APSS - New Mexico recently held a mind-mapping workshop for their members. Try  a twist to this concept with Market Mapping.  Focus on your target readers, and draw "legs" from it, each with a means of contacting them. One leg might be retailers (airport stores, gift shops), another might be associations, another could be "academic" (public schools, private schools, home schooling, high schools, etc)

When selling your book to corporate buyers, help them find a market-moving insight on which to base a campaign using your content. If appropriate to your content, show them a new, entrepreneurial, edgy way to reach their target – Just the Right Amount of Wrong

Get radio active. Perform on more radio shows for greater exposure among people in your target audience. Visit www.radio-locator.com for access to radio shows in North America.

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