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Originally Posted by sonofsam
do you have any examples of good submissions? something i can get an idea of what a good on looks like... how its layed out.. and what message it portrays
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Well, you should cover the W's....
Who, what, why, where, and How....
And then you write the important stuff first, less important last.
When it's truncated for space, the editor starts at the tail.
Oh and make DAMN sure you use a spell checker!!!!!! (Layed-laid, on-one)
And a grammar checker. Avoid run-on sentences.
There are many good books on writing a press release, but it's not all that hard. Just tell the world about what you are doing, and why it's important to them.
As for the value of it? This question seems to have it's own answer, doesn't it?
If it gets you one more anything of what you are trying to sell, it's worth it, now isn't it? You can have the greatest mousetrap in the world, but if you don't tell the mice about it in some way, they ain't a gonna find it, are they?