Any tips for getting started in Public Relations?

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I think we all need to seriously get into public relations and im compiling lists of contacts: journalists, sites with tip submission forms and the like in various themed categories

I need to create a killer press release but have no idea where to start.

Ive googled various things like PR writing tips etc but they all seem to give you bland templates

anyone had any success in this and care to share some tips?

thanks
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Why don't you hire a professional PR writer for this?
 
Public Relations is a pretty complex subject and there is no right way to do it. If you're really serious about getting into it then you should study psychology, especially consumer psychology at a pretty in depth level. There's a few links to lecture notes on this subject if you look hard enough. I'm not allowed to post links yet, sorry.

It's easy to compile lists of journalists but getting their attention is another thing entirely. There's a service called PRweb if you want to get press releases out to journalists. It's a lot easier to get someone to do this part for you than it is for you to do it yourself.
 
In the today's media based world everything happens by network or relationship between person to person or group to group.
 
Someone shared 1-3 of the "finch sells" series last week..you should find it in the downloads section....Its got nothing to do with PR as such but will show you how to write a landing page or press release where every word means something...a proper call to action....If you dont fancy doing that find a killer press release that has impressed you and copy it ....not word for word but use the layout and energy of the piece for what you are trying to say .
 
I run a music blog and deal with most of the music PR companies, from the UK at least, on a regular basis and it would be a difficult job. Nearly all of them are rubbish at it though.

Journalists can find stories, otherwise they wouldn't be journalists and probably couldn't care less about your story. You've just got to forge relationships and build up mutual trust and have something in it for them to feature your story too rather than just expecting a favour from them without giving one in return.

What type/sector of PR are you interested in?

Bad news: it's difficult to do it well.
Good news: the people who get paid to do it aren't very good at it anyway.
 
thanks thats encouraging... the niches are music and technology - basically for music related web apps tied to brands.
 
the-dream said:
I run a music blog and deal with most of the music PR companies, from the UK at least, on a regular basis and it would be a difficult job. Nearly all of them are rubbish at it though.

Journalists can find stories, otherwise they wouldn't be journalists and probably couldn't care less about your story. You've just got to forge relationships and build up mutual trust and have something in it for them to feature your story too rather than just expecting a favour from them without giving one in return.

What type/sector of PR are you interested in?

Bad news: it's difficult to do it well.
Good news: the people who get paid to do it aren't very good at it anyway.
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Could you PM your blog link as I am in that area but not blogging. I would like to network that is why I am asking.
 
Getting stories into the mainstream media is easier than you'd think. A HUGE percentage of journalists do NOT fact-check, or at least not thoroughly. It's also astonishing how little they seem to understand blackhat methods and spam, and often cannot distinguish between real and fake sources. Can't reveal my methods, but that's the general idea...get their attention, and create very, very realistic source material for them to draw from, so you can control the content.
 
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