Guidelines for Press Releases
1. Write Interesting Content - Make sure you write at least 200-500 words in your press release if there is not enough content people will not know what your news is or why they should care. Also do not write to much as people loose interest in what you are telling them if you go on about it to much, try to keep your information concise.
2. DO NOT Use All Upper Case - Do not use all upper case letters it is poor formatting and makes your news look like it is not professional and it will make people not read your release.
3. Grammar Errors - Even the best of us make mistakes so when you write your release reread it and then get someone else to read it over then do a spell check and reread it again. If you submit your release with mistakes it makes you look unprofessional.
4. Advertising - Do NOT include any advertising in your release. This is a news release not an ad so please write it as news not as an ad trying to sell your product or service.
5. Writing in Third-Person Voice -A press release must be presented objectively from a third person point of view. Refrain from using any sales pitch in your press release. Remove "you", "I", "we" and "us" and replace them with "he" and "they". Provide references to any statistics, facts and figures raised in the press release. Refrain from expressing personal opinions, unless they are done in quotes. Draw conclusions from facts and statistics only - not general opinion.
6. Copyright - Do NOT submit and news that is copyrighted unless you are the owner of the material. Any post found to include copyrighted material found here will be removed and the user who submitted it banned.