06th February 2012
When I began in the public relations world over twenty years ago (that’s daunting), I quickly realized that landing an interview or a story for a client was only a part of the process. After having producers and editors give me some tough but needed feed...
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16th January 2012
Let’s say you do get your film into a festival, are showing it online, have clips up on YouTube, or have a dynamite website up describing your film. That’s simply step one, now you need to work it!
Film festivals can be seductive; there are now more a...
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24th November 2011
Everyday we are bombarded with news about new apps, new social media sites, and the latest online marketing approaches. It’s easy to get lost trying to keep up with the latest developments. It’s also dangerous; you can spend your time trying to stay ahe...
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16th November 2011
There hasn’t seemed to have been much positive economic news for quite a while. Wall Street seems to do fine no matter how much of the rest of the country is suffering, but it’s the rest of the country that matters when it comes to growing the economy. ...
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12th August 2011
When it comes to distribution and media outlets, PR has changed dramatically. Mailing used to be the standard way of sending out information (actually it’s not a bad approach now at days, since everyone is getting so adept at hitting their keyboard delet...
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12th August 2011
The biggest problem that most small business owners have with PR is that they don’t fully understand the process or how it can help build their business or establish their brand. Most think that public relations is only for large corporations or those in...
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28th June 2011
You may think Nike sells shoes and Apple sells Macs and iPhones, but you’re wrong. They sell their brand. Developing a powerful brand can spell the difference between struggling to make ends meet and achieving real success. Why is developing a successf...
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28th June 2011
You may be a natural salesman, and your clients may indeed love you, but you're playing a different game when you’re contacting the media. You are entering a very specific phone world. You may be a great person one-on-one, with a winning smile and a fir...
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12th October 2009
You're looking to get media coverage on Oprah, or Time, or CNN. You're holding your breath for the Today Show and the Wall Street Journal. I don't blame you. Those are great hits. But the problem is those hits take time to garner and usually take ...
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12th October 2009
Think of Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Dr. Andrew Weil, and Oprah Winfrey. Now think of where they'd be if they'd never been featured in the media; not one magazine article, not a mention in the newspaper, not one TV appearance - no media coverage whatso...
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