Course Description

IS THIS A STAND ALONE COURSE?

No!  This is the forth course of a series of six courses designed to teach you how to create the perfect press release.  if you haven't done so yet please watch course 1, 2 and 3 in the series.  This course will assume you have watched these first.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY DISTRIBUTION?

Distribution means taking the press releases that you have created and getting them in the hands of the journalists.  This is a key part to the press release process.  If not done correctly it can lead to your press release never being used.

WHAT DO YOU LEARN?

In this course our PR Expert Asha Clearwater will go through the whole process of distributing a press release.  You will learn how to identify contacts, how to actually distribute the release and where to send it to.  Once you have studied this course you should be able to distribute a press release quickly and easily.

Public Relations Expert

Asha Clearwater

Asha Clearwater of Turquoise Tiger is an NCTJ* qualified journalist who has been creating engaging content for more than 30 years. She’s been a news reporter, features editor and arts editor, as well as editing a number of national business magazines.Today, Asha divides her time between coaching SMEs on the art of great storytelling to promote their products and services and producing written and digital content for her varied PR clients.Asha’s experience spans writing for local and regional press, breaking national news stories and even launching the world’s first interactive magazine for the ‘Twitterverse’, which drew her numerous accolades and awards nods as well as a bulging celebrity contacts book and a testimonial from none other than Stephen Fry.She has also managed PR, publicity and social media for national charities, a world champion sports star, a best selling author, a national veterinary chain and pretty much everything in between.Asha has been running her own PR, content coaching and consultancy business for more than 15 years.She occasionally freelances as a writer for national magazines, and she’s even behind some of the information boards you’ll find strolling through Woodland Trust forests. Pick up an information leaflet for a business or tourist attraction and you might even find she penned that too!In short, what Asha doesn’t know about PR, content creation, storytelling and journalism ain’t worth knowing!*National Council for the Training of Journalists

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to Distribution

    • Introduction to Distribution

  • 2

    Identifying Contacts

    • Identifying Contacts

  • 3

    How Do You Distribute?

    • How Do You Distribute?

  • 4

    Who To Distribute To

    • Who To Distribute To