Email Subject Lines for Press Releases

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by jrbiz, Jul 13, 2009.

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    Hi,

    I am planning to send out a press release email to a list of editors/reporters that I have been compiling from a variety of sources. What I am hoping to learn from the PR gurus here is what would be the best format for a subject line for this press release email? Are there standards or formats that are generally used? I have thought about the following approaches:

    [PR] Headline about my news

    [News Alert] Headline about my news

    [Press Release] Headline about my news

    [News Release] Headline about my news

    Of course, "Headline about my news" would be replaced by my actual headlione. Are the brackets a good way to go? Is there a better, proven way to do this? I am interested in getting past spam filters and showing the reader that this is a relevant email to his/her beat.

    TIA for any input.
     
    jrbiz, Jul 13, 2009 IP