Charlotte:  Great PR in 30 minutes a day is the topic when marketing expert Gail Martin presents the April class in the Marketing Results Teleseminar series.

Getting more coverage in newspapers, on the radio, in blogs and on podcasts and other new media doesn’t have to take a huge amount of time.  Author and marketing expert Gail Martin shares her tips on how to create more successful public relations and promotion in as little as 30 minutes a day.  During this class, Martin explains her system to get more results in less time, generate PR buzz year-round,  and use simple tools that make it easy.

The “Marketing Results” series helps small businesses, home-based companies and solo professionals marketing themselves more effectively, even on a small budget.

Gail Martin owns DreamSpinner Communications, and is an international speaker on business and book marketing.  She’s also the author of The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book and the upcoming Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide from Career Press.

All programs are Wednesday at Noon Eastern. Details and sign-up are at:
http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/5671430.htm and www.GailMartinMarketing.com

Charlotte, NC: Bestselling author Gail Z. Martin will sign copies of “The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind” at Book Expo of America in New York City on Wed., May 26 at 10 a.m. in Booth # 3162.

In “The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind,” (Comfort Press 2010) Martin shows authors the right way to quickly increase book sales. Martin walks authors through the step-by-step book marketing, book promotion, and publicity strategies she used to sell more than 200,000 copies of her own books.

“The Thrifty Author’s Guide” is packed full of proven book marketing strategies presented in an easy-to-read, to-do checklist format for busy writers.  Short chapters and month-by-month assignments lead the reader to create a customized book launch strategy to get a new book noticed and sold.

For a free sample chapter, visit www.ThriftyAuthor.com. For more about Gail Z. Martin, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com

Charlotte, NC: Gail Z. Martin, internationally bestselling author, shows authors the right way to quickly increase book sales in “The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind” (Comfort Press 2010). Martin walks authors through the step-by-step book marketing, book promotion, and publicity strategies she used to sell more than 200,000 copies of her own books.

Martin will sign copies of “The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind” at Book Expo of America in New York City on Wed., May 26 at 10 a.m. in Booth # 3162.

“The Thrifty Author’s Guide” is packed full of proven book marketing strategies presented in an easy-to-read, to-do checklist format for busy writers.  Short chapters and month-by-month assignments lead the reader to create a customized book launch strategy to get a new book noticed and sold.

Topics include:

- Book marketing through social media, using Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Shelfari, and more
- How to get people to come to book signings and convert them into book buyers
- How to write a book sales pitch and approach event coordinators
- How to compile a media list and use it
- How to create “shelf takers” and “push pages”
- How to contact book reviewers, and much more

States Martin: “The urgency that authors don’t realize is that you only have 90 days to prove your book can sell. The first 90 days determines whether book stores will stock your book or ship it back and give the shelf space to a more valuable author. If you start your marketing six months before the launch, you have a much better chance of increasing your book sales.”

“The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind” makes it easy for authors to keep their books selling in book stores and all over the internet. Many free book publicity tools are offered, and book promotion strategies are broken down by exactly what to do each month – starting six months before the launch date.

According to Martin, the biggest mistake that new authors make is to think that the publisher or book store is going to market the book. Says Martin: “By the time an author realizes no one is promoting it, the book is no longer new and it’s harder to make your mark. You don’t want to miss your big window of opportunity.”

Authors could hire a public relations firm for $5000 a month–or save cash and easily do their own book marketing with the “The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind.” “The Thrifty Author’s Guide” is available on Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, or in bookstores for just $13.99.

For a free sample chapter, visit www.ThriftyAuthor.com.

About Gail Z. Martin
Gail Z. Martin is a marketing expert, international speaker and author of the internationally bestselling fantasy adventure series, “The Chronicles of the Necromancer” from Solaris Books, and “The Fallen Kings Cycle” from Orbit Books. A series of Martin’s columns are being featured in Book Marketing Matters, the newsletter put out by Special Sales expert and internet marketing guru, Brian Jud. Another new book by Martin, “30 Days to Social Media Success: The 30 Day Guide to Making the Most of Twitter, Blogging, LinkedIn and Facebook” will be published by Career Press in September, 2010. Martin has four additional books under contract with publishers.

Charlotte, NC—Shared Dreams Marketing Podcast, hosted by DreamSpinner Communications’ president Gail Martin, talks with Mark Levine of Published.com on publishing and self-publishing and with Robyn Spizman, founder of TheGiftionary.com on re-thinking your business as a gift product.

The podcast features business leaders from around North America talking about relevant issues and marketing tactics for small business.

Podcasts post monthly at www.SharedDreamsPodcast.com.  Visitors can listen online at the site, download from iTunes or subscribe via RSS.  Past podcasts are archived on the site and can be downloaded in MP3 format.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and teleseminar programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada.  For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte:  Social media business opportunities on Squidoo, the social media site founded by marketing guru Seth Godin, is the topic when marketing expert Gail Martin presents the April class in the Marketing Results Teleseminar series.

Do You Squidoo?  Social Media’s Secret Weapon will talk about the marketing opportunities on Squidoo, one of the most powerful and yet often overlooked social media networks. Attendees will learn: How to use Squidoo to generate traffic and build buzz; Five things every Squidoo page MUST have; How a Squidoo lens can focus on new business prospects.

The “Marketing Results” series helps small businesses, home-based companies and solo professionals marketing themselves more effectively, even on a small budget.

Gail Martin owns DreamSpinner Communications, and is an international speaker on business and book marketing.  She’s also the author of The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book and the upcoming Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide from Career Press.

All programs are Wednesday at Noon Eastern. Details and sign-up are at:
http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/5671430.htm and www.GailMartinMarketing.com

Charlotte, NC—Shared Dreams Marketing Podcast, hosted by DreamSpinner Communications’ president Gail Martin, talks with Terry Monaghan of Organizing For Your Life about how to deal with overwhelm. Karen Wilson of The International Association of Intuitive Entrepreneurs talks with Gail about the value of intuition.

The podcast features business leaders from around North America talking about relevant issues and marketing tactics for small business.

Podcasts post monthly at www.SharedDreamsPodcast.com.  Visitors can listen online at the site, download from iTunes or subscribe via RSS.  Past podcasts are archived on the site and can be downloaded in MP3 format.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and teleseminar programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada.  For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte:  Using LinkedIN to network with business colleagues and make valuable connections is the topic when marketing expert Gail Martin presents the March program in her new teleseminar series with Network Your Way to More Business on LinkedIN on March 17 at Noon Eastern.

The one-hour teleclass will share tips for : How to play by the rules on LinkedIN; Why LinkedIN is a powerful connection for doing business; 10 Ways to maximize your LinkedIN connections.

The “Marketing Results” series helps small businesses, home-based companies and solo professionals marketing themselves more effectively, even on a small budget.

Gail Martin owns DreamSpinner Communications, and is an international speaker on business and book marketing.  She’s also the author of The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book and the upcoming Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide from Career Press.

All programs are Wednesday at Noon Eastern. Details and sign-up are at:
http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/5671430.htm and www.GailMartinMarketing.com

Charlotte, NC—Shared Dreams Marketing Podcast, hosted by DreamSpinner Communications’ president Gail Martin, talks with Caterina Rando of Attract New Clients with Ease and Pat Mussieux of Steps2Happiness about courage, confidence and new business.

Coach and trainer Pat Mussieux of Steps2Happiness.com talks about confidence, courage and reinvention, and then business development expert Caterina Rando talks with Gail about  how to gain more clients in a tough economy.

The podcast features business leaders from around North America talking about relevant issues and marketing tactics for small business.
Podcasts post monthly at www.SharedDreamsPodcast.com.  Visitors can listen online at the site, download from iTunes or subscribe via RSS.  Past podcasts are archived on the site and can be downloaded in MP3 format.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and teleseminar programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada.  For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte: Bestselling author Gail Z. Martin rejoins WriteWellU for a new teleseminar series on World Building for Believable Fiction..
In this four-part audio workshop, Martin will cover how to create a believable physical setting, creating culture and religion that belong in a fictional world, using language (and creating a new language) to add to the setting, and sustaining the fictional world over multiple books.

•    Session #1: Moving In: Creating the Physical Setting for Your Fiction World
•    Session #2: Getting to Know the Neighbors: Populating Your Fiction World with Believable Background Characters
•    Session #3: Culture and History: Giving Your Fiction World a Backstory
•    Session #4: Conflict and Identity: Dealing with Race, Gender and Religion in a Fictional World.

Class Date and Time: Tuesdays: March 10, 17, 24, and 31: 1:00 p.m. eastern

Martin is the bestselling author of The Chronicles of the Necromancer fantasy adventure series and the upcoming how-to book, “The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind.”  She is a frequent presenter for WriteWell.U and other online marketing platforms.

Martin’s fiction is currently published by Solaris Books (now Rebellion, Ltd.) and her non-fiction is published by Comfort Publishing.  WriteWellU.com provides education for authors of fiction and non-fiction books.

For teleseminar details, pricing and registration, visit www.WriteWellU.com. For information about Gail Martin’s books and marketing, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com and www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com.

Charlotte: Marketing expert and bestselling author Gail Martin of DreamSpinner Communications kicks off a spring speaking tour on social media marketing and cost-effective small business promotion.  Upcoming events include:

•    Feb. 11 eWomenNetwork, Winston-Salem
•    Mar. 2  AIDP Charlotte Chapter, Pineville, NC
•    Mar. 3 Western Piedmont Area Health Underwriters, Hickory, NC
•    Mar. 3, 10, 17, 24  Teleclass series on world building for WriteWellU.com
•    May 6  eWomenNetwork Spring into Smart Success Summit panelist

Gail Martin is an author, entrepreneur and educator. She owns DreamSpinner Communications and is your “Get Results Resource” for marketing strategies that work. Gail is an expert in helping coaches, consultants, authors and solopreneurs get marketing results.  She is the author of two new books in 2010: The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book from Comfort Publishing and Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide from Career Press.

For more information about Gail Martin, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Winston-Salem NC—The Triad Region chapter of eWomenNetwork welcomes marketing expert and bestselling author Gail Martin of DreamSpinner Communications on Feb. 11 to speak on The Solopreneur Survival Guide:  Marketing That Works.

Gail Martin will present “What is Social Media and Why is Everyone Talking About it?”  Martin is a marketing expert, speaker and author with a specialty in social media and online PR for small companies, start-up businesses and solo professionals.    She’ll talk about how to create a Social Media strategy; how to use Twitter, Facebook LinkedIn and other social  media sites to build a company’s brand and increase visibility; why it’s OK to accept friends and followers on social media; and how to grow an audience with real prospective customers.

Gail Martin is an author, entrepreneur and educator. She owns DreamSpinner Communications and is your “Get Results Resource” for marketing strategies that work. Gail is an expert in helping coaches, consultants, authors and solopreneurs get marketing results.  She is the author of two new books in 2010: The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book from Comfort Publishing and Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide from Career Press.

For more information about eWomenNetwork, visit www.ewomennetwork.com.  For more information about Gail Martin, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte:  Using Twitter to market a small business is the topic when marketing expert Gail Martin presents the February program in her new teleseminar series with “Gain Clients and Generate Buzz on Twitter” on February 17 at Noon Eastern.

The one-hour teleclass will share tips for : How to Tweet to get to new business; how to build a following of real business prospects; What to Tweet so followers listen.

The “Marketing Results” series helps small businesses, home-based companies and solo professionals marketing themselves more effectively, even on a small budget.

Gail Martin owns DreamSpinner Communications, and is an international speaker on business and book marketing.  She’s also the author of The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book and the upcoming Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide from Career Press.

All programs are Wednesday at Noon Eastern. Details and sign-up are at:
http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/5671430.htm and www.GailMartinMarketing.com

Charlotte, NC—Shared Dreams Marketing Podcast, hosted by DreamSpinner Communications’ president Gail Martin, talks with
JoAnn Vacing, eWomenNetwork 2009 International Managing Director of the Year talks with Gail about why personal networking is more important this year than ever to build business.

Jacqueline Wales, author of The Fearless Factor, shares why conquering your fear is the key to business success.

The podcast features business leaders from around North America talking about relevant issues and marketing tactics for small business.

Podcasts post monthly at www.SharedDreamsPodcast.com. Visitors can listen online at the site, download from iTunes or subscribe via RSS. Past podcasts are archived on the site and can be downloaded in MP3 format.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and teleseminar programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte: Marketing expert and bestselling author Gail Z. Martin will speak to two Alberta, Canada audiences February 4 – 6 as part of her Thrifty Authors’ Guide tour.

On February 4, Martin will speak to the Edmonton chapter of the Canadian Speakers Association on “30 Days to Marketing Results Success,” based on her upcoming book, “Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Results Guide.”

February 5- 6, Martin will be a keynote speaker at the Meet-up in Red Deer event for the Edmonton and Calgary chapters of eWomenNetwork. Her topic will be “I’m on Facebook: Now What?” and will focus on how small businesses can use social media marketing to get results even on a limited budget.

Gail Martin owns DreamSpinner Communications and is the author of “The Thrifty Authors’s Guide to Launching Your Book” from Comfort Publishing as well as the upcoming “Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Results Guide” from Career Press. She is also the author of the bestselling Chronicles of the Necromancer fantasy adventure series, with the newest book, Dark Lady’s Chosen, just released December 29, 2009. Her new series, The Fallen Kings Cycle, launches with Orbit Books in 2010.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and teleseminar programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte: Shared Dreams Marketing Podcast, hosted by DreamSpinner Communications’ president Gail Martin, talks with LaFern Batie The Batie Group author of “Marketing Brand You”, owner of The Batie Group and Joelle Prochera, Coach Joelle, Inc.

Hypnotist and motivator Wayne Lee talks with Gail about why what your mind believes is real creates reality. Then Delores Valdez Jarvis, author of Gettin’ It Right, about marketing to the Millennial Generation and why Millennials are the consumer group to watch.

The podcast features business leaders from around North America talking about relevant issues and marketing tactics for small business.

Podcasts post monthly at www.SharedDreamsPodcast.com. Visitors can listen online at the site, download from iTunes or subscribe via RSS. Past podcasts are archived on the site and can be downloaded in MP3 format.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and teleseminar programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte: Marketing expert Gail Martin, owner of DreamSpinner Communications, has just signed a contract with Career Press, a national business book publisher, for “Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide.” The book is expected to be a Fall, 2010 release.

“Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide” shares Martin’s proprietary approach to achieving marketing results in a short period of time. Created with busy business owners in mind, Martin makes it easy to understand how new media outlets such as Facebook, LinkedIN, Squidoo and Twitter can be used to increase a company’s visibility and gain clients.

Martin is a marketing consultant and international speaker and is also the author of The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book, a how-to guide on book marketing for authors. She is also the host of the Shared Dreams podcast (www.SharedDreamsPodcast.com) and has written articles for numerous regional and national magazines.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and speaking programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

CONTACT: DreamSpinner Communications 704-595-9581

Charlotte: The Greater Charlotte Region chapter of eWomenNetwork recognized four volunteer leaders with a first-ever “Give First, Share Always” regional award in recognition of service to the chapter.

Award recipients include: Kim Jacobs, host of the TV show “Daily Balance With Kim Jacobs;” Gail Martin, owner of DreamSpinner Communications; Joyce Poole of Helen Adams Realty; and Nancy White with Rejvn8u-Isagenix.

The award was presented by Lori Dvorak, Executive Managing Director of the Greater Charlotte Region chapter. Dvorak was the first to win the first national “Give First, Share Always Award” in August, presented by eWomenNetwork Founder Sandra Yancey.

eWomenNetwork is one of the largest professional networking and marketing organizations for women in North America. For more information about eWomenNetwork or to register online, visit www.eWomenNetwork.com, Greater Charlotte Regional Chapter or contact Lori Dvorak, Executive Managing Director Greater Charlotte Regional Chapter at 704-947-8476.

Charlotte: Shared Dreams Marketing Podcast, hosted by DreamSpinner Communications’ president Gail Martin, talks with LaFern Batie The Batie Group author of “Marketing Brand You”, owner of The Batie Group and Joelle Prochera, Coach Joelle, Inc.

LaFern Batie and Gail talk about why professional and personal development is essential. Then Joelle Prochera and Gail discuss the power of a person’s thoughts and why “what you see is what you get” when it comes to envisioning the future.

The podcast features business leaders from around North America talking about relevant issues and marketing tactics for small business.

Podcasts post monthly at www.SharedDreamsPodcast.com. Visitors can listen online at the site, download from iTunes or subscribe via RSS. Past podcasts are archived on the site and can be downloaded in MP3 format.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and teleseminar programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte: How to market your business on Facebook is the topic when marketing expert Gail Martin kicks off her new teleseminar series with “The Real Deal About Facebook Marketing” on Jan. 20.

The one-hour teleclass will share tips for : “Friending” the right people and extending contacts into referrals; Leveraging your blog, Twitter stream and other social media sites for maximum impact (and minimum time investment) and Using Facebook as part of a larger social media marketing strategy.

The “Marketing Results” series helps small businesses, home-based companies and solo professionals marketing themselves more effectively, even on a small budget.

Gail Martin owns DreamSpinner Communications, and is an international speaker on business and book marketing. She’s also the author of The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book and the upcoming Social Media Marketing for Small Business: The 30 Day Guide from Career Press.

All programs are Wednesday at Noon Eastern. Details and sign-up are at:
http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/5671430.htm and www.GailMartinMarketing.com

Charlotte: “Events and Webinars: Building Qualified Traffic” is the Nov. 18 program at Noon Eastern in the Marketing Turnaround Teleseminar Series by DreamSpinner Communications. The monthly series of teleseminars provides marketing action strategies for small businesses and solo professionals.

Taught by marketing expert Gail Martin, the one-hour teleclass will teach listeners what it takes to put on a successful real or online event. She’ll also explain how business owners can decide between a live or virtual event, and how to gauge whether the payoff is worth it.

Gail Martin has a 25-year background in corporate and nonprofit marketing. She’s the owner of DreamSpinner Communications, a bestselling author, and author of the new book The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book.

The teleseminar costs $19.99. Sign up for the teleclass at http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/5671430.htm.

For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte, NC—Shared Dreams Marketing Podcast, hosted by DreamSpinner Communications’ president Gail Martin, talks with Margot Morgan with Executive Coaching Group and Deborah Shane of Train with Shane.

Margot Morgan talks with Gail about why “creative businesses” such as artists, musicians, and art/entertainment companies need strategic planning, and then Deborah Shane shares her unique perspective on essential personal branding.

The podcast features business leaders from around North America talking about relevant issues and marketing tactics for small business.

Podcasts post monthly at www.SharedDreamsPodcast.com. Visitors can listen online at the site, download from iTunes or subscribe via RSS. Past podcasts are archived on the site and can be downloaded in MP3 format.

DreamSpinner Communications offers exceptional writing, marketing and teleseminar programs for companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com.

Charlotte: Social media, PR and Low-cost promotions headline in the new 2010 “Marketing Results” teleseminar series from marketing expert Gail Martin of DreamSpinner Communications.

The “Marketing Results” series helps small businesses, home-based companies and solo professionals marketing themselves more effectively, even on a small budget.

All programs are Wednesday at Noon Eastern. The 2010 class line-up includes:

Jan. 20 - The Real Deal About Facebook Marketing
Feb. 17 - Gain Clients and Generate Buzz on Twitter
Mar. 17 - Network Your Way to More Business on LinkedIN
Apr. 21 - Do You Squidoo? Social Media’s Secret Weapon
May 19 - 30 Minutes a Day To More PR Coverage
June 23 - 30 Minutes a Day To More Effective Networking and Collaboration
July 21 - Get More Business from Trade Shows and Events
Aug. 18 - 10 Simple Tricks to Juice Up Your Promotions
Sept. 22 - Good PR When There’s Bad News: How to Handle a Media Crisis
Oct. 20 - 30 Minutes a Day to Marketing That Gets Results
Nov. 17 - “Gift-ability”—Marketing Whatever You Sell to Gift Buyer
Dec. 8 - “Results Envy”—The Secret to Big Sales

Details at:

http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/5671430.htm

For information about Gail Martin’s books and marketing, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com and www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com.

Charlotte: Bestselling author Gail Z. Martin rejoins WriteWellU for a new teleseminar on how to market new fiction or non-fiction books.

•    Book Web Sites that Wow Readers  Dec. 2, 1 p.m. Eastern

Martin is the bestselling author of The Chronicles of the Necromancer fantasy adventure series and the upcoming how-to book, “The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind.”  She is a frequent presenter for WriteWell.U and other online marketing platforms.

Martin’s fiction is currently published by Solaris Books (now Rebellion, Ltd.) and her non-fiction is published by Comfort Publishing.  WriteWellU.com provides education for authors of fiction and non-fiction books.

For teleseminar details, pricing and registration, visit www.WriteWellU.com.

For information about Gail Martin’s books and marketing, visit www.GailMartinMarketing.com and www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com.

 “I’d love to hire you, but I just don’t have the money right now”.  Have you been hearing something like this a lot recently?  Although we are in very challenging times, the reality is that “nothing happens until something is sold” — that means a product, a service or even an idea.  Staying still – doing nothing – waiting for a better day – praying to win a lottery – won’t work!

 As a personal branding coach, I teach individuals how to create your personal brand or unique selling proposition so that you will stand out and be selected first, before others.  I must admit that I too, have run into challenges with the weak economy in generating revenue for my business, “Get Ahead by Getting Known”.  But I have found a secret that has continued to help me attract new business, in spite of the economy.

 If you would like to know the secret, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how little it will actually cost you!  Ready?  Grab a pen.  Write this down:  Don’t Go It Alone!

 That’s it.  Don’t even think of doing what you need to do all by yourself.  Grab a friend.  Create a joint venture.  Collaborate.  Co-promote.  Partner with others – even those who have been perceived as your competition in the past.  Don’t Go It Alone!  Those who know me well, call me the Networking Concierge because I am always connecting people.  So it’s very natural for me…but you can try this too!

Here are just two examples that have worked for me in generating revenue through visibility in the marketplace:

 Join a membership group such as the Smart Women’s Coaching Café.  The cost for entry is free.  The next level with live coaching is only $27 per month – less than a buck a day.  There is limitless information to tap into.  Many folks after joining have even come on as experts in the community or have created joint ventures.  Amazing things can happen within community!!

 Create a joint venture for a product or service.  This way you can partner with someone who has different strengths and unique abilities than you do, plus you can combine your databases and resources when marketing your product or service.  Our radio show is a sample of this.  Smart Women Talk features four different co-hosts all Contributing Experts in the Smart Women’s Café!  We each focus on our unique expertise:  caregiving, marketing, money or energy.  Plus it’s a lot more fun than Going It Alone.

 For more ways to promote your business without breaking the bank, join us for Smart Women Talk this week, with special guest, author, and marketing guru, Gail Martin, founder of Dreamspinner Communications.  Gail will share with you:

     How PR is a start-up’s best friend

     How your best marketing weapon is YOU

     And, why social media and the internet are vital to your business…..and so much more!

Join us Tuesdays at 8 am Pacific at www.ContactTalkRadio.com  You can even call in and have your question answered on air!  Remember, Do Not Go It Alone, join Katana, Jill, Carole and Danielle at Smart Women Talk every Tuesday at 8 am Pacific!

 Jill Jordan is a Personal Branding Coach of GetAheadByGettingKnown.com Visit her at www.SmartWomensCafeVIP.com or email her at Jill@jillannejordan.com

Who is your target audience?  Are there untapped customer niches you have not yet exposed to your product or services?  Do you need to up-sell or cross-sell your existing customers so that they do more frequent and profitable business with your firm?  Are there people with similar characteristics to your existing customers whom you have not yet reached?  What about business-to-business customers—are they hearing a message tailored just for them?  Could your vendors be referral sources if they only knew what kind of potential customers to refer? 

Understanding your target audience is essential to creating effective marketing messages.  Once you understand your audience, you can tailor your marketing to helping them solve their problem.  Solving a problem is the heart of making a sale or providing a service. 

Try this tip in your marketing, and see how it affects your results.

If you’re feeling mystified about marketing, join me on my next free teleseminar or monthly conference call http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/4496195.htm on Jan. 16.  I’ll demystify marketing for you and help you save money, get results and create marketing programs you feel good about.

For more great ideas, get my free e-book, “154 Power-Packed PR and Marketing Tips” at

http://www.dreamspinnercommunications.com/page/page/5319972.htm