Before the internet, there were relatively few outlets for news. There was television, the newspapers, radio, and word of mouth. Now, with the advent of the internet, there are plenty more outlets for news. There are numerous websites that report the news on a daily basis.

But even with the extra outlets you now have available, it is still difficult to get your word out. There’s a lot of competition for column inches.

In order for the world to be interested in your press release, they must be made aware of it, but it’s difficult to get it to feature on the news. It’s extremely disappointing to spend ages writing your press release only to discover that nobody cares about it because they don’t even know it exists!

The easiest way to distribute your press release is to pay another company to promote it for you. You’ll probably find this also yields the best success as well. A professional can probably get your press release noticed much more easily than you could because they already have a network of people that they know, they have done this job a thousand times and so know what works well.

If you still want to write your own press releases, make sure that they are interesting. If the press release is pointless, nobody will want to read it. The only reason someone will read it is if it is saying something worthwhile and interesting. Make sure that you write your press release well. Nobody is going to spend ages trying to work out exactly what you mean. If you don’t write it well, it’s destined for the trash! Make sure you make full use out of your computer’s spell and grammar check or even better, get it professionally proofread. (YES! I do this!)

Try to draw attention to your press release by using key words in your title. Try to grab the reader’s attention by asking an interesting question.

If you’re writing is only for a specific industry, don’t waste time by submitting it to every magazine! Instead, only submit it to those magazines that cater to the field you’re writing about. Don’t post it to your website and expect everyone to find it, because they won’t!

Remember, I am a Virtual Assistant who LOVES to do editing and proofreading assignments along with research, blog posts, article submissions and social media maintenance!

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One of my most enjoyable tasks as a Virtual Assistant is setting up new accounts for submissions sites for article writers.

I do quite a bit of this for a Virtual Assistant whose team I am a member of and also do these assignments on my own. I can take this undertaking on from doing the research to find the sites to post to, to setting up the accounts for the writers and on to posting their writings when they have them ready to be shared.

I would proofread your article before submitting and make any necessary changes, or if you prefer, show you the changes that need made so that you could approve them and then send the edited document back to me. Obviously, just having me make the changes is a timesaver, but it is totally up to the client on how the proofreading and editing phase is handled.

Most article sites have categories for you to choose from in order to have your articles found and read. As your posting Virtual Assistant I would need a few items of information to set up your account and then to be able to log in later and post your articles for you.

If this is something you are interested in considering as a timesaver so that you can concentrate your skills on your writing and other duties, here is a list of the most commonly needed information for posting to article sites.

1. Of course, I would need your name or preferred user name if this is not your actual name.
2. I would need your email address.
3. Most sites want a password from between 7 and 11 characters so I would need your preferred password.

Most, though not all, also require:

4. Physical Address
5. Phone number

Most want a 6. headshot and a 7. bio

The most time consuming task for your Virtual Assistant to do is the first time setting up of your accounts with the article sites.

This takes, on average, an hour to open 5 accounts for you to regularly post on.
Once this is done, I find that with proofing AND posting I average about 5 in 30 minutes or so.

So, if you have 10 sites that you want to post articles to, you would be looking at 2 hours
to set it up originally and then only an hour to post each article to all 10 sites!

This is a great time saver for YOU, and if you rely on article marketing or rely on your articles to help with your traffic, credibility and to get your thoughts out there, this just might be the right time for YOU to try a Virtual Assistant to assist you with this endeavor.

Remember, I am a Virtual Assistant who LOVES to do editing and proofreading assignments along with research, blog posts, article submissions and social media maintenance!

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I am in on a lot of discussions about spelling and grammar and the importance of paying attention to these details in your written correspondences and in your documents, web pages, blog posts, print books and ebooks and more.

I belong to several proofreading, editing and/or writing groups on LinkedIn as well as connecting with people in this niche on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and more.

My best friend, Sharon McPherson, who built this beautiful web site for me and has been my soul-mate running buddy, so to speak, for 13 years shared this video with me from her Google+ account and I wanted to pass it on to my readers.

I would love to hear your comments after you listen to and watch this video.

My main point with sharing this is to let you know that even if you THINK readers really do not care, a LOT of us DO. Fair or not, your credibility and professionalism can be hurt by bad grammar and spelling or using the wrong instance of a word and my goal is to help you concentrate on the wonderful message you have to share and you can let ME worry about the little details.

Some of the most common, as I shared in an earlier post, are: their / there / they’re, its and it’s, your and you’re and then and than.

Their belongs to them. An example is, “They took off their coats as they entered the room.”
There is a place, for example, “He is standing over there.”
They’re is a contraction for They are. “They’re all hanging up their coats over there.”

Its belongs to it. It’s is a contraction for it is. “It’s a well trained dog that can wipe its feet when it comes in the door.”

Your belongs to you. You’re is a contraction for you are. “You are going to learn to wipe your feet when you come in the door.”

Then is a time. Than is an option. I would rather read than do anything else. I force myself to do my chores so that then I get to have reading time.

I hope you enjoy the video and that these tips might help you avoid some of the most common, and to ME, annoying, errors in your writings.

Remember, I am a Virtual Assistant who LOVES to do editing and proofreading assignments along with research, blog posts, article submissions and social media maintenance!

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