If you’ve always wanted to have your own national TV show, but you don’t have the energy to make all the right contacts in New York or Hollywood, that’s OK. You can have your own show for less than $400 a month. Don’t have $400 to spend? You can have the show anyway and actually make a profit by selling sponsorships.… Read More
TV & Radio
Want to be an expert? Listen to my radio interview
I was a guest on the Growing Your Business radio show with Fred Hueston and Lyna Farkas a few weeks ago, and I shared my best tips on how to become an expert, then promote your expertise online and offline. You can listen to the show here. I do this particular interview several times a month with radio… Read More
‘Pam & Buffy Show’ needs publicity in Atlanta
Jennifer Perry of Atlanta, Georgia writes: “My client, Pam Weeks, wrote and produced the Pam & Buffy television shows for children for years. The show is now distributed nationally by NIMCO, an education products company. Buffy is a 6-foot sheepdog costumed character and performed a live interactive show with Pam for 15 years at the… Read More
Nag Oprah? Try it at your own risk
I despise Internet petitions and am sick to death of being asked to “sign” my name for whatever and pass it along “to everyone in your address book.” Then along comes this post at book marketing guu John Kremer’s blog about a petition being circulated by an author who wants to get onto “Oprah.” In at least… Read More
Oprah booking: More difficult than ever
In the old days, booking a coveted spot on “Oprah” was one of the most difficult tasks a Publicity Hound could face. But there were some tricky ways to get around the problem. You simply recorded a show, then watched the recording in slow motion, checking the credits at the end for names of producers… Read More
How to promote a podcast for women
Kit Behling of Milwaukee, Wisconsin writes: The writers of “Single Married Widowed Divorced” need your help. We are a group of technologically challenged, over-35 women who have jumped on the podcasting bandwagon—uh, make that bandwidth. We have a website and a play and a weekly podcast in which we examine real women’s relationship stories. “Each week… Read More
Child abuse stories can make it onto TV with creative pitches
My friend, TV reporter Shawne Duperon, has fabulous ideas on how to get TV people interested in your story. In her ezine this week, she featured the following question from Chris Jamieson of the Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect: “I work in the child abuse prevention field. Typically, these stories only hold water with the… Read More
Radio, TV talk shows need emergency guests
If you’ve been a guest on a TV or radio show and you’d love to make a return visit this summer, here’s a quick way to get the producer’s attention. Offer to fill in if a guest cancels or runs into travel problems. Radio and TV talk show hosts dread having to fill an entire hour… Read More
TV talk show guest wannabes make these critical mistakes
Here are the biggest mistakes people make when they pitch TV talk show producers. They pitch a producer whose name they added to their Rolodex four years ago, but they haven’t contacted the producer since then. They contact the wrong producer at the show and don’t know who’s the correct one for their topic. The lead the… Read More
Diane Rehm Show doesn’t want self-published authors
If you’re trying to get onto “The Diane Rehm Show” on National Public Radio, forget about pitching her for an author interview if you’re self-published. “If a publishing house is not interested in publishing your book, there has got to be a reason,” she said, speaking on a panel at the Publishers Marketing Association University today. … Read More