Ask producer or assistant if they would give out name of your book and/or your website near end of interview. I have never had them refuse and they usually mention my contact information a number of times during interview.

Prepare about five talking points for use in interview. Write them down so you can stay on track. I find that 5 points are more than enough to direct flow of interview.

I purchased a phone mic. from Radio Shack to record all my interviews. The one I have has a suction cup on one end that I stick to phone receiver and plug other end into my tape recorder. When I receive call from radio station I press "record" and I am off and running. After interview I listen to it and critique my performance.

Give radio interviews a try. It’s a great way to get publicity by staying at home and speaking to thousands on phone.

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About five years ago, I needed an additional $1500.00 in order to pay for all of deposits that I owed on new store that I was about to open. I thought about it a bit, and identified a niche in my community that no one else was targeting.

=> It was about three weeks before Memorial Day, 2000 a very patriotic holiday

=> I am a retired veteran of USAF

=> I am a member of VFW

One plus one plus one equals $1500.00.

What I did was to take an SMC eagle statue to my VFW post after contacting Quartermaster to get permission to solicit post. He welcomed me.

I ended up selling him 15 eagle statues at twice wholesale price. I was so emboldened by this bit of success, that I called every VFW and American Legion post in Anchorage to make appointments. I didn't get my foot into every door, but I still had most fun that I ever had, and earned all of $1500.00 that I needed in just a few hours.

Like I said, THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

3. Ignore anyone who is negative about what you are trying to do with your home business. Whiners and Snivellers never do anything but try to drag others down to their level in order to justify their miserable existance. Since they haven't figured out secret code, they want to make sure that someone else doesn't either.

Stay positive, have fun with your business, and be tenacious! Never give up because of a setback. Because, that is all it is. Setbacks are not failures, they are opportunities to learn and refine.

Thomas Edison screwed up a lot of blown glass bulbs before he finally figured out light bulb. He took tremendous amounts of notes concerning his failures and learned from each of them. You should do same thing in your business. Every time that you try a new tactic that doesn't work out, learn a lesson from it and apply it to next attempt. Eventually, light bulb will come on, and you will earn a profit.