Press Release
Jericho Resident Co-Authors Book By Denise D'Alessandro
Rick Frishman, a resident of Jericho, recently
co-authored a book entitled Guerrilla
Publicity: Hundreds of Sure-Fire Tactics to Get Maximum Sales for
Minimum Dollars along with Jay Conrad Levinson and Jill
Lublin. The book is available in bookstores now.
The new book helps publicity seekers meet the
challenge of a new decade in marketing, media relations and promotions.
Frishman explains that the book is for everyone - lawyers, doctors,
small business owners and anyone selling products or services. "It
has been called the new PR bible of the decade," said Frishman."Most
people know about advertising - you pay for it. With publicity you
pray for it."
Frishman explains that the book gives people
information on how to get on radio shows and other media outlets
for free. It also tells people what to do and say once they have
gotten that far. "There are more than 4,000 radio and television
stations in America that interview more than 10,000 guests a day,"
said Frishman. "In the book, we teach people how to use elbow grease
instead of dollars to get on those shows."
According to Frishman, to succeed in business,
from any industry to entertainment, or to promote a political campaign,
a social cause or an individual, the most productive and cost-effective
way is through conducting a solid publicity campaign.
"Where does a non-profit struggling to solicit
resources find financing for promotions?," Frishman asked. "How
does a first-time author with limited royalty checks advance his
book with a PR campaign he can afford?" The answers for these groups
and others, Frishman says, are in his new book.
"Guerrilla Publicity is for the individual or
organization looking for wise advice and experienced-based counsel
on how to promote anything without spending a lot," said Jay Conrad
Levinson, co-author of the book and father of guerrilla marketing.
"Our book lays out an aggressive plan for learning how to build
publicity campaigns from the inside out, zeroing in on a targeted
market, and infusing a marketing plan with powerful publicity hooks."
"To stay ahead of the competition, or just keep
up, means that you have to be out there promoting on a regular basis,"
said Frishman. "And unless you are able to afford hiring someone
to promote you, just look to Guerrilla Publicity as a resourceful
foundation for launching your own campaign - guerrilla style."
Frishman has been the president of Planned Television
Arts (PTA) since 1982. In 1993, PTA merged with Ruder Finn and Frishman
serves as an executive vice president at Ruder Finn. He works with
many of the top editors, agents and publishers in America.
He is also the co-author of the book Guerrilla
Marketing for Writers which hit the bookstores at the end of 2000.
"I hope that we wrote this book well enough that they don't need
me and my business anymore," joked Frishman. "You can do it yourself."
The 320-page book is available now at all bookstores
and also on-line.