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Atricle Dump - Preparing a Writer Media Kit: An Outline for Professional Authors and Speakers
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What is a Media Kit?
A media kit is a “package” of information about you, your services, business and writing abilities and accomplishments. It may incorporate any number of items which aid in promoting you and providing relevant background information on you and your services to editors, reporters, prospective clients and others in the media. Even your readers will take a peek at your media kit information. Want to know more about Sue Grafton, Tom Clancy, J.K. Rowling or Stephen King? Check out their media kits.
These are some key items you could package into your professional writer media kit for getting the most mileage out of any exposure or publicity scenario:
Your Author Photo
You absolutely must have at least a good passport-type photo (smile, please) in your media kit. Another, half-body shot of you “working” is useful to have too.
A Writer Bio
You’ll also definitely need to include two or three bios of yourself. One should be around 25 words, another approx. 50 words and a third of 100 words or less. These are so potential users can plug it into their programs or document using the length and detail that suits their application without having to bug you to edit your bio before they can use it.
Clips
Let your light shine here. Showcase your talent. Include three to five of your best clips with relevant publication data provided. (If you don’t have enough clips or want to break into a new specialty or genre, then research and write a specialized clip or two and include them.
Website and Blog References
You DO have a website or Blog, don’t you? Great, talk it up. Be sure to include the links in your media kit and on all correspondence as well as your SIG (resource box).
Writer Resume or Writer CV
Besides your Bio, you should provide a full resume or CV in your media kit. This document allows you to demonstrate your background and development as a writer. Here you can insert personal anecdotes and give your writing / publication history in more detail than possible in a Bio, cover letter or query.
Publications List
If your publications are extensive, tabulate them by genre, theme or chronologically to provide a quick reference background for the media, editors, reporters, et al.
Credent
When people or groups make a decision to purchase something, they go through the same decision cycle that an individual goes through to decide upon a personal change, or an employee goes through to change behaviors at a boss’s insistence.Until now, our communication rules have assumed that when we kindly or persuasively offer others good information that could solve problems and achieve successful results, or coach them toward making a much-needed change, or even just pitch a product they sorely need, we can expect a positive recepti
These are some key items you could package into your professional writer media kit for getting the most mileage out of any exposure or publicity scenario:
Your Author Photo
You absolutely must have at least a good passport-type photo (smile, please) in your media kit. Another, half-body shot of you “working” is useful to have too.
A Writer Bio
You’ll also definitely need to include two or three bios of yourself. One should be around 25 words, another approx. 50 words and a third of 100 words or less. These are so potential users can plug it into their programs or document using the length and detail that suits their application without having to bug you to edit your bio before they can use it.
Clips
Let your light shine here. Showcase your talent. Include three to five of your best clips with relevant publication data provided. (If you don’t have enough clips or want to break into a new specialty or genre, then research and write a specialized clip or two and include them.
Website and Blog References
You DO have a website or Blog, don’t you? Great, talk it up. Be sure to include the links in your media kit and on all correspondence as well as your SIG (resource box).
Writer Resume or Writer CV
Besides your Bio, you should provide a full resume or CV in your media kit. This document allows you to demonstrate your background and development as a writer. Here you can insert personal anecdotes and give your writing / publication history in more detail than possible in a Bio, cover letter or query.
Publications List
If your publications are extensive, tabulate them by genre, theme or chronologically to provide a quick reference background for the media, editors, reporters, et al.
Creden
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, development and commercialisation. Whilst ther
A Writer Bio
You’ll also definitely need to include two or three bios of yourself. One should be around 25 words, another approx. 50 words and a third of 100 words or less. These are so potential users can plug it into their programs or document using the length and detail that suits their application without having to bug you to edit your bio before they can use it.
Clips
Let your light shine here. Showcase your talent. Include three to five of your best clips with relevant publication data provided. (If you don’t have enough clips or want to break into a new specialty or genre, then research and write a specialized clip or two and include them.
Website and Blog References
You DO have a website or Blog, don’t you? Great, talk it up. Be sure to include the links in your media kit and on all correspondence as well as your SIG (resource box).
Writer Resume or Writer CV
Besides your Bio, you should provide a full resume or CV in your media kit. This document allows you to demonstrate your background and development as a writer. Here you can insert personal anecdotes and give your writing / publication history in more detail than possible in a Bio, cover letter or query.
Publications List
If your publications are extensive, tabulate them by genre, theme or chronologically to provide a quick reference background for the media, editors, reporters, et al.
Creden
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Website and Blog References
You DO have a website or Blog, don’t you? Great, talk it up. Be sure to include the links in your media kit and on all correspondence as well as your SIG (resource box).
Writer Resume or Writer CV
Besides your Bio, you should provide a full resume or CV in your media kit. This document allows you to demonstrate your background and development as a writer. Here you can insert personal anecdotes and give your writing / publication history in more detail than possible in a Bio, cover letter or query.
Publications List
If your publications are extensive, tabulate them by genre, theme or chronologically to provide a quick reference background for the media, editors, reporters, et al.
Creden
What do you do with junk mail? Are you like me? I toss this stuff without opening it – unless I see some benefit. Publication editors do the same. They toss news releases that don’t demonstrate a benefit to their audience.What’s the difference between a release that gets used and one that hits the editor’s circular file? Here are seven easy tips for writing releases that get picked up rather than thrown out.1. Make sure it’s newsworthy. What’s newsworthy, you ask. To be newsworthy your topic needs to be timely, of inter
Publications List
If your publications are extensive, tabulate them by genre, theme or chronologically to provide a quick reference background for the media, editors, reporters, et al.
Credentials
While formal studies in writing are not necessarily a requisite for a writing career, in order to break into some specializations you often do need to demonstrate some genre-related expertise. So if you have any academic or technical qualifications they can serve to position you as an expert. Credentials can include academic degrees, professional workshops, seminars, conferences and courses, professional or trade association memberships, among others.
Testimonials / Feedback
Needless to say, it certainly never hurts to relate any positive reader or editorial feedback you have received about your work. Commendation / recommendation and reference letters, comments, testimonials and praise all can demonstrate your talents in reaching readers. They can also your show professionalism.
More on Photos
Several good photos-in-action are always useful to have available. Photos of you receiving an award or other recognition lend support to press releases and background support text.
Now I’m originally from Pennsylvania Dutch country in the USA but currently live and work in South America, so I include several photos of various kinds (most taken by me) of my hometown area to allow visual support of my background information. One or more of them are frequently used by the local and regional media.
Make Your Media Kit Available
Post your media kit on your website, mention its availability in queries, your blog or send it to media outlets like newspapers, magazines, technical / trade organizations, chambers of commerce, agents, speaker’s bureaus, TV and radio stations, blogs and websites or as part of any PR efforts. Use your media kit to maximize your exposure to potential markets and editors, get free publicity and help boost your image as a professional writer.
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