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November 14, 2002
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COOPETITION --Try it, you'll like it.
I write a lot of articles and distribute them to other ezine
publishers, and I occasionally get back a huffy reply from a
few of them.
"Sorry,' they say. "I DO NOT publish articles by writers who
don't subscribe to my ezine."
Well, okay, it's a free country, and there are a gazillion
ezines out there. I can't subscribe to all of them.
But I'd like to ask these publishers this: who's really the
loser if you have good information your readers might like
to know and you keep it from them because the you got it
from someone who wasn't a subscriber?
The loser is your reader.
I think it's a lot smarter to use the approach Jan
Tallent-Dandridge of RIM Digest, http://www.rimdigest.com
used when I submitted an article to her recently.
She wrote me a personal note saying, in effect, she
preferred to use articles written by subscribers, but she
liked the one I sent her and would publish it anyway.
"Oh, by the way," she added. "Why don't you check out my
most recent edition? You might decide to sign up."
Guess what? I signed up.
She gained a subscriber--and an admirer. I like the way she
does business, and I'm not surprised RIM Digest now boasts
more than 30,000 subscribers.
Which brings me to the subject of "Coopetition."
Coopetition is a word coined by my friend and neighbor Joel
Christopher, "Mister Master Listbuilder."
http://www.get-free-publicity.com/listbuilder.html
Joel's own list is approaching 100,000, and he says he did
it -- not by COMPETING with other marketers -- but by
COOPERATING with them.
Coopetition, in other words.
In fact, Joel is doing a joint venture next week with his
biggest "competitor," Frank Garon of
http://www.internetcashplanet.com They're planning a three
night, six-hour teleseminar Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
(sorry, it's already sold out).
Anyway, people ask me sometimes why I offer an "Experts"
section on the www.get-free-publicity.com website. They
point out that people like Joan Stewart and Susan Harrow are
doing much the same thing I'm doing -- offering information
on how to use the media to get publicity -- and maybe
visitors to my site will buy their products instead of
mine.
Well, first of all, I know a lot -- but I don't know
everything there is to know about PR and publicity. It's
ridiculous to think someone else's products would never be
more appropriate for a customer than mine.
If my stuff's not what they're looking for, I'll happily
recommend other people.
My main concern is doing what's right for the my visitors.
If they don't buy from me today, but I help them out by
recommending Joan or Susan, I'm confident they'll come back
and buy from me another time.
With that said, I want to introduce another "big hitter" in
the PR/Marketing ball game (sorry, I used to be a
sportscaster--sports analogies are hardwired in my brain).
Her name is Marcia Yudkin.
How good is she?
Punch the words "marketing consultant" into Google, and her
name comes up first.
She says it's a happy accident, but if you browse her web
site by clicking on
http://www.get-free-publicity.com/yudkin.html I think you'll
understand why her #1 ranking is not a fluke.
She's got great stuff, and lots of it. Also a first rate
ezine.
Definitely, check it out.
And remember:
Coopetition.
It's really a good thing because the customer gets what they
want and need.
And when that happens, everybody wins in the long run.
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Quick Tips For This Week
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A few weeks ago I told you that there's no better time to
develop relationships with people in the media--especially
the electronic media.
Here's some more proof for you.
Tom Rosenstiel of Columbia University's Project for
Excellence in Journalism recently said that local news
directors "over the last several years have been
asked to do more for less."
"They're hamsters on the wheel, he continued, "and they are
pushing so hard to maintain profitability amid thinner
resources that it's hard for them to look up and get out of
their rut."
In other words, it's getting tougher and tougher for them to
meet the needs of their audiences by giving providing
relevant and interesting stories.
That's spells O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-I-T-Y for free publicity
seekers.
Here are some resources you can draw on to do it.
Susan Harrow's publication "How To Get Booked On Oprah." It
may be a little premature to shoot for the Oprah Show
itself, but there's plenty of info in Susan's book that you
can use for getting the attention of local TV and radio show
producers. To get a free report (via autoresponder) that
will give you an idea of the quality of info Susan offers,
send a blank email to
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Susan's site: http://www.get-free-publicity.com/prstore.html
Also...
When you start approaching reporters, producers, etc, you
don't want to make any bonehead mistakes that will hurt your
chances.
Marcia Yudkin offers the following "Pet Peeves" to avoid so
you can get your relationship with media decision-makers off
to a good start.
* Attempts to bribe the writer or finagle guaranteed
coverage for their client. Don't!
* Threats to retaliate against a reporter by going over
their head to their editor or publisher. Don't!
* Omissions of crucial information, destroying their
trustworthiness forever. Don't!
* Wildly irrelevant pitches, like "Because you write about
personal finance, here's something about a bed-and-breakfast
in Maine." Don't!
* Sending huge attachments, unrequested, that hang up the
writer's email for hours. Don't!
* Ignoring clearly stated deadlines. Don't!
* Pitching an expert source who turns out to be unavailable
for interviews. Don't!
* Scorning a publication as not important enough for
cooperation, forgetting that journalists often change jobs.
Don't!
* Sobbing to the writer that because the client didn't make
it into the final story, they're going to lose their job.
Don't!
For more good ideas, check out Marcia's site by clicking on
http://www.get-free-publicity.com/yudkin.html
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