Stumped for legitimate and newsworthy reasons to issue a press release? Here are 36 quick ideas to get you started.

1. A major milestone in your company (such as your 1,000th customer)
   
2. Appointment to a respected board or committee
   
3. Approved, recommended, or endorsed by a major partner, government agency or other player in your market.
   
4. Articles recently published by or about you
   
5. Books or other publications you are mentioned in
   
6. Books you have written (in-print, ebook, etc.)
   
7. Company anniversary
   
8. Company, service, or an employee has received an award
   
9. Contributions to charities (time or money)
   
10. Employee retires after a long career with your company
    
11. Expanded or more convenient business hours
    
12. Free classes, seminar you are presenting
    
13. Free demonstration of your service
    
14. Free information available from your website
    
15. Free tip sheet, booklet, CD or other information product
    
16. Free trial of your service
    
17. Holding an anniversary (1st, 5th, 20th, etc. year of being in business)
    
18. Holiday or seasonal-themed tie-ins or promotions
    
19. Launched a new service or a new feature to an exisiting service
    
20. Major new customer or contract
    
21. Name change or new address
    
22. New customer service features (new 1-800 line, new function on website, etc.)
    
23. Newly hired employee with significant expertise or community recognition
    
24. Open a second location or add other extra convenience for customers to get a hold of you, use your service, etc.
    
25. Open house
    
26. Radio or TV show appearances
    
27. Recent accomplishments by you, and employee or your company
    
28. Results of poll or survey that you've taken
    
29. Results of research
    
30. Speak at a major event on behalf of the company
    
31. Special sales promotion for customers (such as a discount, special service package, or contest).
    
32. Sponsor a major event
    
33. Trade show, conference you're exhibiting at
    
34. Upgrade to the latest equipment or are now applying the newest technique
    
35. White paper or special report offer
    
36. Webinar, webcast or teleseminar that you are presenting