Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing A Career In Film, Television, Writing, Theatre, Music & Design With Your Talents

OK, so you’ve created a great project and now you want some publicity. But how do you reach out to the news media? There’s a right way and a wrong way. Are you sprayin’ and prayin’? Are you issuing a press release addressed to everybody you happen to know and lots of people you don’t know (and no one in particular)? Well, good luck with that! This episode finds Marvin interviewing former newspaper journalist and now podcaster/blogger Karen Unland to discuss how to pitch delightful and insightful stories to the new and traditional news media who can potentially help spread the word about your particular creative project. One little win at a time. You don’t have to know everybody at every level in the media to generate some interest in your work. You just need to know someone who knows someone and can put in a good word for you and produce for them a great looking or sounding pitch of how you can help that media outlet please their readers, viewers and followers. Karen outlines and describes the simple ste