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    4 Ways to Make Profit With Press Releases

    Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
    Christian PR

    Get the PR you Deserve! Market the Message!

    Millions of people log on to the internet daily. The internet has become a big market for products and services. In addition, as you know, marketing your product or service anywhere needs promotion because you need to make your presence felt to consumers.

    Writing press releases is one of the most important ways to promote your website over the internet. Writing press releases frequently will attract web traffic to your site.

    Press releases are an essential part of advertising and promoting your campaigns online, and hence writing an effective press release, which is newsworthy, and attention grabbing is very important. Simply writing the PR does not help your purpose. It needs to be well complemented with proper use, to get the most effective result.

    * Your PR needs to stand out so that the media and or consumer will see that it is newsworthy and it is something they want to explore of purchase.
    * The more people want to read your PR, the more advertising you will be getting online. Your Christian-PR news release is like a “virtual sales brochure” that can attract potential customers. Hence, the body of the PR should be factual and informative, giving the readers like bloggers, the consumer and media a reason to read your press release.

    * After identifying your target audience, you should write your PR keeping in mind the maturity level and the attitude of your audience. Write more versions of the same press release to cater to the different fragments of your objective market.

    * The titles of your press release acts like a door bell, it should attract attention.

    PR is one of the most important tools of advertising over internet.

    However, if the above tips are kept in mind while writing it, you can write an effective and newsworthy PR, which in turn will help you make profit.

    Get started TODAY!

    Hear Pam Perry's Show and get PR Tips weekly

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    to hear live tips and PR Coaching from Pam Perry

    Christian-PR | P.O. Box 4172 | Houston | TX | 77210

    Branding Super Star Call with Pam Perry & Cedrick Harris

    Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
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    Hello there my friend.

     
    Everyone seems to be looking for another stream of income because certain “brooks” have dried up!  
     
    Well, Ministry Marketing Solutions is about that – providing solutions!  
     
    This Thursday, Dec. 3, from 9 pm to 10 pm EST, I will be hosting a teleseminar with “Mega Branding Super Star,” Cedrick Harris. 
     

     

    Topic:  “How to Succeed in Network Marketing with Personal Branding & Attraction Marketing” 
     Cedrick Harris
    This is a complimentary call, holding nothing back. Cedrick Harris is going to bring it!
     
    Cedrick has coached thousands of people to success and has amassed a yearly seven-figure income over the past 3 1/2 years online. 
     
    He is an internet marketer, affiliate marketer, network marketing super star – and we are joining forces to give you the stepping stones to success too!
     
    This call will give you a jump start on how to Brand YOUR Best Life. The marketing system we’ll be sharing with you is proven – and it works. I’m a witness!
     
    If you are more than just curious about making serious money online using a proven internet marketing system, don’t miss this call!
     
    Here’s the number to call on Thursday:
     
     1-218-936-4700
    Passcode: 528281
     
    Can’t make it or want to get the replay number? Register here: http://www.brandingsuperstar.com

     

    Many people say that we could charge $200 for this material, but you get it as a “thank you” for being one of my faithful readers.  I want you to Brand like a super star!


    Pam Perry, YOUR PR Coach helping you to brand your best life!
    Ministry Marketing Solutions, Inc.  

     
    P.S. I will also be interviewing the Social Media Sista/WebTech Girl Lashanda Henry on The Synergy Energy show. Tune in on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at Noon EST. She knows her stuff! This is like a preview call for the Branding Secrets Teleseminar on Tuesday, Dec. 15 that I’ll be doing. Check it out (it’s a podcast too)    http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ministrymarketingsolutions
     
    P.P.S. Early Bird
     
    Register for the Social Media Marketing Teleseminar “Branding Secrets” Teleseminar by Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 and get FREE 15 min. personal consultation with me. Limited to the first 10 registered only. Go to: http://www.PamPerry.EventBrite.com
     
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    You can look me up and be a fan here.  

     

    Need some help with your PR Campaign? Get a Publicity Virtual Assistant: Leah to the Rescue!

    Saturday, August 29th, 2009

    overwhelmed
    How can you focus on being the top

    of your writing game
    when you’re overwhelmed with

    administrative tasks?

    books
    The answer:
    DELEGATE to a well-qualified
    Publicity Virtual Assistant!

    Publicity virtual assistants are especially beneficial

    for those many first-time authors who are overwhelmed

    with the publishing & marketing process. By partnering

    with a Publicity Virtual Assistant, the stress of having to know

    it all is drastically reduced and the author can rely on their

    PVA to take over and implement much of the publicity campaign.

    Ministry Marketing Solutions offers you an answer:
    Mrs. Leah Hubbard, PVA Extraordinaire!
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    “Leah Hubbard is my right hand – without her expert administrative
    & proof reading skills Ministry Marketing Solutions would just be ministry marketing
    – and we’d be scrambling for the solutions. She helps us clarify and soar.” Pam Perry

    Hey Future best seller:

    You are always on my mind.
    You have been coached and know your stuff.
    I know you’re serious about “marketing the message.”

    But as a busy author, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed
    by all the details of your book, marketing plans,
    online efforts and promotional duties. I feel you!

    Your many projects and ideas can lose their effectiveness

    if you can’t implement them successfully.

    If you are drowning in a sea of sticky notes,
    you need a Publicity Virtual Assistant!
    Enter – The PVA Solution: Leah Hubbard! (waabiz@aol.com)
    Delegating will help you go from obscurity to fame!

    busy lady

    Get YOUR Author Act Together! Delegate!

    Self-publishers and published authors alike often need assistance with the most vital aspect of their book journey, marketing and publicity.

    Successful authors know that to sell books, you need to do PR. And even more importantly, you need to do a lot of PR.
    You can’t just put your book on Amazon and send out a press release or two and hope for the masses to come.

    You need do an aggressive marketing campaign and get out there and promote your hard work.

    Fortunately, with the help of a Publicity Virtual Assistant it has never been easier.

    Publicity Virtual Assistants are virtual assistants who specialize in publicity and marketing.

    Publicity Virtual Assistants utilize all their expert talents and superb writing abilities for book marketing and promotions, thereby helping authors achieve the success they deserve by providing extensive marketing support, help with social networking, following up on media pitches, proofing and editing capabilities, extensive research, administrative support and so much more.

    Leah Hubbard started Wise Administrative Associates in 1996 to support small-mid sized companies and entrepreneurs in all phases of Administrative Support.

    With over 20 years of corporate office experience as well as entreprenuerial business support, Leah can assist you by ensuring that your administrative tasks are completed in a timely and professional manner.

    Her business is to alleviate the tasks that prevent your from getting your primary goals completed.

    Publicity virtual assistants are especially beneficial for those many first-time authors who are overwhelmed with the publishing process. By partnering with a Publicity Virtual Assistant, the stress of having to do it all while maintaining the rest of your life is drastically reduced and the author can rely on their PVA to take over and implement much of the mundane tasks of a publicity campaign.

    As your Publishing Virtual Assistant, Leah Hubbard will:

    • Proof articles and post to your blog and tweet out for you
    • Be your social networker: finding you friends, followers and fans
    • Submit articles to online directories & press releases to the media
    • Follow up on media contacts & set up interviews                        (a job all by itself!!)
    • Assist in arranging book signings and speaking engagements
    • Mailings of marketing materials to various outlets
    • Calendar Coordination to keep you on top of appointments
    • Help you keep your sanity and keep your dream alive while you work by providing top-notch administrative support!


    For pricing information, please email her at waabiz@aol.com or call 248.342-8806.

    Sincerely,


    Pam Perry, PR Coach
    “Brand Your Best Life”
    Ministry Marketing Solutions, Inc.

    P.S. Achieve the success they deserve – contact Leah today! She can only work effectively with a limited number of authors at a time. There is a 3 month minimum commitment. Prices will rise in the fall! Don’t drag your feet. Get help so you can focus on what YOU do best!

    How to write your book in a weekend

    Saturday, June 20th, 2009


    Is it takin
    g youblack-woman-on-computer2 longer to write your book

    than you ever expected … a lot longer?

    If so, you’re invited to a free telephone

    seminar on Thursday, June 25th with a woman

    who’s developed a unique system for writing

    a quality non-fiction book in a weekend!

    http://www.WriteYourBookInAWeekend.com/call/?11291


    Discover the speed writing system she’s

    used to help 238 authors get their books

    done quickly. Yes YOU can too! You are one

    click away from awesome!

    To your success,

    Pam Perry, Your PR Coach

    P.S. For PR tools and resources go to: http://www.e-junkie.com/pamperry (Get free mp3 for PR Boot Camp Orientation call) Next Class starts July 14!

    Appear on the Oprah Show.

    Monday, May 25th, 2009

    You hear it all the time: Getting on The Oprah Winfrey Show is just like winning the lottery. And it can be. But as you probably know you have fierce competition-a lot of it. Thousands of others like you want to be on the show just as much as you do. The only thing that stands between you and them is knowledge, skills, and abilities.

    The good news is that some of these things can be taught. The bad news is that others cannot. You need to have expertise, good timing, and a certain set of skills, to even be considered by the Oprah producers.

    Maybe you’ve already tried to contact the Oprah producers and have not received a reply. Maybe you believe you’ve got just the right talent or expertise for Oprah, but you haven’t been able to get the Oprah Show’s attention. Maybe you know you’ve got a story that is so incredible the Oprah producers are sure to call you up in a flashŠbut they haven’t.

    Oprah Winfrey

    Oprah Winfrey

    If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of  these questions, I’d like to invite you to explore The Ultimate Guide to Getting Booked on Oprah: Super Training kit from my colleague Susan Harrow, respected media trainer & marketing strategist who is also the author of Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul, considered by most to be The Bible of all publicity.

    Harrow, along with her team of experts, the best publicists in the business, show you how to get on America’s #1 talk show.

    Collectively, they have worked with high profile people, best-selling authors, top experts, famous speakers, successful entrepreneurs, well-known non-profits, and people who are doing remarkable things inspiring others and changing the world. The kind of people Oprah’s producers want.

    Harrow’s team has not only gotten guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show, but virtually all the national TV talk shows that matter. Their clients have been on Oprah, Larry King Live, CBS’ 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Rachael Ray, Donny Deutsch, Montel, Ellen, E! Entertainment Channel, ABC’s 20/20, CBS’ 48 Hours, NBC’s Dateline, MSNBC, CNN, even Bill O’Reilly, and Fox & Friends, and more.

    Harrow’s personal clients paid her thousands of dollars for creating pitches and for extensive media training. Now she has encapsulated all that advice, and their experiences, into a definitive guide – one that’s not available anywhere else, on or off the Internet.

    This is invaluable information if your goal is to be on Oprah. And it’s important to take action right away since many people who make it on to the show have a timely topic that’s current in the news…and you never know when that will happen.

    To find out how to be a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show go here now:

    http://budurl.com/oprahpr

    P.S.  Also, see the must-have PR tools at: www.e-junkie.com/pamperry

    Next Online PR Boot Camp is June 16. Be Oprah-READY!

    www.prbootcamponline.eventbrite.com

    American Christian Writers Meeting Info & 20 Books to Help You Market Your Book!

    Sunday, May 17th, 2009

    Web 2.0 Recommended Reading List

    1. Taking Your Business To the Next Level: An Essential Step-By-Step Success Plan for Small Business by Frances McGuckin

    2. How to Be an Entrepreneur and Keep Your Sanity: The African-American Handbook & Guide to Owning, Building, and Maintaining Successfully Your Own Small Business by Paula McCoy Pinderhughes

    3. Complete Publicity Plans: Create Publicity That Will Spark Media Exposure and Excitement by Sandra Beckwith

    4. Branding for Dummies: Discover a Dynamic System for Brand-creation & Management by Bill Chiaravelle and Barbara Findlay Schenck

    5. The Brand YU Life: Re-Thinking Who You Are Through Personal Brand Management by Hajj E. Flemings

    6. The New Influencers: A Marketer’s Guide to the New Social Media by Paul Gillin

    7. The E Code: 34 Internet Superstars Reveal 44 Ways to Make Money Online Almost Instantly – Using Only Email! By Joe Vitale and Jo Han Mok

    8. Advanced Email Marketing: How to Deliver the Right Message to the Right Audience by Jim Sterne

    9. Blogs, Wikis, MySpace, and More: Everything You Want to Know About Using Web 2.0 but Are Afraid to Ask by Terry Burrows

    10. Permission-Based E-Mail Marketing That Works!: Everything You Need to Know by Kim MacPherson

    11. What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere by Ted Demopoulis

    12. Red Hot Internet Publicity: An Insider’s Guide to Marketing Your Book on the Internet by Penny C. Sansevieri

    13. From Book to Bestseller: An Insider’s Guide to Publicizing and Marketing Your Book! by Penny C. Sansevieri

    14. Publish & Market Your Christian Book in 10 Easy Steps by Tamika Johnson-Hall

    15. The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing & Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly by David Meerman Scott

    16. Blogging for Dummies: Set up, publish and maintain a blog that draws readers by Brad Hill

    17. Amp Your MySpace Page: Essential Tools for Giving your Profile an Extreme Makeover by Eric Butow & Michael Bellomo

    18. Be The Media: How to Create and Accelerate Your Message…Your Way by David Mathison

    19. You Want Caviar but have money for Chitlins: A Smart PR Guide for Those on a Budget by Karen Taylor Bass

    20. Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds for Dummies by Ellen Finkelstein

    Prepared by: Pam Perry, www.MinistryMarketingSolutions.com & see www.e-junkie.com/pamperry

    for products
    President of American Christian Writers/Detroit Chapter*

    *FREE ACW/Detroit Meeting every Third Monday
    (except during the summer) held at
    Greater Grace Temple City of David, Conf. Rm. 200 C.
    23500 W. Seven Mile Road (near Telegraph) – Detroit, MI 48235
    313.543-6000
    Next Meeting: Monday, May 18 meeting at 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

    Topic: Publishing & Dream Management with Cliff Hubbard
    All authors, writers and aspiring welcome!