tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post9160892294877147452..comments2023-10-30T12:29:06.215+00:00Comments on Sophie's Thoughts and Fumbles: Press Kits are Hard Work, but worth it.Sophie Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-14913730626920553182014-06-01T20:24:57.776+01:002014-06-01T20:24:57.776+01:00I suppose it helps that there are two of us when c...I suppose it helps that there are two of us when creating stuff like this :). When you've created one, I promise you, you'll feel accomplished ;PSophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-73738031945055974282014-05-31T02:12:38.467+01:002014-05-31T02:12:38.467+01:00Dang! You've been busy! :) I need to work on s...Dang! You've been busy! :) I need to work on something like this for the future. Maybe when I'm feeling more optimistic. lol! Glad you've gotten it gathered and ready to go!Ava Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404716744982870650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-27366486980510354502014-05-29T15:12:31.951+01:002014-05-29T15:12:31.951+01:00HI Hlilary - glad you found the post useful.
Sorr...HI Hlilary - glad you found the post useful.<br /><br />Sorry about not responding to you email - I think the email form must not be working - Tash's looking into it. :)Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-66393508411673027242014-05-29T14:21:05.656+01:002014-05-29T14:21:05.656+01:00Hi Sophie .. you really have pulled the informatio...Hi Sophie .. you really have pulled the information together .. and so useful to get up to date and organised .. also this is a good reference tool post - thanks ..<br /><br />As I mentioned to Tasha .. I'd emailed you after the A-Z to the WittgenPress site .. but am not sure if it arrived?<br /><br />Cheers for now .. it's always interesting to see how authors get themselves organised .. Hilary Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-60537658752187048932014-05-28T18:12:33.866+01:002014-05-28T18:12:33.866+01:00Thank you :) We decided to prepare our press kit, ...Thank you :) We decided to prepare our press kit, because we kept recompiling all that info for guest posts and the like - and you are definitely good enough to warrant one!Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-54482764591295847862014-05-28T17:47:39.230+01:002014-05-28T17:47:39.230+01:00Great work!
Just checked over your press kit and ...Great work!<br /><br />Just checked over your press kit and was most impressed. Wish I was that good to warrant one! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-33155343521025533352014-05-26T19:32:30.688+01:002014-05-26T19:32:30.688+01:00Wow - thank you :D
Glad the post is helpful!Wow - thank you :D<br /><br />Glad the post is helpful!Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-28348512433904081342014-05-26T16:28:49.836+01:002014-05-26T16:28:49.836+01:00I haven't made a press kit for myself yet, but...I haven't made a press kit for myself yet, but I guess I should soon. Oh boy! I'll definitely be reading your post a few times when I do. It was very helpful. <br /><br />P.S. I nominated you for the Liebster Award. If you want to accept it, you can find more info here: http://writewithfey.blogspot.com/2014/05/liebster-award.html <br /><br />Happy Memorial Day! :DChrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-23710561128648576052014-05-21T06:39:48.027+01:002014-05-21T06:39:48.027+01:00Marketing can become overwhelming, that's why ...Marketing can become overwhelming, that's why we decided on the press kit (finally), so we already have some ammo in the arsenal, as it were, for when opportunity knocks (and that's a real mixture of metaphors) :)Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-65601541654969218082014-05-21T03:53:01.046+01:002014-05-21T03:53:01.046+01:00Great ideas and good for you for doing it at all. ...Great ideas and good for you for doing it at all. I'm fed up with all marketing and promoting. Hundreds of hours and no result. Bleck! Life's too short - be happy while you can. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-74909026655590358312014-05-20T19:17:23.221+01:002014-05-20T19:17:23.221+01:00I've been doing more guest blog posts, so I th...I've been doing more guest blog posts, so I think I'll find it useful not having to recreate the same bios every time - and yeah, it would be nice to be written up in newspapers and other websites too :)Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-12557645963412319442014-05-20T18:57:21.410+01:002014-05-20T18:57:21.410+01:00I've never even thought about making a press k...I've never even thought about making a press kit for myself. It's probably a good idea if one is serious about being a professional writer, and wants to get written up in newspapers and websites. Carrie-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810154378449825641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-63008907703766016662014-05-18T10:31:30.296+01:002014-05-18T10:31:30.296+01:00So you know all the tricks to compacting essential...So you know all the tricks to compacting essential information into short, punchy pieces then. Personally, I have come to the conclusion that writing press kit contents is only one step away from writing book blurb when it comes to difficulty.<br /><br />I'm not sure I'd say I know what I'm doing ;P - but thank you for saying so :) Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-87714307877828898682014-05-18T01:35:08.116+01:002014-05-18T01:35:08.116+01:00As a freelance writer, I've been asked to put ...As a freelance writer, I've been asked to put together press kits and distribute press releases for companies. I write news releases, but I've never done the distribution part of it. I worked in public relations in my younger years, and I'm in awe of all the work you've done on this! You seem to really know what you're doing.Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-86034416159098060472014-05-17T09:31:59.338+01:002014-05-17T09:31:59.338+01:00Thanks for the reference.
Yeah, we have the same ...Thanks for the reference.<br /><br />Yeah, we have the same thing on the Wittegen Site, all the books, author bios etc, and this is the compact easily downloadable version.Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-70319564488796633242014-05-17T08:58:55.673+01:002014-05-17T08:58:55.673+01:00My website http://home.chrisvotey.com is a site th...My website http://home.chrisvotey.com is a site that can be seen as a press kit, but I also have an individual press kit that is mostly pictures and extra content.<br /><br />It's good to have press kits, especially for like professional interviews like newspapers, magazines, and TV as they can spend less time do the research about you and spend more time writing about you. I developed my idea from Joanna Penn "How to Market a Book"<br />http://www.amazon.com/How-To-Market-A-Book-ebook/dp/B00DO9HJF8Chris Voteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579228083734409344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-4440122188780314572014-05-17T07:59:15.443+01:002014-05-17T07:59:15.443+01:00We've got to a point with over 20 titles to ea...We've got to a point with over 20 titles to each of our names where we decided we had to get organised or spend our lives recreating the same info at different intervals :) Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-36528960051387581062014-05-17T07:58:14.692+01:002014-05-17T07:58:14.692+01:00Your media kit off your website was something of a...Your media kit off your website was something of a kick of inspiration :) <br /><br />We decided to host on google, because we each have more than one blog, plus the website, so we could distribute it to all of them.Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-90565868199390192112014-05-17T00:04:46.646+01:002014-05-17T00:04:46.646+01:00Good for you Sophie getting this organised. That&#...Good for you Sophie getting this organised. That's certainly seems like a lot of work, but the outcome is worth it.Michelle Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070440041078195958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-7108135278753340002014-05-17T00:02:04.596+01:002014-05-17T00:02:04.596+01:00I made a press kit a few months ago. Nothing fancy...I made a press kit a few months ago. Nothing fancy, just made it so you can copy and past it off my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com