GENERATE FREE PRESS FOR YOUR BIZ BY HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY

Written by Rachel Goldstein


Are you looking for a unique way to catchrepparttar attention of potential customers? Have you had a hard time gettingrepparttar 120406 attention ofrepparttar 120407 media and don’t know where else to turn? Look no further,repparttar 120408 answer has been right in front of yourepparttar 120409 entire time. Give back to your community.

FIRST STEP – FIND A CAUSE

You and your business have interests that can be converted in a great community service experience. Once you are matched withrepparttar 120410 right project, you will encounter a rewarding experience that you will always remember. You also have to consider what could possibly become a great news story. A good story converts into more business for you. More clients aren’t everything, but it could very well be an excellent bonus.

A good example:

Shoppe at Darling (http://www.darlingbabyshoes.com/), an affordable baby shoes store, was interested inrepparttar 120411 benefits of donating torepparttar 120412 local Pediatric Hospital that was opening acrossrepparttar 120413 road from their new store. They decided to start a Paint-a-Mural project (http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/ ) with Artists Helping Children. Children visiting their store can paint a mural while they are waiting for shoes. After completed, they donate to a local children’s hospital. They getrepparttar 120414 benefit of:

1.Clients visiting their store becauserepparttar 120415 clients enjoy paintingrepparttar 120416 mural 2.Possibly more return clients because ofrepparttar 120417 extra enjoyment ofrepparttar 120418 activity 3.Clients will admirerepparttar 120419 store’s values 4.Positive FREE media coverage every time they finish a mural and donate it torepparttar 120420 local children’s hospital 5.A free mural forrepparttar 120421 children’s hospital

Publish it...

Written by Phil Basten


Publish-It

* Want to get more signups for your newsletter, ezine, downline club, optin list?

* Want to make more sales for that special product or service you are offering or, get more paying members for that new program you just joined?

Write an article and submit it...

'But I can't write a lick', you say.

Well, read on because I'm going to show you how you can write an article easily and quickly.

Pick a subject you know something about and research it...

Don't try to copy what others are doing. The way you become well-known onrepparttar net is to become an authority on a particular subject.

So choose a subject you know a lot about, read up all you can about that subject so you haverepparttar 120405 latest info at hand, and then start writing.

Make sure it's a subject you're passionate about.

Passion or enthusiasm is infectious. It has a way of drawing others intorepparttar 120406 story, capturing their imagination and igniting excitement in your readers.

Your article or story should be potent enough to motivate your readers to take action.

Keep it a la natural...

Writerepparttar 120407 way you talk. Imagine you are sitting next to your uncle or aunt and you are trying to explain to them what it is that excites you.

Try to use plain English minusrepparttar 120408 froth and bubble. People respond more easily and quickly to genuine feelings and thoughts than they do to hype and an over use of adjectives.

The more natural you are when you write,repparttar 120409 more ordinary people will be able to identify themselves with you and your topic.

Weaverepparttar 120410 story...

Every subject or topic has a story woven into it's fabric. Your task is to extractrepparttar 120411 story and then tell it in your own words.

Next constructrepparttar 120412 framework for tellingrepparttar 120413 story clearly and concisely. To do this ask yourself these questions.

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