News Release Traffic Formula – Part 8: Publishing

Learn how to use news and press releases effectively to promote and grow your business. Part 8 of 8.

This is Part 8 of our free News Release Traffic Formula video course.

In this lesson, you will learn how to set up a publishing system using news and press releases that will keep generating new traffic and new leads for your business.

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Watch the video lesson below or refer to the video transcript:

Video Transcript

Hello, and welcome to module 7 of the News Release Traffic Formula course. This is the last module of our video course on using news releases effectively to promote and grow your business.

In this module, I am going to share with you an effective content publishing strategy that you can use to keep driving more traffic to your website and generate new leads for your business.

Let’s quickly recap how the news release traffic formula works.

First, you create a news release targeting low to medium-competition keywords in your headline using the KASH method.

You do this once a month and get your news release distributed to hundreds of trusted news and media outlets.

Google will then hopefully pick up and index your news release in 24 to 48 hours or less.

This will help boost your rankings for multiple longtail keywords in areas like Google search results, Google news, Google maps, and local search listings.

Your news release can also get picked up by many content syndication websites and blogs.

All of this helps to build your site’s trust and authority.

You then rinse and repeat the process again to boost your site rankings further, and drive more traffic and new leads to your business.

Sending out a news release every month should become a regular event in your digital marketing calendar.

If you’re looking at ways to grow your business online, then keep in mind that sending out news releases is just one of many regular activities that you should be doing as part of your digital marketing strategy.

Other areas include things like publishing content on your website, social media marketing, email marketing, video marketing, online advertising, and so on.

It’s beyond the scope of this course to cover these other digital marketing strategies, but there are some things that I want to show you that will make your digital marketing strategy more effective when using news releases.

The first thing you need is a digital vehicle that you can drive. This is especially important if you’re not a technical person.

If you want a website that you can manage yourself and make changes quickly, add new things, and move things around without depending on people like coders and developers, then I recommend using WordPress to run your website.

WordPress is used by millions of businesses around the world.

In fact, over a third of all websites are built using WordPress, so if you have a website, it probably runs on WordPress.

WordPress is also free, it’s easy to use, and more importantly, it puts you in complete control of your web presence.

You may not know this, but you can configure a WordPress website to automatically send you traffic, whenever you publish new content.

With an expertly-configured WordPress site, all you do is publish new content, and your site then automatically notifies search engines, social media sites, and many other online directories and content syndication sites.

This gets your content indexed in Google quickly and automatically, so people searching online can find you more easily.

So, here’s the content publishing formula that I recommend using, to get the best results online with news releases.

Start by sending out news releases straight away to build trust, authority, rankings, and traffic for your business and your domain name.

Next, find out if your website uses WordPress. As I just mentioned, most websites are built using WordPress, so yours is probably too.  WordPress is used to build all types of websites, including e-commerce stores, directories, corporate websites, and so on. You can even set up a marketing blog using WordPress and configure it to drive traffic to your main website.

As well as configuring your site to automatically drive traffic when new content is published, you also want to make sure that you have a newsletter or email opt-in form to capture emails from visitors. This way, you have a system for generating more traffic and new leads.

Once these things are in place, you then focus on implementing a regular content marketing strategy. This should include things like sending out a monthly news release, posting articles on your blog, emailing newsletters to subscribers, publishing videos, and posting on social media.

With news releases, I recommend republishing these as web content on your site, 3 to 4 weeks after their original release date. This way, you’re repurposing your content and getting the most out of something that you have already spent time and money to create.

The last step is just to rinse and repeat this process every month to keep driving more traffic and generating new leads for your business.

I mentioned at the beginning of this course that I run a free online business training website that attracts thousands of visitors every month.

The site is called WPCompendium.org, and it provides hundreds of free and detailed step-by-step tutorials on how to use WordPress.

The site runs on WordPress and uses the same strategies to grow traffic and rank well in Google that I’ve been showing you in this course. I have expertly configured it, so all I have to do is focus on adding new content, and WordPress automatically does the rest.

I then publish a news release every month to promote the site, and three or four weeks after sending it out to hundreds of news and media sites, I then republish it as web content on my site, under a category called ‘Press Releases’.

I also run another WordPress training site called WPTrainingManual.com, which also provides free and comprehensive tutorials on how to use WordPress, and another free training site called ContentManagementCourse.com, which teaches you how to manage your content more effectively and provides e-courses on how to generate new content ideas for your site.

I recommend that you visit these sites and take a look around. You can use the free tutorials to learn how to use WordPress, and how to set up an expertly-configured WordPress site or blog for your business.

There’s one more thing I want to show you.

You can use news releases to send traffic anywhere. You can send traffic to your home page or any other page or section of your website, or anyone else’s website, like a directory listing or an event page.

You can send traffic to your e-commerce store, physical store, your social media pages, social media events, and so on.

What I recommend you do however, when sending out news releases or doing any kind of marketing promotion, is to focus your strategy and your efforts on ways to build your own asset, instead of someone else’s.

Let me show you what I mean.

Let’s say that you plan to send out a news release to promote an event on Facebook. The logical thing to do would be to write a news release announcing the event and then add a link to the event page on Facebook where people can register.

In other words, as shown in the first diagram, your news release would send people directly to the event page on Facebook. Even if this is your Facebook page, you’re still promoting someone else’s asset, which in this case, is Facebook.

I recommend instead that you consider the second option.

Create a page on your own website to promote an event on Facebook, then drive traffic from your news release to your own site. Visitors can then click on a link from your content to go to your Facebook page, and register for the event.

This way, you’re still sending visitors to the event page on Facebook, but you’re driving traffic to your own website, and hence you’re building your own asset.

Let me show you what I’m talking about.

One of my clients runs a truck accessories store and they are involved in supporting good causes and community events.

One of these events was to help raise money for a young family going through tough times.

So, here’s how we used a press release to help promote this event.

Instead of sending visitors directly to the event page on Facebook, we posted an article about the fundraiser on the truck store’s blog, and we then added a link from their blog article to the event page on Facebook.

So, that’s number “1” linking to number “2”.

We then published a news release to promote the fundraiser and directed visitors to the article on the blog for more information.

So, that’s number “3” linking to number “1”.

A few weeks after sending out the news release, we then republished the news release on the client’s website.

So, even though it would have been easier to just promote their Facebook page in their news release, setting things up this way not only allowed the client to promote the fundraiser on Facebook, but they also benefitted in terms of boosting their rankings, generating more traffic, and increasing awareness online for their business.

This is a win-win way to use news releases to promote an external event, and improve your results online, while also building your own digital assets.

So, to recap the press release publishing formula.

Step 1, Use press releases to build trust, authority, rankings, and traffic for your website.

Step 2, if your website or blog runs on WordPress, make sure that it’s configured to automate traffic when you publish new content, and that you have a way of capturing visitor details.

If you need help setting all this up, visit WPCompendium.org, and WPTrainingManual.com for free WordPress tutorials.

Step 3, implement a regular content marketing strategy. Send out a monthly press release in addition to posting articles on your blog, sending email newsletters to subscribers, publishing videos, and posting content on social media.

Step 4, republish your press release as web content 3 to 4 weeks after it has been distributed. [weak break]

And the last step is to just rinse and repeat.

Doing this will help to boost your search rankings, and keep driving more traffic to your site.

Now that you know the power of using news releases to grow your business, the next step is to start writing and distributing regular press releases to news and media outlets!

You can either ‘Do It Yourself’ or get it ‘Done For You’.

If you write your own news releases you will save money, and if you choose a ‘done for you’ service, you’ll save time!

Something to keep in mind if you hire someone to write press releases for your business is that most writers probably won’t be familiar with the KASH formula, so you may need to rewrite your headlines.

This brings us to the end of the News Release Traffic Formula course.

Hopefully, now you know how to use news releases to help grow your business, get multiple search rankings, get more traffic and generate new leads for your business, get published on hundreds of trusted news and media sites, get indexed in search engines in 24 to 48 hours or less, and keep your site ranking faster, higher, and longer in the search engines.

Thank you for watching these videos, and I wish you great success!

• Return to the video course outline.

Resources

Press Release Distribution Services

• EIN Presswire– Use this press release distribution service to reach a global audience through a vast network of media contacts and partnerships.
• eReleases – A reliable press release distribution service with a vast network of media contacts that can help you reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and improve your online reputation.
• 24-7 Press Release – A reliable and cost-effective press release distribution service that offers affordable pricing options for businesses of all sizes.

Downloads

Submit more effective press and news releases using the downloadable resources below (no registration required):

• • News Release Guidelines – Refer to these guidelines when creating news releases.
  • News Release Topics – Use this cheat sheet of 30+ topics for news release ideas.

Tutorials

See the following lessons and tutorials for more information  about the topics covered in this video lesson:

• • Free Content Management Course – Email Lessons
  • Content Strategy

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News Release Traffic Formula – Part 7: Ranking

Learn how to use news and press releases effectively to promote and grow your business. Part 7 of 8.

This is Part 7 of our free News Release Traffic Formula video course.

In this lesson, you will learn how to use news and press releases to keep your listings and website ranking faster, higher, and longer in search engines.

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Video Transcript

Hello, and welcome to module 6 of the News Release Traffic Formula course.

In this lesson, you will learn how to keep your listings ranking faster, higher, and longer in the search engines.

So, let’s talk about using news releases to get better results.

Let’s start with how to get faster rankings in Google search engine result pages.

As we’ve already seen, Google can pick up and index press releases in 24 hours or less.

I’ve also seen Google pick up and index news releases in less than 2 hours.

And I’ve also seen news releases showing up in Google’s search results in less than 30 minutes.

In fact, I’ve even seen Google pick up news releases less than 5 minutes after being sent out!

In terms of getting ranked faster then, it’s hard to beat press releases, because as we talked about earlier, Google favors content from trusted authority sites.

If your website is new, it’s going to take time to build authority and trust with Google, even if you’re publishing a lot of great content on a regular basis.

There seems to be a hump that new sites have to get over before Google says, “ok, I trust you and I’ll start to pick up your content faster now!”

In the next lesson, I’ll show you how to speed up this process, but the fact is, trying to get content on your site ranked faster, takes longer than ranking content on sites that Google already trusts.

This is why news releases are a great way to get your content ranked faster while you build trust and authority for your website.

Let’s talk now about getting higher search rankings.

As we’ve already seen, if you focus on targeting long-tail keywords, and apply methods like the KASH formula in your headline to create lots of keyword combinations, your news release will get you ranked in dozens…even hundreds of listings, for multiple keyword phrases!

If you have access to keyword ranking reports, you can click on the keywords in your report to check your rankings.

Sometimes, you can also improve your rankings by tweaking your titles and using data from keyword ranking reports to create new content targeting those keywords.

So, as we’ve seen earlier, a single news release can get you ranked for multiple keywords.

Getting ranked for multiple keywords helps to build your authority, which then helps your site get ranked higher.

So, the strategy is to use regular news releases to rank higher for multiple long-tail keywords, using KASH formula headlines.

This will not only get you multiple search listings, but it also helps to build authority for your website, and drive your site’s rankings higher.

Keep this process going, and you could find that in some cases, you’ll start to get multiple rankings in multiple search listings, and maybe even own the results page!

We’ve talked about using news releases to get faster and higher rankings. Let’s talk now about how to stay ranked longer.

Here, you can see that 4 months after this news release was sent out, Google was still indexing over two hundred and fifty entries.

When I checked the first 5 news releases that WPCompendium.org sent out, Google was still indexing over 300 entries over one year later.

Press releases, then, can keep you ranking longer in Google’s search results.

So, what’s the magic formula to getting faster, higher, and longer search engine rankings with news releases?

The magic formula is this.

Send out a news release every month using the KASH formula, and this will boost your search engine rankings, drive more traffic to your website, and send new leads and customers to your business!

You’ve seen the proof!

I’ve worked with a number of businesses that don’t have much time or money to spend on digital marketing, but you can start to improve your results straight away just by sending out one news release every month to hundreds of news and media outlets!

The secret science behind this magic formula is the cumulative effect of sending out just 1 news release every month, targeting multiple longtail keywords using the KASH formula.

So, consistency is the key.

Large companies send out press releases all the time because they know it works.

Most small businesses, however, don’t know how to use news releases effectively.

Just 1 news release per month is all you need to start improving your results.

One last thing I want to cover in this video is using news releases to drive more traffic to your website.

You need to commit to publishing at least one news release a month.

Don’t stop after sending out just one or two releases. Keep going with it for at least 6 to 12 months and monitor your traffic.

There is a certain tipping point, where the cumulative effect kicks in, and your traffic then goes to a whole new level.

Of course, it also helps if you’re doing other things to promote your site and not just relying on news releases to do all of the heavy work. I talk a little bit about integrating news releases into your content marketing strategy in the next lesson.

So, to summarize what we’ve covered in this video, the magic formula and the secret to success with press releases is consistency.

Just 1 news release per month using the KASH method can boost your search rankings, drive more traffic to your website, and send new leads and customers to your business.

This is the end of Module 6.

In the next module, we’ll look at how to set up an effective content publishing strategy to keep driving more traffic to your website and generate new leads for your business.

Thank you for watching this video, and I’ll see you in the next lesson.

• Go to the next lesson: Publishing Formula
• Return to the video course outline.

Resources

Press Release Distribution Services

• EIN Presswire– Use this press release distribution service to reach a global audience through a vast network of media contacts and partnerships.
• eReleases – A reliable press release distribution service with a vast network of media contacts that can help you reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and improve your online reputation.
• 24-7 Press Release – A reliable and cost-effective press release distribution service that offers affordable pricing options for businesses of all sizes.

Downloads

Submit more effective press and news releases using the downloadable resources below (no registration required):

• • News Release Guidelines – Refer to these guidelines when creating news releases.
  • News Release Topics – Use this cheat sheet of 30+ topics for news release ideas.

Tutorials

See the following lessons and tutorials for more information  about the topics covered in this video lesson:

• • Free Content Management Course – Email Lessons
  • Content Strategy

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News Release Traffic Formula – Part 6: Approval

Learn how to use news and press releases effectively to promote and grow your business. Part 6 of 8.

This is Part 6 of our free News Release Traffic Formula video course.

In this lesson, you will learn how to get your news or press release approved fast for distribution to hundreds of news and media outlets that can help boost your search engine rankings and send you traffic.

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Video Transcript

Hello, and welcome to module 5 of the News Release Traffic Formula course.

In this module, I am going to show you how to get your news releases approved and distributed to hundreds of traffic-generating sites.

There’s really only one thing you need to do to get your news releases approved, and that is to follow the guidelines of your distribution service provider.

We covered most of those guidelines in the previous training module.

If you don’t follow the guidelines, your news release may not be approved.

For example, if your headline exceeds the maximum number of characters allowed, then your news release won’t be approved until you edit your headline and resubmit for review.

The most common reason why submissions are rejected is that the body contains content written in the first or second person. For example, “I”, “You”, “We”, “Our”, and so on.

Unless you’re quoting someone directly, don’t use 1st or 2nd person pronouns in your content.

Always write your news release in the third person.

Before submitting your news release for review and approval, use this checklist to make sure that you have completed the following.

1. Check that your news release has a newsworthy headline, and doesn’t exceed the character or word limit.
2. Make sure that the body content is at least 300 words long.
3. Make sure that all facts and details are correct.
4. Make sure that the content is written entirely in the third person, except when quoting someone directly.
5. Check all spelling, grammar, and punctuation in your content, and fix any mistakes.
6. Check that all of the hyperlinks are working and that URLs have been written correctly, and
7. Make sure that your contact information is also correct.

Keep in mind that you can’t change anything in your news release after it’s been sent out.

So, if you don’t want mistakes showing up on hundreds of news sites, read your press release carefully one more time, and get other people to read it too before submitting it for final approval!

Now, for the second part of the process, which is getting your news releases distributed to news and media outlets, the service provider submits your news releases to as many sites as they have a distribution agreement with.

For example, I use a distribution service that submits press releases to over 500 media sites, so each news release I send out has the potential to reach many thousands of readers with every submission.

After news releases are sent out, I also get a submission report that lets me see where my release has been submitted to.

This report includes a Google pickup report showing how many entries have been indexed by Google, and a keyword ranking report that lets me see how well the release is doing in the search results.

So, to summarize, to get your news releases approved, you need to follow the guidelines.

Make sure you write in the 3rd person and use the checklist before submitting your news release for final review, approval, and distribution.

This is the end of Module 5.

In the next module, we’ll look at the Ranking Formula, where I’ll show you how to keep your listings ranking faster, higher, and longer in the search engines!

Thank you for watching this video, and I’ll see you in the next lesson.

• Go to the next lesson Ranking Formula
• Return to the video course outline.

Resources

Press Release Distribution Services

• EIN Presswire– Use this press release distribution service to reach a global audience through a vast network of media contacts and partnerships.
• eReleases – A reliable press release distribution service with a vast network of media contacts that can help you reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and improve your online reputation.
• 24-7 Press Release – A reliable and cost-effective press release distribution service that offers affordable pricing options for businesses of all sizes.

Downloads

Submit more effective press and news releases using the downloadable resources below (no registration required):

• • News Release Guidelines – Refer to these guidelines when creating news releases.
  • News Release Topics – Use this cheat sheet of 30+ topics for news release ideas.

Tutorials

See the following lessons and tutorials for more information  about the topics covered in this video lesson:

• • Free Content Management Course – Email Lessons
  • Content Strategy

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News Release Traffic Formula – Part 5: Content

Learn how to use news and press releases effectively to promote and grow your business. Part 5 of 8.

This is Part 5 of our free News Release Traffic Formula video course.

In this lesson, you will learn how to structure your news release for maximum results.

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Video Transcript

Hello, and welcome to module 4 of the News Release Traffic Formula course.

In this module, I am going to show you how to structure your news releases for maximum traffic and results.

So, let’s talk about how to structure your news releases.

In Module 3, we talked about the 80-20 rule, and how you should focus 80% of your time and efforts on your news release headline.

The other 20% of your focus should be on the content of your news release.

Creating the body of your news release is not difficult if you apply the formula that I am going to show you.

Most press or news releases follow this structure, which consists of 5 basic elements.

1. The headline, which we’ve already covered in Module 3.
2. A summary of your news release.
3. Media content, such as an image, your logo, or a video.
4. The body of your content, and
5. Your company details.

Each of these sections is important and contributes to the overall success of your news release campaign, so let’s go through each of these sections in more detail.

First, is your headline.

The purpose of your headline is to attract readers and make them want to read more of your information.

As we saw in the previous training module, your news release headline is the one element that will make the biggest difference in your results.

As we also talked about, you will get far better results if you apply the KASH formula to your headline than using a typical headline format.

In addition to the KASH formula principles we talked about in Module 3, there are rules you have to follow to get your news release approved for submission, and we’ll cover these in more detail in the next lesson.

For example, most news release distribution platforms include guidelines that need to be followed, like your headline not being too long, and having an active verb and subject.

Although the criteria can change slightly depending on which service you use to distribute your news release, typically you need to make sure that your headline stays under 80 characters, and a maximum of 15 words.

Your headline should also reflect the content of your press or news release, and be newsworthy, important, and recent enough to be announced.

Don’t use special characters and symbols in your headline, such as a trademark or copyright symbol.

Also, many services will ask you to create 2 headlines. 1 headline for your news release, and 1 headline for sites that post releases using a blog format.

Here are some examples of headlines I’ve used with my clients.

You can see that all these headlines use the KASH method. They also comply with maximum character guidelines and word limits.

I’ve also added an example of a News Release and blog headlines. You can see that the blog headline version is slightly longer. This way, we can target even more variations of keywords using the same news release.

Once you understand how the KASH formula works, you can combine KASH and traditional headline formats if you like.

For example, here is a list of active verbs commonly used in press releases.

Words like…

• Releases or Released.
• Reveals or Revealed.
• Launches, and Launched.
• Announces, and Announced.
• Donates, Donated.
• Warns, Warned.
• Finds, Found.
• Etc.

You can use these verbs with basic headline formulas like Company XYZ Releases Free Report On How To Build Equity In Your Home, or whatever the topic of your report is.

Or,

Website ABC Launched New XYZ App To Help Hearing Impaired Children.

Some more examples of other headline formats you can use include XYZ Clinic Reveals New Case Study On Migraines In Stay-At-Home Parents.

And,

Bedlam Furniture Store Donates $50 From Every Sale Made To Starlight Foundation.

One headline formula that can be very powerful to help boost local search rankings is to use the Location| Profession | Active Verb | News Angle format.

This creates headlines like Austin Children’s Dentist Says “Tooth Decay Rates Are An Embarrassment For Texas”.

So, in this case, “Austin” is the location, “Children’s Dentist” is the profession, “Says” is the active verb, and then we have the quote with our news angle… “Tooth Decay Rates Are An Embarrassment For Texas”.

The other headline in this example uses the same format,

“Sunnyvale Roofing Expert Warns Home Owners Of Serious Maintenance Neglect Risks”.

These headlines follow proven formulas, but they also include many relevant terms that will help the news release rank for multiple keywords in search engines, while serving its purpose, which is to attract readers and make them want to read more of your information.

The next element of your content formula is your news release summary.

The purpose of the summary is to let readers know what information is included in your news release, as most people will only spend enough time scanning your headline and summary, before deciding whether to keep reading or move on.

Your summary should clearly describe the content of your news release.

It should be one to two sentences long, and you will need to create two summaries: 1 x news release summary and 1 x blog summary.

Your news release summary should contain no more than 45 words, but your blog summary can be a little bit longer.

And don’t use the first paragraph of your news release as your summary.

I’ve included here two summary versions used in a news release that I created for a client, so you can see what these look like, and how they are structured differently, to conform with the guidelines listed here.

The third element of your news release is Media.

You can attach an image to your news release, as long as the file size doesn’t exceed the specified limit, which in this case is 1MB. Images must also be uploaded in an approved format, typically jpeg, png, or gif.

You can also normally add a video or video URL to your news release.

Now, there are ways to maximize your results when using media in your news releases.

For example, most platforms will let you add an image to your news release, such as your company logo.

Depending on what you are trying to achieve, however, a better use of your image real estate is to combine your logo with a call to action.

With Mirren Investment Properties, for example, we’ve added a call to action below the logo inviting readers to call the number shown in the image for a FREE consultation.

We did the same thing for the Pizza restaurant. Call Sergio’s number for Newtown’s best wood-fired home-delivered pizza!

And WPCompendium.org lets readers know that the site provides FREE WordPress tutorials for non-techies.

So … what we’re doing here, is kind of like embedding an advertisement with the company logo, but without making it blatant.

All the images shown here were approved and went out with news releases, so they all conform with the content guidelines.

When sending out news releases to promote the launch of a new guide or report, we found that adding an image of the report works really well, so these types of images can also be used with press releases.

The aim here then is to further maximize any opportunities you have to promote your business by using media in your news release to actively help drive more traffic and generate more leads.

In other words, don’t just add your logo. Add your logo with a call to action.

The 4th element of your news release is the body of the content itself.

This is where you get to say whatever you have to say, about whatever you are promoting or announcing.

General Guidelines for the body of your content are normally provided by the distribution platform and include things like…

Your content should have a legitimate news angle. It should announce something new, and or timely, and the tone of your content should be formal and factual, not casual or entertaining like a blog post.

Also, don’t make your news release read like an advertisement or a sales letter. This is very important if you want your news release to be approved.

Don’t announce discounts, bonuses, price cuts, sales, coupon codes, products, or service promotions, or include advertorials.

Another important guideline is that your content should have an impartial tone. Don’t include opinions, questions, or duplicated content.

There are also a few guidelines for the content itself that you have to comply with.

For example, news releases must be at least 300 words long. The ideal content length is 300 to 400 words.

You should include the city from where the release originates, which is usually the location of your company headquarters or main store, or principal place of business.

One of the most important guidelines for getting your content approved, is to use only 3rd person language.

In other words, don’t use words like “I”, or “we”, as this will make your release start to look more like an advertisement or opinion piece.

In a moment, I’ll show you the only allowed exception where you can use words like “I”, or “we”.

Another thing to keep in mind is that news releases should not contain sexually explicit material, illegal material, or profane language.

So, don’t use news releases to promote things that will get your press release rejected.

In addition to what you can and can’t promote, your content also has to follow specific formatting guidelines.

For example, you need to make sure there are no grammatical or spelling errors.

Use uppercase and lowercase lettering appropriately.

Make sure that each paragraph is spaced out with a line, and that your news release is formatted properly. For example, don’t use unnecessary double spacing.

Use appropriate punctuation and symbols, and avoid inserting JavaScript or other markup languages in your content, like bold or italicized text. The only formatting allowed using markup tags are hyperlinks.

With hyperlinks, make sure that links are formatted correctly, and limit the use of links in your content to 1 link for every 200 words or so.

Something that’s also very important, is to add a call to action at the end of your news release. Ask readers to contact you, or book an appointment, or visit your site to download a guide or special report, and so on.

Remember that no call to action leads to no results!

You should also include available contact information where possible, but don’t place email addresses within the body of your news release. We’ll discuss this in more detail in a moment.

The typical structure for the body content of a news release includes things like a minimum of 300 words and a maximum of 800 to 1,000 words. The ideal length is around 300-400 words.

This would consist of an initial paragraph, 3-5 main points, 1-2 links, 1-2 quotes, and a call to action.

Traditionally, a news release is written as an “inverted pyramid,” where the most important information goes at the top, and the less important information goes at the bottom.

The first paragraph of your news release, therefore, should contain your most important information.

Your headline should grab your reader’s attention, your summary should make them want to learn more, and your first paragraph should make them want to read your news release all the way through to the end.

An easy formula for writing the body of your content is to use the 5 Ws: Who, What, When, Where, and Why.

So, for example, when creating your news release, ask the following questions:

• Who is this news release about?
• What is the news release about?
• When is the event or promotion happening?
• Where is the event or promotion happening? And…
• Why is the person or business doing this?

Here is an example of the body content of a news release that conforms with the guidelines and specifications, so you can see how it’s structured.

Here, you have the 1st paragraph containing your most important information, then a link to the website where readers can go to for more information, followed by a few paragraphs with the main points of the release, and a quote from the client.

The content then ends with a call to action and links to more information.

This is just over three hundred and fifty words long, and it’s all you need to create an effective news release.

Another important point to keep in mind about the body of your news release is the power of using quotes in your content.

A quote kind of lets you sell or promote your business in your news release without breaching guidelines that would see your news release get rejected for being a blatant sales or promotion piece.

Quotes also let you use first-person pronouns like “I”, “we”, “our”, etc., which you can’t use anywhere else.

A good habit to form then is to think about what you really want to say to your target audience, then build a number of quotes based around this, and save these in a file.

You can then use these quotes in future news releases, and add them to pages on your website as part of your content marketing strategy.

Here are some examples of quotes that were published in our press releases. You can see that we have used these quotes to promote the client’s business while complying with all the guidelines for submission and approval.

The last element of your news release content is your company and contact details.

This section should contain information like the name of the person to contact or interview, your email address, organization or business name, your address, phone number, and your website URL.

Now, while your company and contact details are important information in and of themselves, they also play an important role in our news release strategy, as they can help to increase search engine rankings, and drive more traffic and leads to your business via the Google local maps section.

Let me show you what I mean.

Here’s how your company and contact details can be used in your news releases as part of an effective SEO strategy.

First, you need to set up a local business page in Google.

Next, and this is very important, you should use the same contact information listed on your local business page in every news release that you distribute.

Publishing news releases on a regular basis using the same contact info gets you more citations, and more citations lead to better local search rankings.

So, what are citations?

A citation is when your company is mentioned, cited, or referenced on other websites, online directories, review sites, etc.

Citations provide Google with credible information about your business. Google uses citations to verify that your business actually exists, that it’s a legitimate business, and that your business information is accurate.

Citations from multiple sources boost your rankings in local search results and Local Map Listings.

So, make sure that you have a Google Local Business Page set up, and use the same contact details in your news releases.

The important elements of a citation are your Company name or branded trading name,

Your telephone number including country and local area code, and the physical address of your business.

So, in summary, there are 5 main news release content elements.

Number One, is your headline. Create a headline using the KASH formula to attract readers and maximize your search rankings.

Number Two, is your summary. Use the summary to attract your reader’s interest and make them want to read your news release.

Number Three, is media. Don’t just display your logo. Try to incorporate some form of Call To Action, like getting people to call you to make a booking or appointment.

Number Four, is the body of your content. Use this section to funnel more traffic and leads with newsworthy content, links, quotes, and a call to action.

And Number Five, are your company details and contact information. Keep the information in this section consistent with every news release you send out, to increase citations and your rankings on Google Maps.

This is the end of this lesson.

In the next module, we’ll look at the Approval Formula, where I’ll show you how to get your news release approved, and distributed to hundreds of traffic-generating sites!

Thank you for watching this video, and I’ll see you in the next lesson.

• Go to the next lesson: Approval Formula
• Return to the video course outline.

Resources

Press Release Distribution Services

• EIN Presswire– Use this press release distribution service to reach a global audience through a vast network of media contacts and partnerships.
• eReleases – A reliable press release distribution service with a vast network of media contacts that can help you reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and improve your online reputation.
• 24-7 Press Release – A reliable and cost-effective press release distribution service that offers affordable pricing options for businesses of all sizes.

Downloads

Submit more effective press and news releases using the downloadable resources below (no registration required):

• • News Release Guidelines – Refer to these guidelines when creating news releases.
  • News Release Topics – Use this cheat sheet of 30+ topics for news release ideas.

Tutorials

See the following lessons and tutorials for more information  about the topics covered in this video lesson:

• • Free Content Management Course – Email Lessons
  • Content Strategy

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News Release Traffic Formula – Part 4: Kash Method

Learn how to use news and press releases effectively to promote and grow your business. Part 4 of 8.

This is Part 4 of our free News Release Traffic Formula video course.

In this lesson, you will learn the secret to getting multiple search result listings with every news release you distribute.

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Watch the video lesson below or refer to the video transcript:

Video Transcript

Hello, and welcome to module 3 of the News Release Traffic Formula course.

In this lesson, we’ll go through the KASH formula, where you will learn the secret to getting multiple search result listings with every news release that you distribute.

Before I show you what the KASH formula is, and how this secret formula works, let’s talk a little bit about keyword research.

What I’m going to show you in this video, requires no keyword research tools, or complex SEO methods to help you rank well in the search engines.

So, forget about keyword tools or SEO algorithms, because you don’t need any of this stuff when you use the KASH method.

There is a really simple and powerful way to rank for multiple keywords in Google using news releases.

It’s all about…the Headline!

Most people have heard of the 80-20 rule, which is also known as The Pareto principle.

80% of your results will come from the keywords used in your news release headline.

With news releases, the headline is what helps you rank higher in the search engines, and the content of your news release is what turns readers into leads.

So, focus on the headline for search engines, and focus on the content, for leads.

In a previous lesson, we talked about targeting low-hanging fruit keywords that you can easily rank for.

SEO experts call these low-hanging keywords, long-tail keywords.

Let me show you an example of a short-tail keyword versus a long-tail keyword.

Let’s say that your business is repairing laptops. If your business came up in the number 1 spot in Google when people type in a keyword like “laptop repair”, you would probably get a ton of traffic. The problem is that everyone in the laptop repair business also wants to be number 1 for this keyword, so you have to compete with everyone else, especially against big companies with big marketing budgets.

You have a much better chance of getting to the top of Google if you focus on ranking for a longer keyword with things like the brand name, model, and the name of your town city, or suburb included in the keyword phrase.

So, for example, if your business is located in a town called Springfield, and you repair Dell laptops, then a long tail keyword that you could target would be, “dell inspiron 3565-A453 laptop screen repair springfield”.

Long-tail keywords have less competition and are much easier to rank for.

They also tend to be keywords that users search for when they are ready to buy something or solve a specific problem. So, people who search for long-tail keywords, are more likely to be targeted prospects.

So, the first rule of the KASH formula is to target low-hanging fruit keywords in your news release headline, that you can easily rank for.

In our previous training module, we talked about targeting lots of low-hanging-fruit keywords, with low-to-medium competition, that attract a little bit of traffic each, as the best way to compete against big companies with big marketing budgets, who are aggressively targeting those more competitive keywords.

For example, we saw that if you can rank well for 50 targeted long-tail keywords that send you just 10 visitors per month each, this would increase your traffic by 500 visitors per month.

Likewise, if you could rank well for 100 targeted long-tail keywords that send you just 30 visitors per month each, this would increase your traffic by 3,000 visitors per month.

Let’s assume that your strategy then, falls somewhere in between these figures and that only 1 out of every 100 visitors contacts you for more information, or fills out an inquiry form when they visit. This would still give you between 5 and 30 new business leads per month.

Ranking for lots of “low-hanging fruit” keyword phrases, then, can be very effective at driving more leads to your business. It can also boost your ranking for more competitive keywords!

The other rule or principle of the KASH formula is not to put all your eggs in one basket.

In other words, don’t focus on the one keyword you want to rank for. Create as many keyword combinations as you can fit on your news release headline!

The intention behind this strategy is that we want to target low-hanging fruit with low competition and stack as many combinations of these keywords as we can, in our headlines.

I’m going to show you what this looks like in just a moment. What’s important to understand right now, is that you don’t need any expensive or fancy tools for this.

The only tool you need is 100% free, and you already own it.

It’s called…your brain!

Let me show you how to use this powerful tool with the KASH method.

To understand the power of the KASH method, let’s start by looking at some typical news or press release headlines.

Here are three actual press release headlines.

The first headline reads, Pizza Hut launches new pizza and gifts for the holidays.

The second headline says, RefToken Announces The Launch Of A New Cryptocurrency.

The third headline says, Drucker and Falk Named as One Of America’s Best Places To Work In Property Management.

These press release headlines were crafted by experienced marketing professionals, and they were written for well-known companies. So, if you were to hire an experienced marketing agency to create a professional news release for your business, they would probably write you headlines that look something like these.

Now, what’s wrong with these headlines?

Well, there is nothing actually wrong with these headlines. These are press release headlines created by experienced marketing professionals.

But, let’s take a closer look at these headlines, and see how many useful keywords each of these headlines actually contain.

If we focus only on the keywords that search engines will pick up on, you can see that there are not many useful keywords in each headline.

In the first headline, for example, we have the brand name Pizza Hut and the keyword pizza. The words launches, new, and, for, and the are generic, so they’re really not useful for getting ranked in search engines.

What about the words gifts, and holidays, is this something that people searching online associate with pizza?

How many people search online for Pizza gifts or Pizza Hut holidays? Not many.

So, in this headline, the only real useful words, are Pizza Hut, and pizza.

In the second headline, if we cross out all of the generic words, all we’re left with is the company name RefToken, and the word cryptocurrency.

The third headline is pretty much the same thing. Cross out all the generic keywords, and all you have left is the name of the business, Drucker and Falk, and Property Management.

So, in terms of SEO, the only useful keyword phrases that would rank in Google for these three press releases, would be Pizza Hut pizza, RefToken cryptocurrency, and Drucker and Falk property management.

Now, let’s compare these typical press release headlines with the KASH formula.

KASH stands for Keyword Stacked Headlines.

The examples I’m going to show you now are all from actual clients. You will see that they all use a unique method that is very different from the method that most press release writers use.

In fact, most press release writers don’t even know about the KASH method.

Let me show you three different news release headlines that I created for three different types of businesses, all using the KASH formula.

Hopefully, you will see that regardless of what type of business you run, you can also get the same types of results as these businesses have been getting.

The first client owns a pizza restaurant.

This restaurant is located in Sydney, Australia, and delivers pizzas to homes in the Sydney suburbs of Newtown, Enmore, Stanmore, Sydenham, and Camperdown.

So, we created a news release with the keyword-stacked headline Newtown Pizza Home Delivery To Enmore, Stanmore, Sydenham & Camperdown Launched.

If we ignore everything else in this news release but the headline, and focus on how many useful search engine keywords we were able to fit into the headline, then here are the results we got with just one news release.

First, let’s remove the generic word to, the & symbol used for the word and, and the generic word “launched”.

We are now left with a number of useful search engine keywords like Newtown, Pizza, Home Delivery, Enmore, Stanmore, Sydenham, and Camperdown.

With these words, we can generate lots of different useful combinations that Google will then pick up from this headline.

For example, here we have, Newtown Pizza, Newtown Pizza Delivery, Newtown Delivery Pizza, Newtown Pizza Home Delivery, and Newtown Home Delivery Pizza.

And the same for all the other different suburbs.

Enmore Pizza, Enmore Delivery Pizza, Stanmore Pizza Home Delivery, Stanmore Pizza Delivery, Camperdown Delivery Pizza, Camperdown Home Delivery Pizza, Sydenham Pizza Home Delivery, Sydenham Pizza Delivery, and so on.

It doesn’t matter what order the words are in. As long as they appear in the headline, Google will pick it up.

So, with words like Pizza Home Delivery, we can create additional word combinations like Home Delivery, Pizza Delivery, Home Delivery Pizza, etc.

We can also create all different combinations and permutations for each of the Suburb words in our headline. In this example, words like Newtown, Sydenham, Enmore, Stanmore, and Camperdown.

So, what kind of results did the client get with this news release?

Well, as you can see here, Google picked up the news release from over 300 news outlets less than 9 hours after we sent the news release out, and began ranking Sergio’s Pizzeria for all these keyword combinations.

Sergio’s Pizzeria not only started ranking in Google for all the keyword combinations in the news release headline, but the restaurant also got a boost in Google Maps, and search listings for neighboring areas, like the suburb of Saint Peters, which is near the restaurant’s location.

If we come back and compare the regular headlines that most PR companies create for their clients with the KASH formula headline, you can see just how powerful the KASH formula is.

Look at the headlines we created for the first two news releases that were sent out for Sergio’s Pizzeria.

Here, I’ve underlined all the keywords that Google will rank these news releases for.

With the bottom headline, for example, combining the words, creates many long-tail keywords like Newtown Woodfired Pizza Restaurant, Newtown Italian Pizza Restaurant, Newtown Authentic Italian Woodfired Pizza Restaurant, Authentic Italian Cuisine Restaurant Newtown, Newtown Woodfired Pizza Menu, and so on.

All these combinations got ranked in Google for this news release.

Notice too, that although this headline is designed to help the news release rank for many different search terms, it still makes sense to anyone reading it.

The secret to creating a successful KASH headline is to use your brain to create a headline that contains as many relevant search keywords as you can fit, and as few generic words as possible, while also making sense to anyone reading it.

Let’s move on, and take a look at the next case study.

Here is another example of a KASH headline that we created for a client who runs a property investment company.

Using the KASH formula to create the headline, the client began ranking in Google for all of these keyword phrases, with just a single news release.

All these keyword phrases are just combinations and permutations of the keywords used in the headline.

With only 4 news releases, this company was ranking in Google for dozens of low-hanging fruit keywords. Some of these keywords get no traffic, but some do.

If you remember what we talked about earlier, we want the cumulative effect of dominating lots of keywords that get a little traffic each.

So, if just some of these keywords get some traffic each month, this can translate to hundreds – possibly even thousands, of new targeted visitors, and a number of new leads every month.

Here are the results that Mirren Investment Properties got after sending out their news release.

In less than 24 hours, they were showing up all over the place in Google’s search listings.

You can see here, the cumulative effect of publishing news releases on a regular basis. You not only get to rank fast, but you can also start taking over multiple listing spots for multiple keywords and give your site a boost in places like Google maps and featured sections.

The idea behind the KASH formula, then, is to use news releases to throw a deep and wide net, to try and automatically catch loads of low-hanging-fruit keywords that no one else is even thinking of targeting!

You can also combine news releases with strategies like article writing, and paid advertising, to systematically start going after more competitive keywords.

Let’s take a look at one more example of using the KASH headline formula, and then I’ll take you through an example of how you can use the KASH formula to build headlines for your own business.

As you can see here, this news release got ranked in Google for over four hundred and eighty keywords. It also ranked number 1 for 285 keyword phrases and was in the top ten for over 420 keywords.

This screenshot from the Keyword Rankings report shows all the keywords that this news release ranked number 1 for.

I hope you’re starting to get excited! I know I was when I first discovered this method and started using it to get results.

Now that you understand how the KASH formula works, let’s go through an exercise to create a keyword-stacked headline of your own.

Remember, all you need is your brain.

For this example, we’ll create a news release headline for a dentist or a dental clinic in the suburb of Rouse Hill.

Here’s how we might start the process.

Open your browser and go to Google Maps and type in the type of business that you own, and the area where you operate in.

In this example, we’ll type in dentist rouse hill.

Now, it doesn’t matter if you’re already listed. We want to make sure that you stay ranked not just for this search phrase, but for many other related search phrases as well.

So, the first step that I recommend you take, is to make a list of all the neighboring suburbs or towns that you want to target for potential customers in your business.

In this example, our client operates their dental practice in Rouse Hill, but you can see from this map, that they can also target customers in neighboring areas like Riverstone, Schofields, Annangrove, Kellyville, and more!

So, write down or type in the names of all these suburbs or locations where you can target people for your business into your notepad or a text file.

The next thing we want to do is use Google’s own keyword suggestion tool to find more related keywords.

So, go to Google, and type in your keyword. For our example, we’ll type in dentist rouse hill.

This brings up a number of related keyword suggestions.

Look at the list, pick any suggestions that make sense to you, and add them to your KASH list.

Also, as you go through the exercise, add any other keywords that come to your mind.

So, for this example, some of the keywords you can see that I have added to my KASH list, include words like Dentist, Rouse Hill, Emergency, Children’s, Bulk Billing, Family, Dental, Care, and 7-Day.

Also…Clinic, Orthodontist, Implants, Open Weekend, Open Saturday, and so on.

Okay, so far so good.

Now, we have a list of related keywords, and neighboring areas and surroundings.

After just a few minutes of brainstorming, you should have enough keywords on your list to make up some great KASH headlines.

Here are just some examples of KASH headlines that we could create using the list of keywords that we’ve built in this example.

Rouse Hill Dentist Launches 7-Day Emergency Family and Childrens Kellyville Dental Care Clinic

or…

Weekend Emergency Dental Care Clinic Open For Rouse Hill Kellyville and Riverstone Children.

Now, how many keywords could we rank for in Google with these headlines?

Let’s take a quick look.

Here are just some of the keywords we would rank for with this headline.

As you can see, there are over 50 keyword phrases in this headline that someone searching online for a dentist in this area could type in.

Sending out a news release with this headline would not only get you ranked for all these keywords, but it could also result in hundreds of new visitors each month and new customers for your dental clinic.

To rank for these many keywords, you would have to write and publish dozens of articles or bid on dozens of keywords in Google Ads, and none of this dentist’s competitors are even targeting all of these keywords.

The same thing applies with the other headline that we created for this dental clinic.

So, publishing a news release with a headline like Weekend Emergency Dental Care Clinic Open For Rouse Hill Kellyville and Riverstone Children would get your business ranked for dozens or even hundreds of related keywords like the ones shown here.

And all it took to come up with two news release headline ideas that would get your business ranked for hundreds of keywords that can send you more traffic, and new leads each month was a few minutes of using your brain.

So, let’s recap the main points of using the KASH Formula.

• Focus most of your time and effort on your headline. Remember the 80-20 rule.
• Target long-tail keywords that are easier to rank for.
• Use your brain to create a list. You don’t need keyword or SEO tools for this.
• Stack as many relevant keywords as you can fit into your headline.
• Use as few generic words as possible. You can create a headline for search engines that makes perfect sense for humans, using a single word like “Launched” or “Announced”.
• And finally, just rinse and repeat this process with every news release that you write and distribute.

If you apply this secret KASH formula to news releases, you could start ranking immediately for dozens or even hundreds of keywords in the search engines.

And you can start seeing search results in multiple listings for multiple keywords, in as little as 24 to 48 hours after sending out each press release.

This brings us to the end of module 3.

In the next module, we’ll look at the Content Formula, where I’ll show you how to structure your news release for maximum traffic and results!

Thank you for watching this video, and I’ll see you in the next lesson.

• Go to the next lesson: Content Formula
• Return to the video course outline.

Resources

Press Release Distribution Services

• EIN Presswire– Use this press release distribution service to reach a global audience through a vast network of media contacts and partnerships.
• eReleases – A reliable press release distribution service with a vast network of media contacts that can help you reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and improve your online reputation.
• 24-7 Press Release – A reliable and cost-effective press release distribution service that offers affordable pricing options for businesses of all sizes.

Downloads

Submit more effective press and news releases using the downloadable resources below (no registration required):

• • News Release Guidelines – Refer to these guidelines when creating news releases.
  • News Release Topics – Use this cheat sheet of 30+ topics for news release ideas.

Tutorials

See the following lessons and tutorials for more information  about the topics covered in this video lesson:

• • Free Content Management Course – Email Lessons
  • Content Strategy

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News Release Traffic Formula – Part 3: Strategy

Learn how to use news and press releases effectively to promote and grow your business. Part 3 of 8.

This is Part 3 of our free News Release Traffic Formula video course.

This video decodes the News Release Traffic Formula strategy and shows you how you can achieve great results online using actual case study examples.

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Watch the video lesson below or refer to the video transcript:

Video Transcript

Hello, and welcome to module two of the News Release Traffic Formula course.

In this lesson, we’ll decode the News Release Traffic Formula to show you how to achieve great results using press or news releases.

Ok, let’s talk about how news releases can help boost your search engine rankings and drive more traffic and new leads to your business!

Let’s start by reviewing how press or news releases work and what kind of strategies we’re going to implement to get better results online.

We’ll break this down into five key processes.

Number one, is writing your news release. We want to create a professional quality news release targeting keywords that we can rank well for in the search engines.

The next step is distribution. After your news release has been approved, we want to send it out to as many trusted authority sites as we can, including news, TV, radio, and media outlets.

Step number three, is ranking. After your news release has been published, we want Google to immediately pick it up from all the news and media outlets that your release has been sent to.

This gives your site’s rankings visibility and credibility a boost, and it will happen automatically if you set things up correctly.

The fourth key process is syndication. Your release could get picked up by hundreds or even thousands of other websites and blogs looking for content related to your industry or niche.

Number five, is Traffic. We want to attract new prospects and more visitors from search engines picking up your content, and people visiting sites where they read your news release.

Let’s go through each of these processes now in more detail.

Step 1, is writing your news release.

Here are the key points to keep in mind when writing your news or press release.

First, a news press or media release is not a blatant advertisement or a promo for your business or your products or services! Remember, your news release must be newsworthy to be approved. If the content of your news release looks like blatant advertising, it will be rejected by the distribution platform.

So, your news release must contain quality and newsworthy content that will engage your readers.

As we will see in a moment, it’s best to target low to mid-competition keywords that you can easily rank for in your news release.

You must follow submission guidelines to get your news release approved. This includes conforming to guidelines when using the KASH formula that we’ll talk about in the next lesson, to help you get multiple keyword rankings, Google Maps listings, and local search results.

Typically, a news release can be around 300-800 words long. Ideally, it should be about 300-400 words.

You should also always include a clear call to action letting your readers know what you want them to do after reading your news release.

You should also include links to your website, or wherever you want people to go for more information. News releases can include links to your website and an image, such as your logo or a video.

There are many topics you can write a news release about.

You can announce something new like a product or service launch, the release of free information like a free webinar, free e-book, or report, or awards that you have recently won or been nominated for.

You can use news releases to announce contests, invitations, personnel changes…even weird or interesting news about your business.

News releases can also be used to promote good causes, like charities, community events, fundraisers, and so on.

The important thing to keep in mind is that you can use any of these topics to help promote your business, as long as there is a newsworthy angle in your news release.

After you have written your news release, the next step is to get it approved and distributed to as many news, TV, radio, and media sites as you can, locally, nationally, and globally.

With the distribution process, you also want to have access to submission reports and search engine ranking reports, so you can check all the places your news release has been published to and know how your release is performing in the search results.

In case you’re wondering why you’d want to send your news release to news and media outlets in other countries when you are only running a local business or promoting a local event, it’s all about the underlying strategy.

Publishing your news release on hundreds of trusted sites helps to increase your site’s authority, and boost your search engine rankings.

Not only that, but one of the key benefits of distributing your news release to hundreds of media outlets everywhere, is that your content could get picked up by journalists, bloggers, and social media users looking for stories or case studies to write about.

Another benefit is that with most distribution platforms, your content will often stay published, as most news and media sites publish, and archive news items under their own separate URL.

Step 3, is ranking.

Trying to rank number 1 for a keyword or search phrase that most of your competition is also trying to rank number 1 for, can end up being a long expensive, and hard battle that you might not even win.

How then, can your business compete against bigger companies with bigger marketing budgets, and more resources, who are aggressively targeting the most sought-after keywords in your niche or industry?

The key is to use a smarter keyword ranking strategy.

Instead of trying to go head-to-head against competitors for keywords that you may not be able to outrank, a smarter strategy would be to try and rank for lots of low-to-medium competition keywords that your competition isn’t even targeting, and that you can get to more quickly, and more easily!

For example, if you could rank well for 100 search phrases that deliver 30 searches each per month to your site, that’s 3,000 visitors per month visiting your site.

If you can rank for 200 search phrases that deliver just 50 searches each per month, that’s 10,000 visitors coming to your website every month.

A smarter strategy, then, would be to target low-hanging fruit keywords that you can easily rank for with every news release that you send out!

So, what’s an effective way to rank for hundreds of keywords?

Typically, to rank for hundreds of keywords, you would normally have to either pay for it, like bidding on hundreds of keywords using a paid method like Google Ads or publish loads of quality search-optimized content using methods like article writing, blogging, etc.

Ranking for hundreds of keywords then can be expensive and time-consuming, unless you know an easier, faster, and more cost-effective way.

In the next lesson, I’m going to show you how to apply the KASH keyword ranking strategy to publish news releases that can get you ranked for hundreds of keywords with every news release that you send out.

Here, for example, you can see that this news release got over 270 keyword phrases ranked in the number one position in Google, and over 300 keyword phrases ranked in the top 10 results.

Using the KASH keyword ranking strategy will help you rank for multiple keywords and multiple spots in Google’s search results quickly and inexpensively, increase your online visibility and drive more traffic, boost your credibility and authority online, and knock out other competitors from top search engine ranking spots.

We’ll go through all of this in detail in Module 3.

Step 4, is syndication.

News agencies, syndicate content from other news sites around the world, and so do thousands of websites and blogs!

They do this because all these sites need lots of content and writing lots of quality content is very time-consuming!

Syndicating content from news sites saves you time researching and writing content yourself, and lets you leverage quality content written by others.

Let me give you an example, so you can see why other websites or blogs may want to syndicate your content, which would then help to increase your rankings and traffic.

One of my clients runs a small business in the trucking industry. One of the methods we used to grow their business online, was to publish a monthly article and newsletter with industry news highlights.

Just so you know, I have no knowledge or expertise in this industry, so in order to create the content, I would look up recent press releases each month that were relevant to the trucking industry, and then create summaries with links pointing back to the original source.

This allowed the client to publish, and promote useful content on their website and newsletter that brought in more visitors, and new subscribers each month. The sites containing the original content also benefitted from this arrangement, so it’s a win-win situation for everyone.

Now, I spent about 30 minutes each month creating an article with industry news highlights, but this saved the client hundreds of hours of research and content writing every month.

There is an even easier way to syndicate content and that is to simply publish another site’s feed on your website, as shown in this example.

Syndicating content from news sites then is a great way for businesses to provide visitors with fresh new content without having to do all of the work of writing content themselves.

When you publish news releases, your content can show up in areas like Google news, Google alerts, RSS feeds, and so on, and many websites and blogs look to these sources for content that they can syndicate.

Google can pick up, and index your news release from websites and blogs that syndicate content from news sites.

The more sites that syndicate your news release, the more exposure and traffic you will get.

Content syndication of news releases, then, is an effective and sustainable way to grow traffic.

This brings us to step 5 of the News Release Traffic Formula, which is driving more traffic.

Publishing news releases on a regular basis, will boost your search engine rankings, and drive more traffic to your website!

Here, you can see proof that publishing regular news releases as part of your content marketing strategy, can drive more traffic to your website.

This site publishes a regular news release every month as part of the publishing strategy discussed in module 7.

So, let’s recap the key points of the news release traffic formula.

Start by focusing on targeting low-to-medium competition keywords that you can easily rank for. Ranking for lots of keywords that bring in a little bit of traffic each can add up to a lot of consistent traffic.

Next, commit to publishing a news release on a regular basis – sending out just one news release every month is an effective strategy.

Get your news release distributed to as many trusted news and media outlets as you can.

Google will automatically pick up your news release, normally in 24 to 48 hours or less.

Use the KASH method that I’ll show you in the next training module to rank for multiple keywords, and boost your search rankings in areas like Google’s search results, Google news, Google maps, and local featured listings.

Finally, rinse and repeat this process to boost your rankings, and increase your traffic.

This brings us to the end of Module 2.

In the next module, we’ll go through the KASH formula, where you will learn the secret to getting multiple search results listings with every news release that you send out.

Thank you for watching this video, and I’ll see you in the next lesson.

• Go to the next lesson: KASH Formula
• Return to the video course outline.

Resources

Press Release Distribution Services

• EIN Presswire– Use this press release distribution service to reach a global audience through a vast network of media contacts and partnerships.
• eReleases – is another reliable press release distribution service with a vast network of media contacts that can help you reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and improve your online reputation.
• 24-7 Press Release – A reliable and cost-effective press release distribution service that offers affordable pricing options for businesses of all sizes.

Downloads

Submit more effective press and news releases using the downloadable resources below (no registration required):

• • News Release Guidelines – Refer to these guidelines when creating news releases.
  • News Release Topics – Use this cheat sheet of 30+ topics for news release ideas.

Tutorials

See the following lessons and tutorials for more information  about the topics covered in this video lesson:

• • Free Content Management Course – Email Lessons
  • Content Strategy

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News Release Traffic Formula – Part 1: Overview

Learn how to use news and press releases effectively to promote and grow your business. Part 1 of 8.

This is Part 1 of our free News Release Traffic Formula video course.

This video provides an overview of the course structure. Please watch this video first before watching the other videos in this course.

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Watch the video lesson below or refer to the video transcript:

Video Transcript

Hello, and welcome to the News Release Traffic Formula course!

This course will teach you how to use news and press releases to boost your search engine rankings, and drive more customers and leads to your business!

This course was recently updated, and the video’s audio narration has been re-recorded using an AI voice and text-to-speech software as part of an experiment and research into using AI to create digital content.

I hope that you’re ok with this approach and that you will focus on the message, not the messenger.  Go through this course, glean the valuable information it contains, and use it to benefit and grow your business.

Before we get started, let me just tell you a little bit about the course creator.

This course was originally created by Martin Aranovitch. Martin has been building businesses online since two thousand and one.

He has presented seminars and workshops and authored many training books, e-courses, and digital products.

Martin also runs a number of websites, including a free content management course website called ContentManagementCourse.com, and a free WordPress tutorials website for beginners and non-coders called WPTrainingManual.com.

The examples that I will be showing you in this course come from clients that have used the methods taught in this training.

The aim of this course is not just to teach you how to write an effective news or press release, it’s also to show you how to use news and press releases to get better search engine rankings in Google, drive more traffic to your website, social media, or event pages, generate new leads and customers for your business, and a whole lot more!

What you will learn in the News Release Traffic Formula course can be used with any press release service.  You can even use this information to start your own business, offering news release writing services.

No matter what type of business you own or what kind of event you’re promoting, this course will show you how to get better results faster and more cost-effectively.

The News Release Traffic Formula course takes you step-by-step through this process.  In these video lessons, I’ll show you what kind of results you can expect to get and teach you the strategies that will help you get similar results.

Module 1, Introduction, provides an overview of why news releases are your secret weapon to getting higher search engine rankings, more traffic, and new leads for your business.

In Module 2, Success Formula, we decode the News Release Traffic Formula and look at key processes that will improve your results.

In Module 3, KASH Formula, you will learn the secret to getting multiple search listings with every news release that you send out.

Module 4, Content Formula, shows you how to structure your news releases for maximum traffic and results.

Module 5, Approval Formula, shows you how to get your news releases approved quickly and distributed to hundreds of news and media sites that will get you indexed and ranked quickly in search engines.

Module 6, Ranking Formula, shows you how to keep your listings ranking in search engines faster, higher, and longer.

And in Module 7, Publishing Formula, you will learn how to keep driving more traffic to your website and generate new leads for your business, using an effective content publishing strategy.

This course contains video tutorials, practical assignments, case studies, links to useful resources, downloadable templates, and additional information.

So, what kind of results can you expect to get from the News Release Traffic Formula course?

Typically, all news or press releases follow the same process. You write a news release, make sure that it gets approved for submission, and then distribute it to as many sites as you can.

What makes the News Release Traffic Formula different, is that we add a clever twist during the writing stage. This is the secret KASH formula that you will learn about in training module number 3.

This clever little twist ensures that your news and press releases can rank for dozens or even hundreds of keywords.

Once you understand how the KASH formula works, you will then start to see results like what I am about to show you.

So, here are just some of the results we obtained with a client who owns a pizza restaurant.

Google picked up their first news release around 9 hours after submission and indexed over 300 results, many of those ranking in the number 1 position of the Google news section.

We then followed this up with a second news release one month later.

After only 2 news releases, Sergio’s Pizzeria started ranking for multiple keywords, as you can see here.

The restaurant not only ranked well for many search terms, but it also started getting featured in the local maps section.

If you own a local business, this is the spot where you want your listing to show, when customers search online for businesses like yours.

Here are the results of another client who runs an investment property company.

This company got ranked very quickly for multiple keywords on many different results pages, as well as listings on Google Maps, and featured listing sections.

Here, for example, you can see that this company was listed in positions number 1, 2, 3, and 6, as well as in the local map section.

This is just one example of dozens of keywords that this company ranked for with the news release strategy that you will learn in this course.

What makes the News Release Traffic Formula strategy so powerful, is that it only takes a few press releases to rank for hundreds of keywords.

To rank for hundreds of keywords using other methods, you would either have to publish hundreds of articles or bid on hundreds of keywords using a paid method like Google ads.

With the News Release Traffic Formula course, however, you will get consistent results with the simple strategy that I’m about to show you.

First, you will learn how to create effective news releases designed to boost your search rankings.

Next, I will show you how to get your news releases approved, and submitted to hundreds of news sites and media outlets.

After your news release has been sent out, Google will then index it very quickly, normally in 24 to 48 hours or less.

Sometimes, you won’t even have to wait 24 hours for Google to pick up your news releases!

Once you understand the News Release Traffic Formula strategy, all you need to do then is rinse and repeat this strategy every month.

This will help you get ranked for multiple keywords with every news release that you distribute.

Ranking for multiple keywords can drive more traffic to your business. The more keywords you rank for, the more traffic you can get to your website.

In the training modules, I’ll explain the keyword ranking strategy that we use to get multiple search listings.

You will also learn how to grow and multiply your results.

I’ll show you how to rank for multiple keywords in multiple listings, including Google Maps, and Featured listing sections.

You will also learn how to keep ranking faster, higher, and longer in the search engines, to keep driving traffic to your website, and generate new leads for your business.

As I mentioned earlier, this course is not just about teaching you how to write a press release.

It’s about showing you how to get better results online using a cost-effective and sustainable marketing strategy.

It’s also about giving your business a competitive edge.

What you will learn in this course will help you outperform your competitors, rank for keywords that your competition isn’t even targeting, drive your competitors’ rankings lower, create more visibility for your business or brand, build trust and authority with Google faster, and boost your reputation and credibility online.

After completing this course, you will have a strategy to help you drive more traffic to your website and generate new leads for your business, increase search engine visibility, and get front page rankings in Google for low-to-mid competition keywords, in as little as 24 to 48 hours.

This will also improve your listings on Google maps, boost your brand and authority with Google, and help you outrank your competition.

You will also learn how to use news releases as a reputation management tool to help increase positive coverage about your business online, be able to profit from trending topics to capitalize on time-sensitive events, get a better return on investment for your marketing dollars, and use news releases as part of your content marketing strategy to grow your business faster and more cost-effectively online.

This brings us to the end of the course overview.

In the next video, I’ll show you why news releases are your secret weapon to getting higher search engine rankings and more traffic.

Thank you for watching this video, and I’ll see you in the next lesson.

• Go to the next lesson: Introduction
• Return to the video course outline.

Resources

Press Release Distribution Services

• EIN Presswire– Use this press release distribution service to reach a global audience through a vast network of media contacts and partnerships.
• eReleases – A reliable press release distribution service with a vast network of media contacts that can help you reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and improve your online reputation.
• 24-7 Press Release – A reliable and cost-effective press release distribution service that offers affordable pricing options for businesses of all sizes.

Downloads

Submit more effective press and news releases using the downloadable resources below (no registration required):

• • News Release Guidelines – Refer to these guidelines when creating news releases.
  • News Release Topics – Use this cheat sheet of 30+ topics for news release ideas.

Tutorials

See the following lessons and tutorials for more information  about the topics covered in this video lesson:

• • Free Content Management Course – Email Lessons
  • Content Strategy

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News Release Traffic Formula – Part 2: Introduction

Learn how to use news and press releases effectively to promote and grow your business. Part 2 of 8.

This is Part 2 of our free News Release Traffic Formula video course.

In this lesson, you will learn why news releases are your secret weapon to getting higher search engine rankings, driving more web traffic, and generating new business leads.

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Watch the video lesson below or refer to the video transcript:

Video Transcript

Hello, and welcome to module 1 of the News Release Traffic Formula course!

In this lesson, you will learn why news or press releases are your secret weapon to higher search engine rankings, and more traffic and leads!

Let’s start from the beginning.

Since the dawn of humankind, businesses have been trying to get to the top of Google’s search results!

Well, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but most businesses would love to rank at the top of Google for keywords that can bring them more traffic, more leads, and more sales!

So, how do you get to the top of Google’s search results, and more importantly, how do you stay there?

One way to get to the top of Google’s search results is to pay. You can use Google Ads, but this can be expensive, and if you stop paying, your ads immediately stop working.

Another way to get to the top of the search results is organic, by writing and publishing content on your site. This method is effective, but it’s also time-consuming.

There is another method that you can use to get immediate results and start building sustainable rankings and traffic, and that’s by using news or press releases to leverage the trust and authority of news and media sites.

As this course will show you, news releases can get you ranked very quickly, and help build trust and authority for your website, which is what you need to keep ranking at the top of the search results.

There are many benefits to using news releases.

News releases can help you build trust and authority with Google.

This can boost your search rankings.

Higher search rankings can drive more web traffic to your business, and more web traffic can help you generate more business leads.

Applying the News Release Traffic Formula strategies to news releases, will help you rank for multiple keywords, rank faster, higher, and longer in the search engines, outrank your competition, and grow your business faster online.

So, what is a news release?

A news release is a written communication directed at members of the news media, for the purpose of announcing something newsworthy.

You can pretty much promote anything using news releases, as long as you can find a newsworthy angle for your message.

Big companies use press or news releases as part of their marketing strategy. Why? Because it works!

There are many ways to promote your business online, but press releases have been around for a very long time, and all big companies are still using it because this marketing method is very effective!

A common misconception is that press releases only work for large companies with major announcements to make.

This is great news if you’re a small business because most of your competition is ignoring the power of using news releases to grow their business. As you will see when we get further into this course, this gives you a secret weapon and a tremendous competitive advantage.

News releases don’t just work for large businesses, they work for all types of businesses! It doesn’t matter what type of business you are in, or how small or local your business is, once you discover the secret power of using
press or news releases, you’ll be able to use it to your own benefit and advantage.

To understand this secret power, let’s start with a simple example.

I just mentioned that you can promote anything using news releases, as long as you can find a newsworthy angle.

An obvious example is the launch of a new product or service.

When you combine news releases with other content marketing strategies, you can start to own multiple listings in the search results.

Here, for example, you can see that Google not only picked up the news release used to promote this book launch in less than 3 hours, but entries related to this book took up positions number 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9 in the search listings.

That’s 6 out of 10 spots on Page 1, sending traffic to the same product.

When you combine this with the KASH formula that you will learn in Module 3, you will be able to do the same thing across many different keywords.

This will not only help drive more traffic to your business, it will also keep your competitors from showing up in these spots.

Another thing that makes news releases so powerful, is that you can use them to promote all kinds of businesses and send traffic anywhere.

You can send traffic to your website, blog, e-commerce store or physical store, and your social media pages. You can also promote all kinds of events, like workshops, conferences, trade shows, fundraisers, and so on.

So, news releases can be used to build sustainable traffic quickly, and cost-effectively, to promote just about anything you want!

Now, why are news releases so effective?

Well, imagine going to a news site, and seeing the same old news, day after day after day.

Pretty soon people would get bored of seeing the same thing, stop visiting the site, and there would be no return visitors.

So, the web needs endless fresh new content, and so does Google!

Now, why is this important?

It’s important because content drives advertising!

Companies like Google, Facebook, and other free platforms need fresh new content to keep users coming back to advertisers!

Content brings traffic to Google, and this drives the advertising that keeps Google in business!

Millions of users, thousands of advertisers, and content syndication sites around the world depend on Google to keep providing quality content in its search listings.

If people stop using Google, Google will lose billions of dollars, and their business model would probably collapse.

So, to satisfy millions of users and advertisers, Google needs fresh new quality content.

But there is a lot of rubbish, spam, self-promotion, hype, and false information online. So, how does Google filter out all this rubbish to ensure that only newsworthy, engaging, accurate, and relevant content gets through to their search results?

This is where trust and authority comes in. Google depends on trusted and authoritative sites, like established news and media outlets for quality content. Sites that Google trusts, get rewarded with faster indexing and higher search engine rankings.

So, how does all this help your business?

It’s really very simple!

Give Google quality content via sites that Google trusts and Google will reward your business with faster content indexing, and higher search engine rankings.

Getting your content to show up faster and higher in Google’s search results, translates into more traffic!

This is one reason why news releases are so effective! Google already knows and trusts many established news sites and media outlets. These sites also syndicate newsworthy content from media distribution agencies that employ people to filter out rubbish content.

So, when established news sites and media outlets syndicate your news release, Google immediately picks it up.

This is why news releases can appear in Google’s search results within hours of being published, and why press releases also rank well in search listings.

As you can see, news releases can be a very powerful marketing tool. What makes news releases your secret weapon then, is that most businesses have no idea how to use news releases effectively.

By the time you complete this course, you will know how to do this.

This brings us to the end of module 1.

In the next module, we will begin to decode the News Release Traffic Formula and look at the processes that can help you get better results online.

Thank you for watching this video, and I’ll see you in the next lesson.

• Go to the next lesson: Success Formula
• Return to the video course outline.

Resources

Press Release Distribution Services

• EIN Presswire– Use this press release distribution service to reach a global audience through a vast network of media contacts and partnerships.
• eReleases – A reliable press release distribution service with a vast network of media contacts that can help you reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and improve your online reputation.
• 24-7 Press Release – A reliable and cost-effective press release distribution service that offers affordable pricing options for businesses of all sizes.

Downloads

Submit more effective press and news releases using the downloadable resources below (no registration required):

• • News Release Guidelines – Refer to these guidelines when creating news releases.
  • News Release Topics – Use this cheat sheet of 30+ topics for news release ideas.

Tutorials

See the following lessons and tutorials for more information  about the topics covered in this video lesson:

• • Free Content Management Course – Email Lessons
  • Content Strategy

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