Writing For Public Relations: A Practical Guide for Professionals

This book contains the basic elements necessary for an individual with little marketing or public relations experience to write promotional materials including the news release, newsletter, brochure, web copy, and blog. Students studying business, marketing, public relations or communication as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs will find this easy-to-use, practical guide vital to their efforts to promote and inform various publics about their organization. Written by a seasoned professional, Public Relations Writing provides an overview of marketing writing style as well as step-by-step guides to the most commonly used marketing and PR genres that will make even the most timid writers confident that they have represented their organization's message in a concise, coherent and professional manner.

About the Author

Janet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer in the writing program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her teaching focus is professional writing for business, public relations, marketing, and journalism. Prior to her academic career, Ms. Mizrahi worked in corporate communications and wrote strategic and operating plans, capital appropriations requests, and special projects. As a marketing communications writer, she has worked in a variety of industries and has produced all types of business and marketing communications. Ms. Mizrahi also has experience as a journalist at a daily newspaper where she wrote feature articles, a column, book reviews, and magazine pieces. She is the author of Fundamentals of Writing for Marketing and Public Relations and Web Content: A Writer's Guide for Business Expert Press and blogs for BizComBuzz. A regular presenter at the Association of Business Communication, Ms. Mizrahi received her BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and her MA from UCLA.