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PR HOUND
An off-Broadway play got a terrible review from the New York Times theater critic -- usually signaling the death of the production. 

But the smart theater publicist fought back. He sent out a press release saying, "Even the New York Times Makes Mistakes!" 

The offer: Anyone who found a typo in the New York Times and sent it in would get a free ticket to the play. 

Sales picked up and the production continued successfully.

For more stories like this and dozens of PR tips and tactics, read the new book PR Kit for Dummies, by Eric Yaverbaum 

and Bob Bly, published by IDG Books as part of the popular "Dummies" series. 

Get it at your local bookstore or on www.amazon.com.

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SPEAK UP!
Did you every think of giving speeches or seminars to promote your business or yourself -- or as a profit center in its own right? 

The secrets of how to do it are revealed in Bob's new book Getting Started in Speaking, Training, or Seminar Consulting 

(John Wiley & Sons). Get it in your local bookstore or visit www.amazon.com.

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SHOWCASE YOUR WEB MARKETING
Speaking of books, Bob has signed a contract with NTC Business Books to write a new book, Writing Copy for the Web, 

and is seeking sample e-mails, banner ads, Web pages, and other Internet promotions to feature in the book. Why not e-mail 

your most successful Web campaign (along with the results) to Bob at rwbly@bly.com? You will be given full credit, of course.

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RECENT COPYWRITING & CONSULTING PROJECTS (JUST A SAMPLING)
Two mailings (acquisition package and advance renewal) for Utility Forecaster ... direct mail packages for Agora Publishing ... 

magalogs for Forecasts & Strategies and The Independent Advisor for Vanguard Investors (Phillips) ... press releases 

and direct mail for Associated Global Systems ... brochure and product sheets for Praxair ... brochures and direct mail 

for GretagMacbeth and Gretag Imaging ... direct mail and e-mail for Studebaker-Worthington (computer leasing) ... direct mail 

and a curriculum guide for IBM ... CD-ROM for Lucent Technologies ... white papers for Nortel Networks 

and Network Solutions ... 2 DM packages for Magna Publications ... a package for Easton Press's 

"100 Greatest Books Ever Written" ... consulting for American Arthritis Pharmacy ... and more. 

(See the new Utility Forecaster package, which is now the control, on the portfolio page at www.bly.com.)

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TOO BUSY? LISTEN TO THIS!
Bob's latest audio cassette, recorded at a meeting of the Self-Employed Artist's and Writer's Network of New Jersey, is 

10 Ways to Increase Your Personal Productivity. For your free copy of this productivity-boosting tape (list price: $15), 

call Fern Dickey at 201-797-8105 and ask for tape #820. (Over, please...)

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HOW TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL MEETING
Bob's Project Manager, Fern Dickey, has just written a new book, Last-Minute Meetings, published by Career Press. 

Here's everything you need to know about planning and running a meeting in a quick-reading guide. 

Available from Career Press (800-CAREER-1) or on www.amazon.com.

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HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR OWN BUSINESS -- YOURS FREE!
We need to clear out some office space and have several boxes of Bob's vintage 1983 paperback best-seller 

How to Promote Your Own Business. If you are a client, call Fern Dickey at 201-797-8105 for a free copy. 

Others can buy a copy for $5 (50% off list price) 

while supplies last, and we pay shipping and handling. Request book #313.

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MARKETING IN A RECESSION -- YOURS FREE!
In 1990, Bob wrote and sold thousands of copies of a small pamphlet titled "Recession-Proof Business Strategies: 14 Winning Ways 

to Market Any Product or Service in a Down Economy." All 14 of the methods can be applied effectively in today's economy. 

If you are a client, call Fern Dickey at 201-797-8105 for a free copy. Others can buy a copy for $5 (28% discount off list price) 

while supplies last, and again we pay shipping and handling. Request booklet #109. Or you can read and download the text for 

free at www.bly.com (click on Articles; then click on the first document listed).

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BOB BY THE MONTH
Many of our clients, prospects, and friends don't realize that Bob edits a monthly newsletter published by Economics Press, 

Bits & Pieces for Salespeople. Each pocket-sized issue is packed with helpful advice, inspiring stories, and motivating quotations 

on how to achieve success in selling, marketing, and business. Go to the Economics Press Web site www.epinc.com to request 

your free sample issue.

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ARE YOU A GURU?
For a writing project, Bob is looking for stories of how individuals or companies established themselves as leaders or experts 

in their field. Did you help establish a new standard for your technology? Write a best-selling book on your subject? 

Start a trade association? Get featured on Oprah? And what were the results? You can e-mail your story to rwbly@bly.com.

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60-SECOND COMMERCIAL
Bob is available on a limited basis for copywriting of direct mail packages, sales letters, brochures, ads, e-mail marketing campaigns, 

PR materials, and Web pages. We recommend you call for a FREE copy of our updated Copywriting Information Kit. Just let us 

know your industry and the type of copy you're interested in seeing (ads, mailings, etc.), and we'll tailor a package of recent samples 

to fit your requirements. Call Fern Dickey at 201-797-8105 or e-mail dickeybf@aol.com.