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Standout media pitches

Why A Great Pitch Can Get No Response

An author I know recently pitched a media outlet that made complete sense. It fit their “This outlet is perfect for me” test, which includes the following: The topic was right for them. The audience

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Podcasting studio

Why Did My Interview End Early?

A former client once called me after a podcast interview and was clearly unhappy. The interview had been scheduled for an hour, but it only lasted about twenty minutes. To him, that meant something had

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Beautifully wrapped Christmas gifts

It’s Already Holiday Gift Guide Season

Every year, authors make the same mistake with holiday gift guides. They wait until the holidays. On the surface that seems right, but when it comes to media, you often have to be thinking way

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How to Tell Real Emails from AI Generated Emails

That Flattering Email May Not Be What It Seems

During my webinar earlier this week, an author asked a question that immediately got Stephanie and me talking. Stephanie Chandler is the founder of the Nonfiction Authors Association and was hosting the webinar. During the

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Building trust with the media

When Trust Is Already in Short Supply

Last week, I wrote about how AI can waste enormous amounts of your time. It can produce too many ideas, too many versions, too many directions, and too much material to sort through. Something that

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Bombarded by AI Suggestions

AI is Not an Oracle

AI is supposed to save us time according to all the talk online. And sometimes it does. It can help brainstorm ideas, organize information, suggest titles, tighten a paragraph, or point us toward an angle

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