1. PR Your Way to the
Top of Google
Amy Rosenberg
Veracity
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2. @AmyRosenberg
Who Cares?
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“The hard links to get,” Matt Cutts, former
head of web spam at Google.

3. Most Press is Online
Traditional mediums all have websites
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4. Check Your Backlinks
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5. What to do with Backlinks
• Understand what media links you have
• Share those pages to help increase their value.
• Ask to have “nofollow” links changed to “follow.”
• Some sites use follow-links in the author bio.
• See what media links your competitors have
• Start your media target list.
• If there is something missing from your link profile
• Go back and ask for the link!
• If they don’t link out, do you even want to pitch them?
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6. @VeracityMKTG
Same for SEMpdx

7. Same for OSE
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8. Top Three Ways to Land PR
• Contributed Articles
• News Announcements
• Visuals
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9. @AmyRosenberg
• Save the content you are writing
• Pitch the idea or just write the article
• It can’t be all about you!
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Contributed Articles

10. News Announcements
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11. ● HR news
● Remodels/new offices/construction news
● New services/products
● New research/science
● Awards/lists
● Events
● Community involvement
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News Announcements
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12. #EngagePDX
The Perfect Example
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13. Visuals
• Photos & Videos: Paint the visual
• Invite them to “capture the visual”
• Send photo with photo caption if
they don’t come
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14. Print
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Print Reporters
vs. Digital Editors
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15. TV
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TV Reporters
vs. Digital Producers
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16. Tools
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17. Tools
● Find updated lists of
top media outlets
(newspapers &
magazines) by country
and state
● Free
● Find media contacts in a
specific field or location
● Free but have to
upgrade for contact info
● Find journalists on
Twitter by beat, media
outlet and region
● Free
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18. Tools
Awardzee
Searchable Corporate Awards from A to Zee “ED CALS”
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19. Want to learn more?
PR Talk Podcast
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20. Questions?
VeracityAgency.com
Presentation images from Unsplash
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