Advertising Email for College Newspaper?



I need to come up with an email that is catchy to ask students, staff, and faculty at Berea College to ask their parents, friends, and family to purchase a subscription to the college newspaper for $20 a semester or $35 a year. Any help? The newspaper is called VERITAS. It is a small college.

Posted on January 27th, 2009 in Media & Journalism | 1 Comment »

How do I get the press to notice a press release?



I’m running a political campaign and will be sending out a press release to all the local media contacts tomorrow. How do I get them to notice it? I’m sure they get a lot of press releases and ignore most of them. Should I paste the text of it into the email and also attach it as an attachment? If it’s a mass email how do I address it — “Dear Member of the Press”?

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 in Media & Journalism | 1 Comment »