missing an opportunity. Most PR agencies will recommend that you send information – press releases – to relevant publications to get new coverage, but if you don’t have a PR agency or the budget to engage one – how do you...
How to build a press list

What makes a good marketing flyer?

  Everything is digital these days – but then you have to go to a live event and have nothing except your business cards to promote your business. It’s time to create a flyer. Before you call up your designer or open Photoshop, think about what you want to...
How to build a press list

LinkedIn – personal or company?

Many of my clients ask me whether they should be posting on LinkedIn as themselves or their company.  The answer is both, BUT – unlike Facebook, where Pages get a lot of traffic, company pages on LinkedIn are less visible. The pages that do get traffic tend to be the...
How to build a press list

5 ways to STOP your website working

I write lots of web content and work with clients and web designers on making websites user-friendly. That may seem obvious, but sadly the surveys reveal that, offered the option of a glitzy, pretty website and one that has fantastic usability for the website visitor,...
How to build a press list

How to get people to read your newsletter

  If you’re like most of us your inbox is full of stuff you don’t read – and don’t have time to read.  So, do you send your newsletter out and wonder why the open rate is barely in single figures? Just because it’s your newsletter doesn’t mean that all those...