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Send out Press Releases
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A favorable write-up in a magazine is one of the best ways to
market any product. The registered version of ~The Software
Marketer~ contains a database of over 1400 people in the computer
magazine industry (PC Magazine, PC Computing, Byte, Info World,
etc.). It's really not hard to get a national magazine to run your
press release if you know the right approach. Magazines are always
looking for ways to fill up unused space in their pages. Most
"articles" that are in many magazines are actually press releases
that have been sent to the magazines. Many times a press release
is ran as an article, word for word.
There are many tricks to increase your odds of getting favorable
press; for example: Write your press release as an article,
following the same format of the magazine. Make your press
releases slightly longer than required, but include paragraphs that
can be easily omitted; this way the editor can easily create an
article from your press release to fit the exact space that he
needs to fill, simply by taking out a few paragraphs.
In your article, mention that your software is carried by all the
leading software sellers. This will create a demand for your
product in most stores, because customers will ask the stores if
your software package is in stock.
~The Software Marketer~ contains a sample form letter, PRESS.LTR,
to be used as an example. Notice how this letter contains acutal
news items.