Write and distribute press releases that are newsworthy - don't just distribute them to editors of publications - distribute them online. By distributing them online it can drive traffic to your website - since press releases, if written well, will show up in the news sectios of major search engines (like google), listings in the natural results and possibly get picked up by publications.

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