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Do Your Own PR has gathered together a team of experienced business authorities to bring you their expert tips on getting publicity for and growing your business.

Creative Networking
Fiona Robyn gives us her unique perspective on networking. more>>

5 Simple Steps to Selling Online - how to convert visitors into buyers
5 simple - yet very effective - rules to help you convert your web site’s visitors into buyers and sell more online more>>

Why PR is a vital part of your online Marketing Promotion campaign
How online PR and marketing can help you grow your business. more>>

The 9 reasons why businesses fail
Common ways businesses fail - and how to avoid them. more>>

The Ins and Outs of Contacting Journalists
PR coach Emily Gordon gives us her top tips on speaking to the press. more>>

How To Find Out What Your Customers Want
What do your customers want? If you knew the answer to that question, what could you do with that information? And would you feel as powerful as Mel Gibson in “What Women Want?” ! more>>

PR: Do You Really Need a PR Company?
If you're wondering whether you should be hiring someone to help with your PR or whether you can actually do it yourself this article should be perfect for you.
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Top 10 Business Plan Tips
by Helen Dowling of www.exceptionalthinking.co.ukWe have worked with 300 small businesses and start-ups around the UK helping them to put together the business plan they need to get funding or grow their business. Here are our top tips to getting it right: more>>

The Secrets of Writing a Non-Fiction Book
How writing a non fiction book can boost your PR and raise your business profile. more>>

The Ten Ps of PR
Paula Gardner looks at the PR commandments that will help you get the most of your PR campaign. more>>

The Eight Things You Need to Do Your Own PR
Get a headstart in PR with these eight must-haves! more>>

How To Target the Right Customers
Adi Gaskell explains why satisfied customers are your best source of referalls and by far your cheapest source of new customers. more>>

Great PR - the Key
The key to great PR might not be quite what you think! more>>

How to Get The Press to Come To You
How do you get the press to look upon you as an expert and turn to you for quotes and comments? more>>

Get Publicity for Your Website
Whether you sell clothes or financial services, publicising your website is an essential part of your business. www.concrete-helium.co.uk has drawn up a step by step, ten point plan to get you started. more>>

How To Foster Community
Being part of a community makes customers feel special and helps them take care of one another, whilst giving you the opportunity to learn much more about what they want and need. Adi Gaskell explains.
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To Follow A Dream
When Preethi Nair failed to find a publisher for her first novel she refused to give up. She self published and created a PR, Pru Menon, her alta ego, to do the job for her. more>>

Increase your word of mouth business & get more referrals
Photographer Sue Kennedy explains how cards can play a major part in wooing and keeping customers happy. more>>

Five top PR myths debunked
We lift the lid on the secrets PR experts don't want you to know. more>>

The Seven Lethal Mistakes That Suck The Life Out Of Any Presentation
What is it about some presenters that makes the audience wish they’d watch the grass grow rather than listen for a minute longer? Paul McGee reveals seven beliefs that lead to woeful presentations more>>

How To Build and Manage a Media List
The Media has a high staff turnover so learn how to keep track and make the most of your press contacts with this practical guide. more>>

The Relationship between Colour & Sales
Emotions are the driving force behind sales, and customers making buying decisions can be influenced through visual elements towards a particular behaviour or emotion that will encourage more sales. more>>

The Numbers Game
Sales is a matter of activity and not just skill. Richard White explains more. more>>

Networking cliches - but are you one of them?
Networking figures we all love or loathe. more>>

Use your VA to guarantee a successful PR campaign
If you're one of a growing number of small businesses that now use a virtual assistant, here's how to make them your most valuable PR asset. more>>

Tips For Crafting Killer Headlines
How to craft a headline for your press release that will make those journalists eager to read more. more>>

3 Killer Ways To Grab the Attention Of Any Audience
Professional speaker Paul McGee reveals three of the most powerful and effective ways to get an audience to listen. more>>

What Not To Say to A Reporter
A low-down on the phrases you never want to utter to a member of the press more>>

How to PR and Sell Ecourses and Ebooks
So you've written your ecourse or ebook. Get the low down on what you can do to promote it. more>>

PR Campaigns - How To Get To Grips With The Media
Break out of your comfort zones and learn how to become media savvy - effortlessly. more>>

12 Ways to Promote Your Website Offline
Make sure your website doesn't remain a well kept secret with Nikki Pilkington's tried and tested tips. more>>

Branding - More Than a Logo?
Dawn Winder's article dispels the mystery around the latest buzz word of personal branding and it can help you and your business.
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A Checklist For Events That Go With A Bang
If you're holding a press launch or conference Jackie Barrie's checklist will help make everything go smoothly leaving you to get your message across. more>>

Eight Guaranteed Ice-Breakers
Whether you are running a workshop or hosting a networking event Jackie Barrie's fun exercises will get everyone in the mood! more>>

“7 Ways to Get Your Customers to Say ‘Wow’!”
Get customers coming back again and again with Rob Warlow's guide to seeting yourself apart from all the rest. more>>

Making A Display of Yourself
Exhbitions can be costly and time consuming - but PR Caroline Lashley explains how you can turn them around to your own advantage. more>>

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