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	<title>Ripples</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=130</link>
	<description>My story in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur&amp;apos;s Soul published November 2006. </description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Look Dude, I Can Cook</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=120</link>
	<description>Amy Madden heartwarming background story combined with this wonderful cookbook for college students filled with simple, easy to cook mouthwatering recipes was a sure combination for success.  This news release resulted in over 50 media requests for review copies and interviews, many from major media and network and syndicated shows.  </description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>San Francisco Symphony Violinist Daniel Kobialka</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=118</link>
	<description>This release was sent to classical music stations, entertainment media nationwide and to the media in the San Francisco area.  Over 3 dozen media responded with review copy and interview requests.  </description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Cycling&amp;apos;s Greatest Misadventures</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=117</link>
	<description>This release went out to cycling, outdoor and sports editors and resulted in about two dozen media requests for review copies and interviews.  Fourteen of them were received within three to four hours of he morning transmittal via email. </description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Hand crafted hardwood kitchen table for the expandable family of 1, 2, or 10</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=116</link>
	<description>New product release with photos sent to home, interior design, family/parenting, lifestyle and furniture media resulted in dozens of requests for high resolution jpegs for product blurbs and small feature stories.  </description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Magical Spells and Potions for Wizard Moms</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=115</link>
	<description>News release was transmitted a month before Mother&amp;apos;s Day 2007.  Over two dozen media requests for review copies and interviews within the first 24 hours.  Requests came from family parenting magazines, women&amp;apos;s magazines, and daytime lifestyle/entertainment shows. </description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Expert de-mystifies the science of weather and global warming</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=114</link>
	<description>Over two dozen media responses to this timely news release and topic.  Media included: New Scientist, Harvard Business Review, Natural Resources Journal, Newsweek, NPR, Popular Mechanics, and USA Today, many more scientific journals and daily newspapers.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Do it yourself home repair made easier with comprehensive  handbook</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=113</link>
	<description>Over 50 media requests received within 48 hours of the news release transmittal for review copies of this home improvement book and for interviews with renown expert Henri de Marne.  Media requests came from all over the US and Canada included dozens of home, garden, and real estate magazines and shows, Wall Street Journal, top magazines, syndicated columnists, the Comcast network and many others.  </description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Timely new children’s book helps deal with the loss of a beloved pet</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=112</link>
	<description>This news release was transmitted right after the announcement that some dog foods were laced with poisonous compounds and millions of people were coping with the loss of a beloved pet.  We received over 50 media requests for review copies and interviews within one week of the transmittal, many of them were national shows and print media. </description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>The Death of Sportsmanship… and How to Revive It</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=111</link>
	<description>Interest in sports ethics in sports and families and schools resulted in numerous requests for interviews for author Brian Shulman, a former football player and coach.  Notable interviews on the WOR Radio Network, ESPN, and radio shows across the US with features and reviews run in dozens of newspapers and magazines. </description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Soulful Advice for African Americans with Diabetes</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=110</link>
	<description>Problem solving tips article for book and expert was sent to African American media and to medical health, diet and food editors.  Over three dozen media requests including major media in NYC for interviews (the author was local and available), and numerous national magazines including Forbes, Better Homes and Garden, radio and tv shows nationwide and many others.  </description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Seven Keys to Reducing Cholesterol Free Report PDF File</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=109</link>
	<description>Free special report offered to media to share with public via pdf file download off a web site.  Purpose is professional branding and name recognition for Johns Hopkins University, one of a series of reports sent to the same media categories month after month.  Text only news release was offered media free report and was sent to medical health and men&amp;apos;s health editors and media.  The article was run in dozens of newspapers and magazines.  One media response from the editors Edge Publications (a multiple city entertainment magazine) at stated: &amp;quot;Thank-you.  An article will appear in all our health sections beginning on the 30th.&amp;quot;  </description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Gold Ion Skin Care Revitalizer</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=108</link>
	<description>This new product release was sent to fashion, beauty, cosmetics and women&amp;apos;s editors and media.  The release resulted in dozens of media requests.  Color  product blurbs with photos came out in numerous women&amp;apos;s magazines for several months.   </description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Love can be wonderful but marriage really rocks</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=107</link>
	<description>This news release was sent out around January 15, 2007 and resulted in several dozen interviews for Dr. Linda Miles in time for Valentines Day 2007.  </description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>How to Hire Great Employees</title>
	<link>http://www.directcontactpr.com/pr-success/article.src?ID=106</link>
	<description>Cynthia Wall, a therapist, consultant, and the author of The Courage to Trust wanted to do some professional branding that would drive prospective business to her practice for consultations and long term contracts.  A problem solving tips article was written and sent via email to business publications and editors in the US and Canada.  The article was then published in almost a dozen journals in either a long or shorter version.  Her practice was greatly enhanced by the credibility and professional inquiries she received.   </description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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