{"id":275,"date":"2019-05-22T23:40:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T23:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/prwriting\/?p=275"},"modified":"2024-05-02T19:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:38:04","slug":"press-release-tip-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/89-press-release-tips\/press-release-tip-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release Tip 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Press Release Tip 61<\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">How to use an audio file<\/h1>\n<p>Record a short audio clip using a smart phone or your computer, upload the file to the cloud or to your website, and link to it from the release. I use Amazon S3 to store Word documents, PDFs, photos, audio and video.<\/p>\n<p>Another option is to use <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoundCloud<\/a>. It&#8217;s an online audio distribution platform and music sharing website that lets users upload, promote and share audio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0recording\u00a0functionality on\u00a0SoundCloud\u00a0allows\u00a0you\u00a0to easily\u00a0record\u00a0any type of\u00a0audio\u00a0and directly upload\u00a0it\u00a0to your account. This feature is great for\u00a0voice memos, messages to your fans, or for capturing sound bites.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s their <a href=\"https:\/\/creators.soundcloud.com\/guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creator Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You have many options of what to record. Some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you&#8217;re hosting a conference or convention, do a three-minute interview with the keynote speaker.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re an author, ask someone to interview you about your book.<\/li>\n<li>A musician who is announcing a new album can include a link where people can listen to one of the songs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Record an interview with someone who has benefited from the services offered by your nonprofit.<\/li>\n<li>Interview people who have used your new product or service.<\/li>\n<li>Give instructions on how to do something. For example, a Board of Elections can write a press release about the deadline to register to vote. An audio clip can give instructions on how to register.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re announcing a class, record a short interview with the instructor telling students what they&#8217;ll learn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you can think of many more ideas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Opportunity #61 to write a press release: Public stock offering<\/h3>\n<p>Write a press release about a public stock offering, and don&#8217;t forget to contact reporters at your local business journal and offer them the story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next:<\/strong> How to include video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release Tip 61 How to use an audio file Record a short audio clip using a smart phone or your computer, upload the file to the cloud or to your website, and link to it from the release. I use Amazon S3 to store Word documents, PDFs, photos, audio and video. Another option is\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/89-press-release-tips\/press-release-tip-61\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":0,"wds_primary_category":581,"footnotes":""},"categories":[581],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-89-press-release-tips","7":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}