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Celebrating Small Businesses

By PressReady Team

Celebrating Small Businesses
We have officially made it to the holiday season in a very strange year. For the next few weeks, our focus will be on spending quality time with loved ones whether in person or virtually, sharing stories, eating, gift giving, paying it forward, and trying to make 2020 feel as happy as possible. With all of these festivities comes the chance to support your favorite small businesses, so now is the perfect time to position your brand or service to be top of mind!

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Leveraging Social Media for Holiday Season Success

By PressReady Team

Leveraging Social Media for Holiday Season Success
Believe it or not, it can still be the most wonderful time of the year! The holidays are around the corner, so it’s time to start rolling out your best laid plans. Despite this being a hectic time of year, maximizing the holiday season to best leverage growth for your business is important.

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Spreading Positivity Through Your Business

By PressReady Team

Spreading Positivity Through Your Business
We could all use a little bit of positivity, particularly right now. No matter what you’re going through, it’s always important to focus on the good and help others to do the same. Using your platform as a business to spread positivity will not only make you stand out as a brand, but it will also give you a sense of purpose to do your best work and accept the best sense of reward. Here are some of our ideas on how you can spread positivity and make an impact with your business. 

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Pitching Influencers: The Quick and Dirty

By PressReady Team

Pitching Influencers: The Quick and Dirty
In our Writing a Compelling Pitch blog, we covered the importance of pitching and how to do it successfully . In combination with your media relations outreach, the power of social media influencers allows you to cover all bases. Here are some best practices when it comes to working with people of influence on social:

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Elevate Your Brand Using Cross Promotions

By PressReady Team

Elevate Your Brand Using Cross Promotions
One of the most effective ways to build your following is through cross promotion. This is a great way to tap into new audiences and grow your customer base. Once you find a brand that compliments your own, cross promotions allows you to share content, services and products to benefit both partners. Here are some cross promotional tactics that will grow your audience in engaging ways. 

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Writing a Compelling Pitch

By PressReady Team

Writing a Compelling Pitch
In the PR industry, pitches are crucial to building connections, partnerships, and securing media coverage. A well-composed pitch can help you bring your brand exposure and create quality content, benefiting both parties participating. Don’t be intimidated about nailing your successful pitch- we’ve mapped out some of the best tips on where to get started! 

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Building an Effective Media List

By PressReady Team

Building an Effective Media List
Looking to secure media coverage for your brand? We’re here to help! Building media lists best prepares you to start reaching out to journalists, freelancers, producers and other members of the media to get them to cover and share their story with their audience. In this week’s blog post, we break down a few simple steps to get started!

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Fall Forward with Best Laid Plans

By PressReady Team

Fall Forward with Best Laid Plans
When thinking about planning, we immediately think of New Year's resolutions. We use it as a way to adjust our practices and determine what can be improved to ensure success in the coming year. But, with the impact of COVID, why wait until the end of the year?

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