Author Francine Silverman is our Featured Guest on 11-11-09
November 9, 2009 by Kelli Claypool
Filed under Future Guests and Shows
“Talk Radio Advocate” Francine Silverman is an author/publicist and radio host who honed her writing skills as a newspaper reporter and freelance writer.
Her latest book is Talk Radio Wants You: An Intimate Guide to 700 Shows and How to Get Invited (McFarland & Co. 2009), a National “Best Books 2009″ award winner in the Business: Reference category. the book contains everything a potential guest needs to know before contacting a host, including the theme of the show and guest criteria.
Fran is a lifelong New Yorker who honed her writing skills as a newspaper reporter and freelance writer. She authored two travel guidebooks, Catskills Alive (2000 and 2003) and Long Island Alive (2003), both published by Hunter Publishing.
In 2003, Fran started Book Promotion Newsletter for authors of all genres. http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com. The ezine spawned Book Marketing from A-Z (Infinity Publishing 2005), containing the best marketing strategies of 325 subscribers. The 400-page paperback is in alphabetical order for ease of use. The book received nearly 40 rave reviews from on-line reviewers.
In 2006, Fran started a publicity service and has gotten clients placed in the Boston Herald, Oklahoman and Chicago Tribune as well as on hundreds of Internet and terrestrial radio programs. Until recently, Fran was host of The Radio Host Show on Blog Talk Radio, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/francine-silverman
Talk Radio Wants You has 40 categories, retails for $75, and is geared to libraries, publicists, radio hosts and authors. Fran is now offering ebooks that follow the format of her book and are more affordable. Thus far, Business, New Age, Self-Help, Entertainment and Politics are for sale, ranging in price from $12 to $20.
Fran can be reached at franalive@optonline.net
http://www.talkradioadvocate.com
When: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Where: http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live
Our phone lines and interactive webchat will be open during the show.
I’ll see YOU at the show!
