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June 27, 2002
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This week's headlines (also known in the news biz as
"teases"):


***Press Release "Critique of the Week" makes its
debut. This feature will evaluate real press releases
measured for style and substance.

***Not such a good thing...whether she's innocent or guilty
of insider trading, Martha Stewart's "Goddess of Good
Things" image is undergoing a meltdown. A panel of PR
experts says Martha could be doing a better job of keeping
the heat off.

***"Like birds on a wire..." Understand this important trait
about the media and your pursuit of free publicity will take
flight...

***Are you "wired for sound -- and sight?" You can thump
the competition (in addition to "thumping the tub") by
offering the media sample audio or video clips on your
website.

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Quick Media Marketing Tip
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Getting the electronic media's attention with a well written
news release is the first step. But if you're not already a
"known commodity," they'll want to know if you're a "good
interview."

Airtime is valuable, and if you can't fill it with
interesting information and a lively, enthusiastic
presentation (see article below), they won't want you.

You can relieve a reporter or producer's anxiety by
offering clips from previous radio or TV interviews on your
website. Same goes for news stories/features about you that
have aired on radio or TV.

It sounds intimidating, but you don't have to be a
technogeek or a sound engineer to pull it off (I'm neither,
but check
http://www.get-free-publicity.com/audio/library.htm
to see what I've done with our website).

Of course, make sure you have the station's permission to do
it. They're generally happy to allow it.

All you need is a tape recorder, a computer with a sound
card that includes a "line in" or microphone input jack, and
a sound encoder program. I use Windows Media Encoder, which
is available free at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/defau
lt.asp


For more on how to "wire your website" and even produce your
own audio electronic products, check out Tom Antion's
teleseminar on creating your own products quickly and
inexpensively:
http://www.get-free-publicity.com/speakershop.html

And for more quick but powerful media marketing tips, get
our "Going Public" Fast Track audio cassette.

It's a full hour of bits and bites with veteran broadcasters
and editors who give you the "scoop" on how to get free
publicity that's more believable, powerful, productive, and
profitable than any advertising you can buy at any price.
http://www.get-free-publicity.com/fasttrack.html

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RADIO PUBLICITY TELESEMINAR
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Joan Stewart, a/k/a "The Publicity Hound" will be offering
a teleseminar in July with yours truly as guest expert.

The topic: how to get free publicity on drive time radio.

Tentative date is July 12th at 1:00 PM Eastern. I'll tell
you more about it in the next ezine.

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ADVICE FOR MARTHA
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If you were Martha Stewart, what would you do about the
"insider trading" suspicions swirling around you?

A panel of crisis-management consultants and corporate image
experts offered some advice in the June 25 edition of USA
Today.

For a recap, go to
http://www.free-advertising.biz/o/martha.htm

Thanks to Joan Stewart for spotting this item and printing
it in her excellent newsletter. To subscribe, go to
http://www.PublicityHound.com

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Advanced Media Marketing Article:
The Snowball Effect
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Okay, so you've tried some of the tecniques we've suggested
in this newsletter and WOW! Something clicked. You landed
your first radio interview on a local station or a reporter
from a nearby newspaper has called.

You might be so excited about this initial success that you
forget the SECOND most important thing you can do to turn
this event into dollars.

The end of the interview is just the beginning of your
opportunity.

During my sportscasting days, I read a quote by baseball
Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson. He said,

"The media are like birds on a wire. When one flies, they
all fly."

In other words, once you attract attention, other folks in
the media automatically become interested. There's a little
bit of a "herd mentality."

Here are just a few tips for extending or "proliferating"
your media successes WAY beyond the radio station or
newspaper that first features you.


Broadcast events:

Ask the host or producer if they know of others in the media
who might be interested in your story. With mass
consolidation going on, many media outlets are now part of
huge chains or conglomerates, and you may be able to get
referrals to people in the same company who produce shows in
other cities.

Make sure you arrange to get a tape of the show. Offer the
tape to print reporters in your area.

Post segments of the interview on your website (see Quick
Media Marketing Tip, above). Again, make sure you have
permission from the station.

If you already have some media contacts, be sure to let them
know about your appearance before the interview, and offer
to send them a tape afterward.


Print Stories:

Copy the story and put it on your website. Notify other
publications who might be interested, including radio and
TV.

Send a thank you note to the reporter who wrote the story,
and in an oh-by-the-way fashion, suggest other topics of
similar interest. Think of yourself as a resource, and do
anything you can to make the reporter think of you that way
too.

Get reprints of the interview/story and distribute them. If
you're not sure how to go about this, see Joan Stewart's
outstanding

Special Report #13 "How to Recycle Your Publicity" at
http://www.get-free-publicity.com/specialreports.htm

Joan also explains in detail how to use the reprints to
maximum advantage.


Non-media "proliferation:"

You can get spread the word in ways that are not related to
the mass media. For instance:

Send an email or a postcard to your business contacts
letting them know where-and-when your media "event" takes
place.

If you belong to any newsgroups, be sure to let other
members know about it, and offer a link to the story or
recording if possible.

Put some brief info in the signature file of your email
program, and again, offer a direct link if possible.


Do these things and you'll "get the snowball rolling
downhill" as your media successes gather momentum and the
free publicity piles up.

These are just a few of the possibilities...for more
depth and details, see Joan Stewart's Special Report #13,
mentioned above.

Other Resources:

Tom Antion's Teleseminar with Former L. A. Radio Talk Show
Host Joel Roberts: "Kick The Ears Off Your Audience: How To
Be Great On Radio." Available through Tom's "Speaker Shop"
at http://www.get-free-publicity.com/speakershop.html

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Press Release Critique of the Week
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Our reader survey last month revealed (in a big way) that
subscribers want to know more about how to write an
effective, attention-getting, productive news release.

So in this issue, a new feature makes its debut: the Press
Release "Critique of the Week."

In every issue, we'll offer you a lengthy evaluation of a
genuine news release that was recently sent to a working
news room.

We'll look at it the ways a media decision maker would,
using the following criteria (among others):


The Instant Eyeball Test: What's the overall "look" of the
release? You'd be amazed at how important this is.

The Headline Test: Does it make the reader want to keep
going to find out more about the story?

The Newsworthiness Test: Does it legitimately offer
information people would want to know about?


Each "Critique of the Week" will be posted to an Academy
website (we have several).

For this week's critique, go to:
http://free-advertising.biz/o/critique.htm

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ezine.

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In doing so you grant permission for your story to be used
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You'll receive an email offering you a choice of audio
seminars within 24 hours after you send in your story.

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