Professional Branding1 min read

Press releases: vanity paths journalists will type

Wire services strip formatting; radio reads URLs aloud. Short, speakable paths survive transcription errors and deadline pressure.

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Marcus Thompson
Performance marketing and audio growth

Reporters work fast. They copy from PDFs, hear URLs on scrums, and forward lines to editors. A path like company.link/q4-brief beats a tracking URL that breaks when line-wrapped in email clients.

Say-aloud test

Read the slug on a voice memo. If you stumble, so will radio. Prefer two to four syllables total.

One link per story arc

Do not issue twelve URLs for one announcement. One hub with anchors or sections keeps the narrative coherent.

After the news cycle

Redirect /launch to evergreen product pages or investor relations. Dead launches hurt credibility when someone opens an old clip.

Embargoed materials

Short links can point to password or token-gated pages; rotate access without changing the path journalists already saved.

Octilink supports rapid creation when PR and comms need links minutes before distribution.

Topics & keywords

#pr#press-release#short-links#media#vanity-url
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