Why Should I Use A Public Relations Agency?

Why Should I Use a Public Relations Agency?

by

Katrina Wagner

Of course any type of

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effort would have to include using the Internet today. It almost goes without saying. After all, virtually every type of media agency today accesses and uses it. So now this brings us to the topic of search engine optimization, as it pertains to public relations or PR.

If you can do your own PR then surly you know how to use SEO or search engine optimization to your benefit. It’s the means by which you insure that the maximum number of eyes will be laid on whatever type of PR literature you produce and post on the net.

Well, there are over 100 factors that Google considers when deciding where to position your posts in the search engines. Can you name even three of them? What about even key word placement in your text? Keyword placement is quite basic. Do you understand it all?

What about market research, as it pertains to SEO? Do you even know how to search out and identify the most optimal words that are being used by potential clients and customers on the net. Words that relate to whatever it is that your business is providing?

If your answers to any of those questions was no , then you are just as prepared to do your own PR, as you are to do your own dental work. Or even if you do have some understanding of basic keyword placement, you need to know that you will be going up against professions who make it their business to be the most competitive on the net.

One test you can take is to simply type one popular search engine keyword into your computers search engine. For instance, if you’re in the janitorial business, simply type in janitorial services . After the first page pops up, look to the upper right hand corner and there will be a number that represents all the entries that have been posted.

If you’re lucky, the number will be in the hundreds of thousands. Most likely it will be over a million. What this means is that you will be competing for space in the search engine with over a million others? Are you ready? Given these numbers, is it really worth spending your time and money to do it yourself? Maybe now you can better see why you should use a public relations agency staffed by professionals.

Chris Tyrrell writes for the Message Merchants who specialise in public relations for small to medium sized business in the East Midlands.

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