Creative Publicity Ideas Pay Off -- FYI: Public Relations -- posted by Community Wire Service

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Updated: 12/06/97
Source: Marcia Yudkin, Ph.D., "66 Ways to Make You or Your Business Newsworthy," from which the above is excerpted (see above).

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	FYI: Public Relations and Publicity Creative Publicity Ideas Pay Off

	by Marcia Yudkin, Ph.D. Entrepreneurs, professionals and any company that offers a service or product can spend a ton of money on advertising -- or they can spend time thinking up an approach that will entice the media to spread the word for them for free. Radio, TV, magazines and newspapers hunger for items that will provide useful or entertaining information for their listeners, viewers or readers. According to Boston-based writing consultant Marcia Yudkin, Ph.D., you can get your fifteen minutes of fame -- along with new customers or clients -- by describing to the media something you've done that's innovative, funny or evokes human interest. Here are eight ways to win free media publicity, from Marcia Yudkin, author of SIX STEPS TO FREE PUBLICITY (Plume Books). 1. Concoct an interesting characterization of yourself (Rick Davis of Temple, NH, created "The Institute of Totally Useless Skills") 2. Present your ordinary program or service to an unexpected clientele (prisoners, kids) 3. Piggyback on the news or current entertainment (In the summer of 1993, anything about dinosaurs appeared timely) 4. Agree or disagree with newspaper columnists by writing them (Many use or mention their mail in their column) 5. Conduct business in an unusual setting (Hold your awards dinner at the zoo; conduct board meetings in the mail room) 6. Break a record (The Guinness Book of World Records sells 1 million copies a year) 7. Do something anachronistic (make house calls; answer your own phone; bring back glass bottles) 8. Take the lead in complying with new legislation (e.g., the Americans with Disabilities Act) The complete report, "66 Ways to Make You or Your Business Newsworthy," from which the above is excerpted, is available for a nominal fee from Marcia Yudkin, Ph.D., P.O. Box 1310, Boston, MA 02117, CIS 75200,1163 (She is a regular in the WORK, SMALLBIZ and PRSIG forums); phone 617-266-1613. Marcia Yudkin is the author of SIX STEPS TO FREE PUBLICITY (Plume Books 1994); FREELANCE WRITING: BREAKING IN WITHOUT SELLING OUT (HarperCollins 1988); plus many other books) and publisher of the newsletter, THE CREATIVE GLOW: HOW TO BE MORE ORIGINAL, INSPIRED & PRODUCTIVE IN YOUR WORK.

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