Every year I create a forward-looking publicity calendar to help identify opportunities for people which is available in a free pdf file download. It contains a lot of unusual holidays so that you can get creative, think ahead, and identify ways to tie-in to calendar events well in advance of the day they occur. Here’s […]

Go where your people are. Learn what you need to do to turn them on. Help the people you can help the most. Undersell and over-deliver. Do what you do best and do your best at all times. Create a menu of options with prices and charge reasonably for lots of small deliverables in units […]

Hope everyone is having a safe warm weekend. I’ve just posted a new slide show presentation. http://www.slideshare.net/PaulKrupin1/magic-in-a-message-120613-pdf Magic in a message – Creating the Irresistible Pitch from Paul Krupin So many people struggle to figure out the right words to use to turn people on. I believe you can learn what to say that turns […]

A question came up in the Small-PR Firm group at Yahoo, about whether and how to best leverage the fact that you got a new client. Some comments said it’s OK to do so, while others indicated they had concerns about doing so. Here’s my opinion on the ethics of doing so and the proper […]

Brand Rituals by Zain Raj offers a unique and deep look at the psychology and process of branding. His unique “New Value Equation” and the role of differentiated value drivers in particular, is of immense value and importance to businesses everywhere, especially in tough economic times. His ideas on going from experience to routine to […]

Book Review: How to Make a Million Before Lunch by Rachel Bridge Rachel Bridge has made good use of her vantage point as the Enterprise Editor at The Sunday Times in London, England and compiled a book filled with stories and tactics that have contributed to the sustainability of businesses of a wide variety of […]

Perhaps the very worst part of my job is trying oh so hard to teach people who are remarkable marketers that a news release is not a chance to sell. It’s single purpose is to persuade a media person to give you news coverage. They get very angry and feel abused and insulted when we […]

I read Guy Kawasaki’s very interesting article titled on Mashable “Launch Any Product Using Social Media” Guy’s post describes the social media actions he took to launch a new book titled Enchantment Here’s the post I placed on Mashable comment in response (Guy’s personal comment is also included at the end): Guy, It would be […]

Question Posted on Independent Authors at Yahoo Groups. >> Do book reviews sell book? Yes, and the review sites can prove it, because they get paid a percentage of the “buy-through” from Amazon. They don’t sell that many, and more nonfiction than fiction, but they do sell. And why not try to get our books […]

Every year I create a forward-looking publicity calendar to help identify opportunities for people which is available in a free pdf file download. It contains a lot of unusual holidays so that you can really get creative and think up ways to tie-in to calendar events well in advance of the day they occur. Here’s […]