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Starting Your Career As A Musician

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My new book, Starting Your Career As A Musician (Allworth Press), is scheduled for release in late February or early March. Amazon says March 1, 2013. We’ll see. What happens is one fine day I [...]

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The Shy Networker

Most extroverted folks are great at networking events. They’re all bubbly, chatty and such. They make us introverted folks cringe sometimes.

Me, an introvert?

Yup, ‘fraid so gang. I’ve always been a bit shy, even way back in the dark ages when I was but a mere kidlet. Yet, I don’t have any problem with public speaking [...]

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Becoming a little famous with the power of p.r.

Public relations, or simply p.r., can be one of the most potent tools in your marketing toolbox. It can add a lot of credibility to you and your business and it’s often loads less expensive than advertising. Plus, and it’s a big plus, it positions you as an expert in you niche.

Believability is another important [...]

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Handling Interviews

It’s another day and you pull up behind your desk, fire up the computer and down a jolt of your favorite caffeinated beverage. Out of the blue, the phone rings or the inbox jingles. You’ve been asked for an interview.

Holy smokes! What now? After your hat size deflates once again to normal, take a few [...]

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Writing Press Releases

Press releases are often the foundation of a business’s publicity efforts. When writing releases, be sure they conform to accepted format standards. To follow is the dissection of a release I wrote a while back.

News Release

Contact:
Neil Tortorella
Tortorella Design
954.607.2244
neil@tortorelladesign.com

January 19, 2009

For Immediate Release
Neil Tortorella to Present At the 2009 HOW Design Conference

Plantation, FL: Neil Tortorella will [...]

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Press Release Ideas

So far, I written about the value of generating publicity for your business, how to build a media list and develop a press kit. At the core of all this is the mighty press release. An archive of releases can become the foundation of your public relations efforts.

A well-written, information-packed release can go miles toward [...]

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Creating Your Press Kit

A press kit, sometimes called a media kit, is a collection of information about a person, product, company or event sent to the media as a promotional tool. It’s all the information a journalist needs to write about the glories of you in one convenient place.

Your press kit can be created one of two ways [...]

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Building A Media List

A sibling to your prospects and contacts list, your media list is destined to become one of the treasured items in your marketing toolbox. It’s a list of writers, reporters, editors and other media contacts who are going to skyrocket you to niche stardom.

You could dig deep into your pockets and subscribe to a [...]

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