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Ginny - sounds like you are well on your way to establishing an empire! Congratulations.

There is a lady out there name Joan Stewart that calles herself the Publicity Hound (http://www.publicityhound.com/). I do not work for her but have subscribed to her weekly eNewsletter for years. I highly recommend checking her out. Every issue is full of great advice on how to get free publicity. Visit her website to learn more. I recommend her to anyone that is seeking to learn more about how to publicize business, products and/or services.

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Richard Arnold · Key Concept Writers · Business Communication: The "Key" To Success· Law of Attraction Blog · Life Ain`t Brain Surgery Blog

Keycon, I picked up on the Joan Stewart website and signed up for the newsletter. It looks like good stuff! Thanks. If you get a minute, can you check the forum on Market Research for Very Little Money and let me know if you have any ideas.

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VickiJ
www.freshairjournal.com

Hi everyone--

As a former newspaper writer/editor myself, I wanted to concur with VickiJ`s tips. They`re right on.
I`d also add that you want to make sure your news is actually news. Think and write like you`re a reader who has no emotional ties to your company or product. What can you do for them? How can you improve your lives? Where`s the "wow!" Etc.
I know personally how much crap is out there and when an editor sees a story that`s relevant to his/her readers, it will stand out.
I once had a news release about a company buying new fax machines. Hold the presses! Clear space on the front page!
I wish I was kidding.

Matt S.

Thanks Ginny great lead for me with prleap. I am attempting to use techology in the way I market my small business. Its called Gofer Ice Cream and we are located in CT.

What do you think of my headline: Gofer Uses Podcasting to Make Ice Cream More Sticky!

I need to get more traffic and interaction between the customers first before I put it out to the media. but what do you think of that?

thanks

Jay

 

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Jay Ragusa
Gofer Ice Cream LLC
Greenwich, CT

www.GoferIceCream.com

 Hello everyone

 Thank you for the wonderfull tips. I learned a great deal of knowledge from this forum. I`ll forever be in debt to your priceless advice. I was thinking about using prnewswire as a service before I learned of the do it yourself technique.

Does anyone know of a site that contains these types contact names, numbers or listing of  editors?

 

Thank you Ginny

 I will still be forever in debt to your priceless advice

 

Wow!  I am saving all of these posts...thanks everyone.  It sounds like I`d better get on the stick...

I have to say that I too wasted money on "professional" pr help...I would think that editors would want to hear directly from the company itself...the company owner has the best story angle, wouldn`t that be true?