Nowhere are the conflicting goals of general vs. SEO press releases more apparent than in headlines. If you have an easy-to-incorporate key phrase, great! Make sure you use it in your headline.
If you have an awkward key phrase, you’ll have to use common sense and compromise. Whether or not you incorporate the key phrase in your headline will depend on several things, including:
Don’t give up too easily though. There is an alternate method that usually works: “Splitting” your headline.
Simply break up your headline into two parts. Start with your punchy opening, then expand with text that includes your key phrase. In effect, you’re creating a headline and subhead in one line and separating them with punctuation.
For example, if your key phrase is the clumsy and dull “search for new condos in Las Vegas” you could incorporate something very similar in your headline while still getting attention with something like:
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