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Member You - Preparing a Writer Media Kit: An Outline for Professional Authors and Speakers
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In the business broker community there is a review process that helps a buyer determine if a business purchase makes sense or not. This check can be done by a Fortune 500 company where everything is figured down to the penny and takes 1000 hours of research or it can be done by a small main street shop buyer who figures it out in 1 hour. Each item in this review process requires a decision. This decision can be based on extensive research or just on a reasonable guess.The beauty of this process is; how long you want to spend on doing
What is a Media Kit?
A media kit is a “package” of information about you, your services, business and writing abilities and accomplishments. It may incorporate any number of items which aid in promoting you and providing relevant background information on you and your services to editors, reporters, prospective clients and others in the media. Even your readers will take a peek at your media kit information. Want to know more about Sue Grafton, Tom Clancy, J.K. Rowling or Stephen King? Check out their media kits.
These are some key items you could package into your professional writer media kit for getting the most mileage out of any exposure or publicity scenario:
Your Author Photo
You absolutely must have at least a good passport-type photo (smile, please) in your media kit. Another, half-body shot of you “working” is useful to have too.
A Writer Bio
You’ll also definitely need to include two or three bios of yourself. One should be around 25 words, another approx. 50 words and a third of 100 words or less. These are so potential users can plug it into their programs or document using the length and detail that suits their application without having to bug you to e
Everyday a business owner, CEO, or manager somewhere is complaining about the lack of good employees. On the same day, in a break room, employees are complaining about the lack of good jobs. Thinking that they can alleviate the problem with finding good employees, many employers have opted for lengthy applications and endless interviewing. In the process, the employee-to-be becomes frustrated before even starting the first day of work. The employer has spent a bit of money and the orientation process hasn't begun yet. It becomes a vici
These are some key items you could package into your professional writer media kit for getting the most mileage out of any exposure or publicity scenario:
Your Author Photo
You absolutely must have at least a good passport-type photo (smile, please) in your media kit. Another, half-body shot of you “working” is useful to have too.
A Writer Bio
You’ll also definitely need to include two or three bios of yourself. One should be around 25 words, another approx. 50 words and a third of 100 words or less. These are so potential users can plug it into their programs or document using the length and detail that suits their application without having to bug you to
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These are some key items you could package into your professional writer media kit for getting the most mileage out of any exposure or publicity scenario:
Your Author Photo
You absolutely must have at least a good passport-type photo (smile, please) in your media kit. Another, half-body shot of you “working” is useful to have too.
A Writer Bio
You’ll also definitely need to include two or three bios of yourself. One should be around 25 words, another approx. 50 words and a third of 100 words or less. These are so potential users can plug it into their programs or document using the length and detail that suits their application without having to bug you to
In any kind of business, you must be able to identify you target market to effectively roll out your marketing plan. One way is to make reasoned guess about why people may buy from your business should have helped you focus on who those people are. For many products/services, the market can be split up into different groups of customers; that is; different market segments. As often-used analogy is to imagine the market as a large orange - you can peel an orange and separate it into segments. There are many ways, too, of segmenting the marke
Your Author Photo
You absolutely must have at least a good passport-type photo (smile, please) in your media kit. Another, half-body shot of you “working” is useful to have too.
A Writer Bio
You’ll also definitely need to include two or three bios of yourself. One should be around 25 words, another approx. 50 words and a third of 100 words or less. These are so potential users can plug it into their programs or document using the length and detail that suits their application without having to bug you to
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Clips
Let your light shine here. Showcase your talent. Include three to five of your best clips with relevant publication data provided. (If you don’t have enough clips or want to break into a new specialty or genre, then research and write a specialized clip or two and include them.
Website and Blog References
You DO have a website or Blog, don’t you? Great, talk it up. Be sure to include the links in your media kit and on all correspondence as well as your SIG (resource box).
Writer Resume or Writer CV
Besides your Bio, you should provide a full resume or CV in your media kit. This document allows you to demonstrate your background and development as a writer. Here you can insert personal anecdotes and give your writing / publication history in more detail than possible in a Bio, cover letter or query.
Publications List
If your publications are extensive, tabulate them by genre, theme or chronologically to provide a quick reference background for the media, editors, reporters, et al.
Credentials
While formal studies in writing are not n
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