July 1st, 2013 by Paul Krupin
So many media! What’s a person to do? Who is going to read your news release? How do you close the deal? Target your media carefully, based the following criteria: 1. What are you trying to achieve with the media? Most people can benefit from feature stories, interviews, and products reviews, in that order. Some […]
January 2nd, 2013 by Paul Krupin
Discusses active vs. passive methods of delivering a news release
When you write a news release your goal is to get publicity – media coverage about you and your book – either an article or an interview. To do that you have to write a news release that is persuasive and interesting and then make sure it gets to media decision makers. The technology you […]
September 8th, 2011 by Paul Krupin
News Releases Are Not Advertisements
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 […]
May 19th, 2008 by Paul Krupin
describes copywriting tactics and strategy for getting publicity after receiving a book award
For those of you who do get a book award these next few weeks, I thought I’d give you my thoughts and advice on how to make the best use of your award as far as how to get publicity with it. First I’d take a quick breather after getting the award and within a […]
