It never ceases to amaze me what people say to entrepreneurs. My favorites are as follows: “Are you working today?”, “Can you do that for free?”, and my personal favorite as a publicist, “I am too good for local television and I want to be on Oprah.” Yes, they still ask the last one even…
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June 29, 2012 by
Michele
At M Com Publishing, we have books presented to us all of the time for only public relations services, which we certainly do take on. Well, only on a case-by-case basis. Here is a list of marketing needs we recommend to those clients, as well as all of our M Com Publishing clients. You cannot…
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June 26, 2012 by
Michele
At M Communications and M Com Publishing, we attend our fair share of luncheons. Normally, the bad speakers are accompanied by overcooked chicken – and needless to say, I am a little picky now about where I lunch and learn. Today got me thinking … speaking topics not to assign your speaker during the lunchtime…
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June 18, 2012 by
Michele
In the past few years at M Communications and M Com Publishing, we stopped giving away freebies. Why? Each time you give something out for free (say a 1K marketing plan), guess what happens? You give something away and your potential client not only takes all of your ideas, implements them and disappears. Hence, no…
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June 12, 2012 by
Michele
If you are a business owner and hear the above, you are not going for the low hanging fruit. Never waste your time with anyone you follow up with when you hear this response. You are A. Not targeting your customer and B. wasting your time. Take a look at the response from business leads…
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June 10, 2012 by
Michele
We are fortunate enough at M Communications and M Com Publishing, to be able to work absolutely anywhere. Anyway, I wanted to share the “office” view from Friday. Enjoy a beautiful view of San Francisco.
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