19. MEDIA ATTENTION IS GREAT.
A big news splash can provide a big boost for a•
specific event
Influential as long as your audience is paying•
attention to it
20. CONSISTENT SEARCH ENGINE ATTENTION
is also great (and maybe easier to get).
Significant when your audience•
discovers it during their own search
(“organic influence”)
Your target market discovers you•
because they were searching on a need
they articulated and Google finds a
solution that mentions your name
21. Do you want to reach•
your buyers directly?
Do you want to drive•
traffic to your Web
site?
Do you want to achieve•
high rankings on the
search engines?
Do you want to attract•
buyers who are looking
for what you have to
offer?
Do you want to compete•
more effectively?
22. OLD: push news to the press to
get them to write about you
Now . . .
press releases
are really not
press releases
anymore!
25. Your primary audience is no
longer just a handful of
journalists.
Your audience is millions of
people with Internet connections
and access to search engines, RSS
readers and social bookmarking
services.
26. THE WEB IS A BOOK
OF PAGES . . .
HOW MANY TALK
ABOUT YOU?
27. Every feasible news item is
newsworthy because it creates a
page to feed the beast!
Every story SHOULD NET 3 angles