Free TeleClass for More Clients Subscribers "Get Slightly Famous - How to Get Your Articles Published Both Offline and Online" With Steven Van Yoder and Milana Leshinsky This one-hour TeleClass with Steven and Milana will give you dozens of ideas about how to get your articles published and start getting slightly famous. Here is the Real Audio Version of the TeleClass You will need to download Real Audio if you don't have it. Just click on this link to download it. Streaming: Http://www.actionplan.com/ra/050803.ram Downloadable: Http://www.actionplan.com/ra/050803.rm Resources for publishing online or offline from Steven Van Yoder and Milana Leshinsky: Steve's great new book - "Get Slightly Famous" Find it at... www.getslightlyfamous.com Milana's comprehensive membership site - ASPOW - for marketing your services using online strategies. Find it at... ASPOW - Association of Professionals on the Web TeleClass Notes Finally, one of the participants took notes on the TeleClass (below) which I thought you'd find useful. Thanks to Charlie Cook. www.charliecook.net Getting published online is one best ways to market self. Writing is the best way to market yourself. Why get published in print a. credibility, positioning b. attract prospects (by sharing info in a non selling manner) c. get reprints can use in marketing to use as corner stone of mailing or to supplement marketing package and can then can distribute online. Why publish online a. Least expensive way to get recognition, b. Can post on web site to attract visitors c. Post links to article on other sites d. Post articles on their site and link back (increases link popularity) e. Compile articles into ebook or CD and sell or include as a bonus. f. Helps get attention of ideal prospect. g. Use article to track interest. Start by writing article and see how much interest generates to see if worth writing book. h. Gives advantage of people who haven't written articles What write about "the more you write the more ideas you come up with" RM - What type of expert do you want to be, How want to be positioned? - Look at magazines you want to be published in and types of articles include. - Start with topics core to your business - Basic knowledge gets picked up by 50 newsletters - "The quick and easy guide to starting your own web site." - "Be an expert get more business" (in a non-selling way that gives away something useful) Ideas (keep track) - client problems or issues - look at other articles - reviews - how to - 10 most important - just try writing 50 article ideas and then prioritize Getting Published in Print - target industry specific publications - directories Bacons Media Source, Burrells, bis ref. lib. - develop media list based on who want to reach - start small - start with individual magazines. identify article formula and think about ideas that are a fit. - Query letter to pitch ideas to magazines. 1 page letter starts with strong hook in style of magazine pitching. - Identify mag, understand their needs, pitch and follow up. Getting Published Online - Identify where want to be published, ezines, web sites - Identify what other publications include articles about ____ your area of expertise. - Develop master email list of publishers. See aspow.com site to see personal list. - egroup.com and do a search for articles to find groups that want articles - Send your article to the list you have compiled and you are likely to get picked up by several of them. Include with all articles "Please feel to use it as long as you have my link. Publishing is free as long as my resource box is attached to the top of the article."