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The
New Rules of
Writing Press Releases for Musicians
by Bard
Marc Gunn - The Bard's Crier, February
2006
Back to The
Academy
When I first
published The Bards Crier, I sent out a lot of
press releases; both for the
Crier as well as for my band, the Brobdingnagian Bards.
Well,
somewhere on the way I stopped writing them. That made it harder
than ever to write them when I next needed to. As a result, I missed
out on some big opportunities.
Two weeks ago, I sent out my first press
release in probably a year. Oy! The week after writing it and sending it
PRWeb.com, I
had two radio interviews and three newspaper interviews for
my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD.
Yeah. I know. That CD is
P.R. bullet which is why I caught the media attention. But it got me thinking
that I need to get back to writing more press releases.
When
Do You Write a Press Release?
That's when I
ran across David Meerman Scott's eBook "The New
Rules of PR." When do you
write a press release? The answer? All the time.
Press releases
have evolved. They are no longer the static tool sent via fax to specific
editors. They can go out to tens of thousands of readers worldwide with the
click of a button. Once they are published, they drive traffic to your
website. Course, if you're like me, you don't want to write
press releases. There's a solution for that too. Hire someone!
For as
little $20 per press release, you can do what I did for my Cat CD and hire
someone to write the release for you. Or find an aspiring writer and educate
them on the process. They may do it for less. You may need to educate them a
wee bit. Believe me, it is well worth the money to hire a
professional writer to get the traffic that will give your band that
each push up the music business ladder of success.
The New Rules
of PR - Gift eBook from me to you
http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/documents/New_Rules_of_PR.pdf
Cedric, my Personal Press Release Writer
mailto:
fitherle @ aol.com
Hire a
Writer Website
http://www.elance.com/
Mi2N Music News
http://www.mi2n.com/
PRWeb.com
http://www.prweb.com/
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Bard Marc Gunn of the
Brobdingnagian Bards has helped 1000's of
musicians make money with their musical groups through his monthly newsletter, Bards Crier Music Marketing and Promotion
Ezine. Now you can get FREE "how-to" music
marketing and promotion advice by visiting http://www.bardscrier.com. No time
to visit the site? Subscribe to the Bards Crier Ezine for Free. Just email
subscribe@bardscrier.com
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