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Publicity Articles

After You Sent Out Your Release, No One Called... Yet

Anatomy of a News Release

Angling Especially for TV? Here’s How

Contests Can Make the Public (and the Media) Care

Create Your Own Newsworthy Research

Created Correctly, Landing Pages Boost Your Payoff from Publicity

Discussion List Participation as a Publicity Tool 

Enhance Your Expertise With a Trade Publication Article

Extend the Post-Publicity High From Media Mentions

Extraordinary Media Coverage for Ordinary Businesses

Four Techniques for Increasing Your Believability 

Four Ways to Piggyback on a News Story

Get Publicity Through Case Studies

Giveaways With Oomph: Plan Carefully for This Publicity Strategy

How to Recycle Successful Publicity Campaigns

How to Successfully Pitch a Reporter

Mining Editorial Calendars: A Neglected Publicity Tactic

Nearly Everyone Uses It, and So What?

New Product? Give It Nine Lives

No More Oops:  Preventing Media Mistakes

Online Press Rooms Save the Media Time and Frustration

Pitch Letters Can Make You a Called-Upon Source

Publicity Stunts Still Earn Attention

Sample Press Release Makeover

Tantalizing Press Release Headlines: Do's and Don'ts

Temptation, Thy Name is Tips: Get Publicity From Scrumptious Bits of Advice

The "Divide and Conquer" Publicity Plan: Reaching Niches One at a Time

The PR Quiz

The Press Release Bait Strategy: Quickly Generate High-Quality Leads

The Publicity FAQ

Using Third-Party Research as a Publicity Handle: Potential and Pitfalls

When the "Expert From Afar" Can’t Get Hometown Publicity

Creative Information Packaging Options

Four Paradoxes of Pricing  

Free Information Brings Compatible Clients

Get Paid in Multiple Ways for Your Expertise 

How to Create Your First Product Catalog

Lost Customers Can Mean Found Revenue

Making the Price Right

Offers That Turn Lookers into Buyers 

Should You Publish in Print or Electronic Format – or Both?

The Most Overlooked Component in Information Marketing Today

Virtual Contact:  Not the Same as In-Person Contact

Web Site Review/Redesign Articles

16 Ways to Lure Traffic to Your Web Site

Become a Quiz Whiz

Catering to Enthusiasts, Beginners and Geeks

Cultivating Fans Online

Like Links? Begin With Top-Notch Content

Remember, It's the WORLD Wide Web!

Merchandising on the Web and Off

Tips for Email Newsletter Staying Power from The Marketing Minute

Business Name & Tag Line Generator

Better Blurbs Are More Persuasive

Business Bios - a Résumé Alternative

Creating a Catchy Marketing Concept

Galvanizing Buyers with Benefits

Guarantees with Oomph

How to Spin Biographical Information

In Marketing, Enthusiasm Connects

Jargon:  Abstain or Explain

Magical Credibility Boosters

Telltale Signs of Hype

Theme Marketing

Typo Tales & Tactics

Use Customers' Words to Persuade

Your Voice on Paper

What Does it Take to Succeed as an Independent Copywriter?

Marketing Strategy Articles

A Niche Can Make You Rich

Avoiding "Me Too" Marketing with a Competitive Advantage

Become Your Company's Hero

Clone Your Best Customers

Competition, Schmompetition

Creating a Reputation

Everyone You Employ Must Be a Marketer

Getting New Business Fast

Influencers' Impact on Your Business

Making Smallness an Advantage

Networking Maneuvers That Work

The Mount Washington Method of Building Cachet

True or False?  Test Your Marketing Mastery

Truth in Marketing

7 Keys to Getting Book Blurbs

Are Online "Meet Markets" Little More than Meat Markets?

Become a Freelance Science Writer Who Easily Gets Assignments

Become a Successful Freelance Business Writer for Magazines

Become a Travel Writer: See the World and Deduct It as a Business Expense!

Finding Hidden Markets for Magazine Articles

First Aid for Writer's Block, Procrastination and Never-Finish-itis

From Writer to Content Provider

Get Your Book Into the News

Getting Around to the "Good Stuff"

Go Entrepreneurial, Writer!

Helpful Resources for Freelance Writers

How Writers Can Cash in as Experts

Preparing Your Book Proposal/Manuscript for Submission

Publishing on Demand Changes the Equation of Self-Publishing

Schmoozing Online with Editors

Should You Publish in Print or Electronic Format - or Both?

Smart Moves for Breaking Into Top Magazines

The Editor/Writer Revolving Door

The Freelance Writing FAQ

The M-Factors: Qualities that Help You Break Into Major Magazines

The Ten Most Common Reasons Book Proposals are Rejected — and What These Reasons Really Mean

What Does It Take to Succeed as a Freelance Copywriter?

Why a Writers' Conference? And Which One?

You Too Can Sniff Out Scams!

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