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Resources for Business Brainstorming and Network Exchange Members

Hello again! I'm beginning to compile information and resources specific to our group in this section of my website. Below you'll find material pertaining to the group's presentations, members and more. If you're not already a member and would like to be, please contact me and request to join. The group is free to attend, and we meet once monthly in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Please note that the information presented in the educational part of our meeting should most often be considered proprietary, meaning that it is the intellectual property of the presenter. The material is not to be shared with others outside the group and/or republished, redistributed or repackaged as one's own or for the benefit of one's own clients. If you'd like to know more about me, see About Nora at this website and/or www.stepbysteppresentations.com/about
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Materials from April 6, 2015 presentation, Essential Elements of an Effective Press Release:

Press release examples:
  • Original Adios Adventure Travel release
  • Highlighted "scripted" release
  • Find other examples of effective media outreach here
My soon-to-be-released book, "The $10,000 Apostrophe," delves deeper into proper writing rules and style, effective media relations and writing for the Web and SEO. Learn more here.
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