Got Some Time? Get Reading! Great
business books to keep you busyand informed
By Jane Applegate
One way to alleviate the guilt associated with
taking a vacation this summer is to lug along some serious business
books. (Even if you don't read them, you can use them as props around
your chaise lounge or to hold down the edges of your beach towel
on a breezy day.) Here's a selection to keep you busy:
... Once you land a new job or start another company,
buy a copy of Guerrilla Publicity
by Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman and Jill Lubin. This book
by well-known experts on promotion is filled with tips and strategies
for any size business. There's a section of sample press releases
and lots of cool tips, like a warning not to post any sensitive
financial information on your Web site that might be of interest
to your competitors.
Frishman, founder of Planned Television Arts,
is a veteran PR guy with an impressive track record for promoting
such authors as Mark Victor Hansen and Harvey McKay. (Disclosure:
He plays golf with my husband)....