Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Public Relations Tip #22 - Public Relations and Blogs

Public Relations Tip #22 - Public Relations and Blogs


Believe me (or not) ... having your own blog is one of the best FREE tools you can have in your public relations arsenal. You don't have to believe me.

Start your own blog any way if you don't yet have one ...

I've been preaching about blogs for a long time now.

I have 2 free pdfs you're welcome to have on my http://www.free-targeted-traffic.com site that both show you ALL the steps to having your own free regular blog AND audio blog set up and hosted for FREE in 3 minutes or less.

They do exactly that.

My B2B Tips blog at http://www.firstcontactsecrets.com/blog is #1 at most major search engines (the last time I looked) for my keyword phrase 'b2b tips.'

My Public Relations Tips blog is new, but is already picked up by several search engines and moving up in ranking each week. Like it or not - this stuff works.

You need your own blog.

Now.

Jason Miller has a great short article this week in WebProNews. Here it is. Check it out ...

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E-Marketing News Alert: Blog Readers Young, Rich, And Male

The citizen journalism phenomenon known as blogging has now reached the attentive and contemplative eyes of one third of the Internet population according to statistics released by comScore Networks. That's 50 million sets of eyeballs, the majority of which, according to Gawker, seems to be connected to (gasp) upper middle class young males. And with that news, e-marketers around the country are calling emergency meetings as we speak.

It's no secret in the marketing world that young men with money are the most difficult group to reach. For this demographic, with money to burn and unsettled spending habits, building a career usually takes precedent over TV watching, which is why tons of ad money is piled into Monday Night Football and the Super Bowl.

Read the Full Article

Ignore having your own blog at your own public relations peril.

Chip