Working Lunch-Take the Mystery out of Press Releases

Attended

Hosted by Mario Bonilla & Jim Carney in Bellingham, Washington

Type: Breakfast/Lunch Meet
When: Wednesday, July 29 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Fee: Free

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Event description

Join us for munchies and a great learning opportunity. Press releases can be used effectively by small businesses like yours to get in local search results and drive traffic to your site. Mario Bonilla worked for PRWeb for 5 years and was involved in every aspect of writing, editing, formatting and the distribution of press releases. Come take advantage of his experience and willingness to teach you how to do it yourself. The take away is huge, one lucky person will win a top of the line press release distribution package from PRWeb. Along with writing and editing help from Mario. Come join us, you will learn something.

6 Bizniks attended this event

Bill Bradfield, EA

Tax Professional; Tax Preparation and...

Blaine, Washington
Daimon Sweeney

EFT coach & teacher, group...

Bellingham, Washington
Ericka Bakkom

Graphic Designer

Bellingham, Washington
John Sedgwick

YouTube Video Marketing - Blog...

Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Robert Bortner

ICT for development

Ferndale, Washington
Sandra Rees

Commercial Copywriter

Ferndale, Washington

Discuss this event

Posted by Lori Richardson, Bellingham, Washington | Jul 16, 2009

This will be a GREAT event - trying to re-work appointments so I can attend!

Corporate sales coach, author, fundraising auctioneer
Posted by Mario Bonilla, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 17, 2009

Having you there will be a real treat Lori. Your expertise will add depth to the discussion. Hope you can make it.
Posted by Robert Bortner, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 23, 2009

Will this be at Jim's offices?

Jim Carney Business Manager, Virtual Offices Gateway Centre Executive Suites

1313 E. Maple St. Suite 201 Bellingham, Washington 98225 360.685.4200
Posted by Mario Bonilla, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 24, 2009
Robert, that is the correct address. Having an NGO in Ferndale is exciting. I would like to know more. You have a very good presence on the web search but nothing in videos, news or blogs, maybe I can help. Looking forward to meeting you.
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Posted by Robert Bortner, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 24, 2009

Great. See you there.
Posted by Ericka Bakkom, Bellingham, Washington | Jul 29, 2009

I have an appointment at 1:15 I am trying to reschedule. Don't want to miss this one!!! Thanks Mario!
Posted by Lori Richardson, Bellingham, Washington | Jul 29, 2009

Have a wonderful time, all.... I'll be thinking of you but having a lunch meeting with clients I can't change.... please take photos, someone!!

Mario, - great job, and I hope you will consider running this again soon. I will make sure to help get at least several people on my own to come and attend if we can coordinate the date. thanks, Lori

Corporate sales coach, author, fundraising auctioneer
Posted by Lori Richardson, Bellingham, Washington | Jul 29, 2009

Have a wonderful time, all.... I'll be thinking of you but having a lunch meeting with clients I can't change.... please take photos, someone!!

Mario, - great job, and I hope you will consider running this again soon. I will make sure to help get at least several people on my own to come and attend if we can coordinate the date. thanks, Lori

Corporate sales coach, author, fundraising auctioneer
Posted by Angel Perry, Sedro Woolley, Washington | Jul 29, 2009

Mario,

I'm going to have to cancel my RSVP :(

I hope you hold another event on this subject and I can get up to Bellingham for that one.

Have a great day..

Angel Perry
Posted by Ellen Clark, Bellingham, Washington | Jul 29, 2009

Hi Mario I would have loved to have made this but I have previous commitments. I would have juggled had I known earlier. Please keep us informed.
Posted by Sandra Rees, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 29, 2009

Mario,

You certainly took the "mystery" out of putting together a press release for me. I had been so confused by the idea of using key words/phrases and links in web copy, your explaination was quite clear and to the point.

Thank you for your presentation. (You and your son made a great team.)

Sandra
Posted by Mario Bonilla, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 30, 2009
Sandy, thank you for your interest and attendance. If you need any help getting started please reach out.
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Posted by Robert Bortner, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 30, 2009

Thank you, Mario for putting this on. The timing was perfect for me and I learned quite a bit. Thanks for the raffle prize. I'll definitely take you up when we're ready to announce the end to our pilot.

Good luck with B3!
Posted by Mario Bonilla, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 30, 2009
Thank you for your interest in what I do and for your groups efforts in doing good work. I will be ready when you are.
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Posted by Daimon Sweeney, Bellingham, Washington | Jul 30, 2009

Mario, this was an excellent tour of what makes a press release work in the current media context, and of the essential elements. I've looked at how to do press releases before and never felt I had real clarity on it, but now I do, from major structure to the fine points that make it effective. I don't know what I could say that would be better. You obviously know what you're doing. Your son Luke provided perfect technical support. I've been contemplating the best way to use the consultation with you and look forward to it.
Posted by Mario Bonilla, Ferndale, Washington | Jul 30, 2009
Daimon, thanks for the kind words and your interest in what we do. The best way to get started is to brain storm ideas about a news worthy angle, approach, event or tie-in with something that is currently topical. Then lets get together and get started.
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