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How to Earn an Additional $100,000 a Year as a Publicist--Even in a Bad Economy


Guest expert:
Publicist Robert Smith

Cost: $39.95 for the electronic transcript, MP3 audio or the CD (add $5.50 shipping for CD). This is a recording of a telephone seminar conducted in June 2008.
 
Summary:

Publicists and PR professionals, don't buy into all that talk about "the bad economy." Despite what's happening outside your control, you can still have a healthy stable of PR clients. Publicist Robert Smith shares his innovative (and sometimes downright wacky) tips on how he keeps a fresh stream of leads--and tricks for converting those leads into paying clients. He has generated publicity for many of them in top-tier media outlets such as "Oprah" and "20/20" and in Ebony, GQ, USA Today, Forbes, Woman's World and Redbook.

You will learn:

  • Why charging an hourly rate is a huge mistake and how to solve that problem and still keep the client happy

  • 3 other ways you can charge your clients depending on their needs

  • How your clients can track sales that result directly from your PR efforts so they can see direct return on their PR investment

  • A powerful way to give clients options as to how much to invest on their PR campaign...this will usually put more money in your pocket

  • Joan's recommendation for two books that will help you grow your practice considerably

  • Why it's a mistake to submit a proposal with only pricetag and how you can make more money and close more prospects

  • How you can start a PR business for less than $100 without a fancy desk, an expensive office or overhead

  • A question that will help you sell more than just PR services to clients

  • How to bring on more staff without bringing on extra expense

  • A wonderful and inexpensive source to help you produce video for clients, right in your own community!

  • How to raise capital if you need a large amount of money to grow your business

  • A simple little exercise that will help you bring in more clients....Robert does this every other month

  • How to work with your competitors to bring more leads through the door...yes, your competitors!

  • A great way to find potential clients...Joan found most of her clients this way when she started her PR business

  • Once you've found them, a method for making sure you stay in touch with them weekly so you don't fall off their radar screen  

  • An unconventional way that Robert got in front of at least 200 small business owners per day, for four weeks, for next to nothing and got loads of leads...you can use this same strategy  

  • How to  make money from names, addresses, phone numbers and other data from people who didn't buy from you

  • How publicists can create their own inexpensive TV show in their own community or in the community where they want clients

  • The factors Robert considers when deciding how much to charge for his services

  • 2 questions to ask potential clients before you write a proposal...one will keep you from spinning your wheels and the other will help you price the project correctly

  • The one thing that all publicists should do every day, even if it's only for 10 minutes, to help bring in new clients

  • 2 more tips--one from Joan and one from Robert--on how to find leads

  • The one big mistake most publicists make...this makes it difficult for potential clients to find them

  • A great place to look for journalists...if you find them here, you've struck gold

  • What publicists who want more clients should be doing to pull in traffic from people who are searching for publicists, and to promote their own expertise

  • A fast way to write a book...share this with your clients and it can trim years off the chore of bringing a book to market

  • How Robert got two of his clients onto "Oprah" and is now able to communicate directly with six of her producers

  • The phone number he recommends Publicity Hounds use when they want to call "Oprah" and deliver a phone pitch

  • What publicists should do if they want leads from Robert and more of his tips on how to grow a PR  business

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