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post by Joseph Sommerville
In challenging economic times, buyers look for value. The more you provide, the more likely you are to become the provider of choice. Presentations offer excellent opportunities to provide that value at different stages of the business development cycle.
5 Ways to Create More Value in Your Presentations
1. Solve [...]
by Dan Janal
Reporters are dying to quote entrepreneurs, small business owners and consultants just like you. The trouble is, they don’t know you exist
If only you can get your hands on a great media contact list, then you can get your name and credentials in front of reporters. This way they will contact you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Great post by Penny Sansevieri
If you’re trying to pitch yourself to bloggers you may have found the dead silence at the end of your email exchange. Why? Well, let’s face it. The top bloggers in any market probably get a ton of email. Most of it fairly useless. I know this for a fact [...]
The MediaSpeak Symposium was a great success. Here’s a few comments.
Pitching to live producers was an experience needed to jumpstart the process to demystify the experience.
- Cindy Kludt, Grief Counselor, Author
Susan and Jack created an amazing learning situation with a variety of media experts.
- Laurie Hacking, Coach, Author
The MediaSpeak Symposium provides authors, entrepreneurs [...]
It is a week before the 3rd annual MediaSpeak Symposium and I am excited and busy getting ready for the event. October and November are busy months for me. I am tired thinking about all that I’ve taken on.
I will be an exhibitor at the International Coaches Conference in Long Beach, CA, October 31-November 3. [...]
HOW TO FIND YOUR STORY ANGLES
compliments of Ann Convery annconvery.com
1. Where are your best stories hiding?
1) In the problems you solve.2) In the stories of your clients and customers.
3) In what you can comment on as an expert. (Especially trends)
Tell us how you solved a problem that baffled others. Is this a trend? How did [...]
Those of you who know me know that I am passionate about my service and completely committed to assisting business folks and authors in growing their business and income through speaking.
However, if you do not know about our services and training take a look at the following video and see what others are saying about [...]
Here’s more from our friend Ann Convery www.annconvery.com
WHAT THE MEDIA WANTS FROM YOU:
1. Editors and producers need great stories – all the time. Your value to the media is not your product or your service or your book, it’s the great story you can offer them. You are a story to the media. Make [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )As promised here are the rest of the tips from media trainer Ann Convery.
1. No one will ask you the right questions – your job is to help the media do their job, and then wrap your message around their questions. Learn the art of the segue.
2. Speak in plain English, not jargon and do [...]
I am going to be talking alot about media as we are preparing for October 11,12 & 13 MediaSpeak Symposium
The tips tooday are courtesy of Media Coach Ann Convery
1. The key to connecting with your audience – speak in stories. Find the emotional aspects of your topic.
2. Use numbers, trends and statistics to be instantly more interesting.
3. [...]
Today’s post is by Steve Markman courtesy of Rain Today.
Marketing and PR efforts should be in the forefront of your professional services firm, given today’s competitive climate and the uncertain economy. Standing out from the crowd, regardless of your organization’s industry, is a huge challenge. How can you meet this challenge?
Many organizations have recognized the [...]
Today’s post is all about how speaking can lead to more business by Jeff Wolf written for Rain Today. Before we get to the post I want to share some of our services with you. I think you will agree after reading the following article that it is helpful to have training.
Speaker Services, my [...]
My friend e-mailed the following video that he saw on You Tube – Elvira Speaks
When you have a chance take a look at it-it’s a riot.
You’ll probably agree after viewing it that you do need to be prepared to speak!
Many of my colleagues feel as I do that it is vitally important to have a [...]
Tips for Press Coverage by Sharon Housley
Press exposure can significantly impact a small businesses’ success. Press releases are not just for big businesses; many small businesses find press releases to be an inexpensive way to gain exposure and attention. It is not uncommon for reporters from magazines, newspapers or blogs to scan press releases as [...]
The 5 Best Ways to Get Media Attention for Your Business
by Fern Reiss, CEO, PublishingGame.com/Expertizing.com
Fern Reiss weighs in today on how to get media attention for your business.
You can learn more about getting media attention for your business if you attend the MediaSpeak Symposium where you will learn to master the message and master [...]
Recommended Resource:
Bill Stoller’s Publicity newsletter delivers loads of meaty public relations insights, leads of media needs with publicity contact information. PARTYLINE – A Roundup of Media Placement Opportunities is a segment of the Newsletter. Each month, Bill teams up with Partyline to bring you exclusive inside info about reporters looking for stories, new publications [...]
[ October 11, 2007 9:00 am to October 13, 2007 3:30 am. ]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Today is my first post at our new blog home on the Speakers Community server.
Sam Levy, the NETMAN, made the move for me. We are still working on a few fixes however I think it is good enough to show off. Sam has been my webmaster for many years and is a delight to work [...]
I am all about media these days and when I saw this following article Shaping How The Media Portrays You in Rain Today by C.J. Hayden, contributing edito I excerpted the section on ptiching to the media. It actually sums up what Jill Lublin was talking about on the complimentary teleclass for the MediaSpeak [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I am all about PR and Media these days for professionals, authors and speakers.
As you may know we are offering the third annual MediaSpeak Symposium in October and I expect that we will have sell out crowd.
Today I am sharing a recommended resource with you for PR as well as photos from the ‘06 Symposium [...]
Last week when Jack and I were driving home from the National Speakers Association Convention we dreamed up a new workshop- Authors’ SpeakEasy. We know that writing a book can be a lonely process and when it is finally done it needs to be marketed and spoken about. We discovered that many writers aren’t speakers [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I just got back from the National Speakers’ Association in San Diego.
It was great fun.
We found that many of the speakers were interested in the Video Demo-3 camera shoot coming up in November. I think we will be full. We only take 18 people. I was showing demo samples on my computer in our exhibit [...]
A few days ago I talked about Alex Carroll the Radio PR Guy. He has a database of radio talk show hosts and producers who book speakers/authors for their shows. Today I am sharing a tip from him on how to create a pitch or media hook plus examples of radio show listings [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Recommended Resource: Alex Carroll, Radio PR
If you have a book or a product or a service that is newsworthy and you want to be interviewed on talk radio shows or perhaps you want to speak on cruise ships allow me to recommend some great resources for you.
Alex Carroll has a fantastic program that you [...]
This is the third year that I am producing the MediaSpeak Symposium in Los Angeles. I am looking for Speakers-Authors-Coaches-Consultants-Entrepreneurs- Business Executives-Spokesperson who recognize the value of media exposure.
In this 3 day interactive event the attendees will learn how to position themselves as an experts, establish their credibility, increase visibility, attract media attention & generate [...]
I was honored to be be choosen to be included in the Get Inspired Section of The Quest for Success E-Zine, produced by Ursula Mentjes, March 2007 .
Ursula is one of the speakers listed in Speaker Services directory. She speaks about business, goal planning and sales. See her speaker listing.
Her book is Selling with [...]
There are thousands of speaking opportunites every day and the question always is how do I find them?
There are many opportunites to submit articles to magazines or newspapers or be interviewed as the expert and the question is how do i find them?
Today I am sharing a handful of resources with you.
Before you reach out [...]
Welcome to Market Yourself as a Speaker blog. Dedicated to sharing information with business folk and authors who are interested in using speaking as a way to grow their business.
I am Susan Levin a marketing consultant for speakers and authors. I was one of the first 1500 people to have a website in [...]
