His name is Joe. He is a screenwriter. He goes to parties in Malibu. He flies to London. He will be famous. He wears it well.

He is not proud. He is not humble. He is who he is.

Last night at a techy-type social/networking event, I wondered who these people really were.

What if you could be anyone you wanted to be? 

I thought about “social camouflage” – a term I picked up from watching the movie “Catch Me If You …

If there’s one thing every speaker and author could use it’s more publicity.

“I See Your Name Everywhere,” the title of PR/PR founder Pam Lontos’ new book, was also the topic of her presentation to NSA-IL today. Pam covered what you need to know to get more publicity, media attention and bookings!

My top takeaways:

- start at the top and work you way down – it’s often easier to get into national publications

- keep at it: one author sent a …

Listen to an interview with a gamer . . .

I asked for it . . .Yesterday I did a live question and answer session for public relations students. On the call I asked for questions that I could answer on my blog. Here’s one of them that came in today:

Psychologist’s Book Slammed on Amazon After Fox News Debacle: Might this bad publicity ultimately be GOOD for her book sales?

Here’s where the question came from . . .

On Fox TV this …

Here’s the latest Marketing Transformations Newtork News article . . .

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Instant Replay PR: Get Multiple Uses Out of One Release

by Barbara Rozgonyi, founder of CoryWest Media

To request permission to reproduce or republish this article, contact connect AT corywestmedia DOT com.

Why write one release when you can take the same story and re-release it over and …

For the last few days I’ve been answering calls for a literary agent. Each time the caller left a message saying they found my listing in the Yellow Pages online. So, I checked it out and yes, indeed, CoryWest is listed in the Literary Agent category – along with Marketing Consultants, Marketing Programs & Services, Public Relations Counselors and Writers.  Hmm. . . how did we wind up with the literary agents? 

Of course, I promptly return every message to …

You can use Newsvine to not only read the news, but to make the news, post articles, gather your own community and more. Evergreen, the relaunch, is discussed in a bit more detail at the Newsvine blog.

Thanks to the folks at Newsvine for the following email update.

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A Much Smarter Front Page

What good is a news site that doesn’t adapt to the way you use it? The new Newsvine front page puts you in control of everything. Want your original …

Update:  Thanks to Andrew Peters, an MTN ezine reader, uber cool blogger and virtual PR expert based in Singapore, for his permission to share his email with you in response to this ezine article:

Hi Barbara

Thanks for your latest email, we are currently putting together a
contest and your Words of Wisdom are very timely

Thank you…
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Andrew Peters | COO | The Pacific West Communications

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Here’s a clip from this week’s ezine article, “Contest-ing PR: 8 Winning Ways to Giveaways”

Step One: Start Out …

Okay, so this has nothing to do with PR. Well, maybe it does. . .

Mark Joyner recently released his new book, Simpleology: The Simple Science of Getting What You Want

Here’s a bio clip from a press release I wrote for Viral Marketing Intesives . . .

Mark Joyner is the creator of Simpelology and a best-selling author. Joyner was among the first to introduce the ebook concept with Search Engine Tactics, resulting in over 1,000,000 downloads. A prolific writer, Joyner’s recently published …

This article goes out today to MTN News subcribers, which is published by CoryWest Media and written by Barbara Rozgonyi. For permission to reprint this article in your publication email connect [at] corywestmedia [dot] com.

Perry Marshall’s Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords is a must-read and a must-follow guide that tells you “how to access 100 million people in 10 minutes.” I’ve read the entire book, some sections three and four times – and you should, too.

In the midst of …