Publicity Tips

Should You Steal These Headlines?

Here are 13 examples of great headlines that you can steal (or model) to get attention and traffic: Video: Everything You Need to Know About xxxx in One Minute (or two minutes) This Is What Happens When You Do xxxx The Most Amazing xxxx You’ll Ever See! It Finally Happened: xxxx Is This the Best […]

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The Unpodcast: Good Publicity and Bad Publicity

Here is an excerpt from The Unpodcast from Scott Stratten and Alison Kramer. If you like banter only, you can listen to the sections I cut out at the beginning and at the end. Topics from this Unpodcast include . . . [10:27.13] The story of the day [12:50.26] Why being awesome is not a […]

Book Writing GIFs: Your Book Is Finally Published

This is the fourth section of a multi-part blog post on the book publishing process as seen through a series of 8 GIFs. You’re finished with your part of the book. It’s been a year since you finished. And now you wait . . . And wait . . . You get your book cover […]

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Michael Levine: Ten Commandments for Dealing with the Media

A little story first: Michael Levine once sent out a great package for his book, Lessons at the Halfway Point (Celestial Arts). The package included three pages with cartoons at the top and some brief information about the book at the bottom. The fourth page was excerpted from Reader’s Digest, which featured a quote from […]