An important part of your own content generation, You Media, is having a media room on your website. This is a special, defined space that features the content media would use to develop a story on you, prepare for an interview, and to share with […]
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Books are the greatest gift of all time. Whether you love to curl up with a book on the back deck as the sun is setting in the west, or you prefer to load all your books on a digital device and consume them when
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In my quest to help authors become Media Darlings, there are common questions that come up, and today seems like a good day to share some of those questions along with the answers. One of the top concerns writers and authors have has to do
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Many authors come to me perplexed by what they need to do to market and publicize their books. Because they feel unsure, many suffer from overwhelm, procrastination, frustration, and sometimes just a low level of anxiety for how to spread the word about their books,
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Do you remember the first time you heard a recording of your voice? Do you remember thinking, “Oh, no! That isn’t me. It doesn’t sound anything like me!” And yet, it was you all right. It takes awhile to get used to the sound of
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Have you ever read a social media post from someone else and thought, “Why are they sharing all of this? This is definitely TMI.” We’ve all been there and had those thoughts about others. When I first got into radio broadcasting, I remember being faced
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Every social area in life–including social media platforms–has its own etiquette, or an unpublished set of rules that people familiar with it simply know. Did you know the gym has its own set of unwritten rules? A couple of days ago there was a woman
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One of the most powerful persuasion techniques in language is that of the story. Media interviews are no different. You initially capture the media person’s attention with a story, and then deliver an interview to capture the audience with a story. They might be the
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Over the years working with authors and business owners, I have created a long list of interview tips, including dos and don’ts when talking with the media. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ve no doubt read some of them. Today I
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This blog is for authors looking to get more visibility and coverage for their books. We often cover the important things to say or do when pitching an interview idea to a media person, or what to do once you actually land the interview. Occasionally,
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