The last question our personal branding panel got at Affiliate Summit West was, to me, curious, “What would you do if someone hijacked your brand?” Being an overly trusting person, I never thought about the possibility of someone intentionally hijacking your brand – or your work. Yet, it’s happened to […]
Books and Authors
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Almost two years ago, I shared my book group’s reading list. This post attracted lots of traffic from people searching for book group suggestions. If you’re one of those folks, browse this list and also check out Kathleen’s Parker’s new blog, Marian’s Library for reading recommendations for all ages. Before […]
You could call this a high-click post. It gets more traffic than some blogs will ever get. It won a trip to BlogWorld. A national association just asked for republishing rights. More sites link into “Becoming a Subject Matter Expert on LinkedIn: The Top Ten Ways” than any other post […]
Interested in what happened at BlogWorld? During the sessions, I sent out enough twitter updates to fill a 15 page Word document, which added up to over 300 updates. This post covers Book Deals, Digital Assets And Corporate Sponsorships with Prince Campbell, Jonathan Fields and Geoff Nelson. You’ll find all […]
Writing an Amazon.com best-seller is one way to be perceived as a subject matter expert. People visit your page, they buy your book – and they read the reviews. When I met Brad Shorr, his Amazon review success intrigued me. Listed as the first reviewer for at least one best-selling Amazon.com […]
Let’s just say it’s hard, if not impossible, to get into my book group. When we moved to town, it took me three years to get an invitation. It’s not that I didn’t try. I did. There were no openings. But, I did have one qualification in my favor: I […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’m excited about Tim Knox’s new book: Everything I Learned About Business I Learned from My Mama For a limited time you can grab your own copy of Tim’s new book for under $20 and get over $4,000 in bonus downloads provided by other Internet Marketing legends like Mark Joyner, Joe […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here’s a book that everyone’s going to be reading. In fact, they probably already are. Gregg Crawford, BayGroup International’s President and CEO, is the best-selling author. His book, “The Last Link: Closing the Gap That is Sabotaging Your Business,” broke out at the top of four best-seller lists. Congratulations to […]
Building a burgeoning article inventory? You, too, can become an EzineArticles.com Expert Author. This site distributes your articles, gives you tools for promotion and even offers a press release submission service. Here’s the email announcement I just received . . . Hello Barbara, Your article, “Tell Me About It – […]
Here’s a clip from our latest issue of MTN News . . . Watch this week’s PR video It’s late Friday night and I’m still celebrating – not the Bears victory. Although, one of the proudest moments in my college life was performing in Soldier Field with the Marching Illini […]
When I checked into my PR Web dashboard for the latest stats, I found an invitation to download David Meerman Scott‘s ebook: “The New Rules of PR: How to Create a Press Release Strategy for Reaching Buyers Directly” (second edition) . What’s different from the first edition of “The New Rules […]
Find out how to Listen to Rick Frishman’s Ultimate PR Secrets Interview . . . Thanks to Rick Frishman for packing 60 minutes full of ideas, tips, how-tos and laughs. After meeting Rick in Atlanta last fall, I knew this was a call I’d enjoy – you will, too! There’s […]
Found this post about What Abe Lincoln’s T-Mail Teach Us About Blogging , on the MicroPersuasion blog today. Here’s a brief clip from author Tom Wheeler’s site about his book, Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mail . . . “The Civil War was the first ‘modern war.’ Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided […]
Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln first technology president! Did you know Abe Lincoln’s T-Mail Can Teach Us About Blogging ? Here’s a brief clip from author Tom Wheeler’s site about his book, Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mail . . . “The Civil War was the first ‘modern war.’ Abraham Lincoln became president of […]
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