Coaching World Issue 17: February 2016 | Page 10

Press Release Template Timing Logo/Letterhead Include your coaching business’ logo or letterhead. Contact YOUR BUSINESS LOGO/LETTERHEAD Include a name and at least two forms of contact information. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Name, Phone Number Email Address Headline Headline Ensure that headlines are tweetable. Aim for no more than 120 characters. Dateline Increasingly, wire services will not pick up your press release without a dateline. Hyperlinks Include hyperlinks throughout your release as appropriate. Subhead CITY, Month Day, Year — The lede should be consise, but aim to answer who, what , where, when and why. Evellandant aborpost atur. Pore omnimus magnam vidisqu asitibusae. Et iducia ipicipsae siminvenisi odit voluptatin plaborum voluptat eumque odis estiati berrovi tatque solupta temquae riorest quatio te aboremp orupta volor sitas etur rae core ra doluptist ut eature, quae vendae. Nequaep erionserspit vollaut a es volupta turibus. “Choose a quote that supports, but does not repeat, the content in your press release,” Smith said. Learn more at link.com. Your bolierplate text should explain what you company is and what it does in 100 words or fewer. ### Boilerplate 10 Coaching World Your boilerplate text should explain what your company is and what it does in 100 words or fewer. If you’re an ICF Member, you can access press release templates by logging in to Coachfederation.org and visiting the Member Toolkit. Indicate the timing of the release. If you’re providing the press release to media before you wish to release it to the public, indicate that the journalist should “Embargo until” the desired date. You can also include a kill date (a date after which the story shouldn’t run). Subhead Use the subhead to provide additional detail that didn’t fit into the headline. Lede Keep your lede concise, but aim to answer most of the 5 W’s. Quote Choose quotes that support—but don’t repeat— the content in your relase.