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How to write a press release for product launch

8 lessons · 12:49 · updated 9/10/2026

Watch them in order, then explain the topic in your own words below.

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What you will do in this course

  • What a press release is
  • Write the headline and subhead
  • Write the closing paragraph
  • Press release vs traditional writing
  • Write the lede
  • Anatomy of a launch release
  • Write the second paragraph
  • Add a strong quote
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Getting started

3 lessons · short section, not a full path on its own

1. Press release intro

What a press release is

Rick Turoczy (turoczy) · watch the original · 1:45

2. Traditional writing vs Press releases

Rick Turoczy (turoczy) · watch the original · 2:16

3. The Anatomy of a Winning Product Launch Press Release

Product Launch PR Agency · watch the original · 0:51

Check yourself

Four questions on this section. Wrong answers are the point: each one explains itself.

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Getting started — Anatomy of a launch release.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • What a press release is
  • Press release vs traditional writing
  • Anatomy of a launch release

Doing it properly

4 lessons

1. Press release component: Headline & Subhed

Write the headline and subhead

Rick Turoczy (turoczy) · watch the original · 1:36

2. Press release component: Lede

Write the lede

Rick Turoczy (turoczy) · watch the original · 2:14

3. Press release component: Second paragraph

Write the second paragraph

Rick Turoczy (turoczy) · watch the original · 1:19

4. Press release component: Quote

Add a strong quote

Rick Turoczy (turoczy) · watch the original · 1:48

Check yourself

Four questions on this section. Wrong answers are the point: each one explains itself.

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Doing it properly — Write the second paragraph.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • Write the headline and subhead
  • Write the lede
  • Write the second paragraph

Going deeper

1 lessons · short section, not a full path on its own

1. Press release component: Closing paragraph

Write the closing paragraph

Rick Turoczy (turoczy) · watch the original · 1:00

Check yourself

Four questions on this section. Wrong answers are the point: each one explains itself.

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Going deeper — Write the closing paragraph.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • Write the closing paragraph

Not part of the path

Added by readers, or indexed before this course was sorted. These are not counted as one of the three sections.

1. How to Write a Press Release for a New Product

PressReleaseWriters · watch the original · 0:19 · a taster

2. How to Write a Press Release That Makes Your Product Launch POP!

PressFrolic · watch the original · 0:51

3. Promote Your Product With A Press Release

PressReleaseIt · watch the original · 0:12 · a taster

4. Press Release Writing for Consumer Technology Products

Rainmaker Video Production: Lead Generation, Online Video Marketing and Corporate Videos · watch the original · 1:03

5. Press Release Case Study: Using PR For A New Product Launch | KWSM: a digital marketing agency

KWSM: a digital marketing agency · watch the original · 0:24

6. Mastering the Art of Product Launch Press Release Samples That Work

Product Launch PR Agency · watch the original · 0:51

7. Writing a Press Release

Kyle Knaack · watch the original · 1:24

8. Press Release Announcement For A New Product Launch - Writing Template & Sample

UBC News World · watch the original · 0:46

9. How to write a press release for a product

Lifestyle_ Ideas5 · watch the original · 1:03

10. Press Releases - Press Release Format

Festus Ade · watch the original · 0:26

11. Press Release Strategy for a Successful New Product Launch

Product Launch PR Agency · watch the original · 0:51

12. How To Write A Social Media Press Release: Example & Template

UBC News World · watch the original · 0:41

13. How To Use Press Releases For Branding

digitalmarketingkickstart · watch the original · 0:59

14. Press release component: Current status

Rick Turoczy (turoczy) · watch the original · 2:10