All book reviews are uncompensated, nor have I accepted pay. I enjoy reading and offering opinions on career related publications, because it is an opportunity for job seekers to receive free advice and guidance from experts.
This is how I work with PR firms, book companies, agents, authors etc.
- I provide an opinion uncompensated by any publisher. Although the books I receive to review are free, I ask that the publisher/agent/author offers a free copy to one or two lucky blog readers. The giveaway in the form of a small contest further promotes the product.
- The offerings from companies, agents, or facilitator must have a social media presence. This includes my engagement with the company in offering promotion of the product several times. In other words, if you do not tweet, update, or do not announce the product reviews on my blog, then it is unlikely I will participate.
- I like having an interview with the author, to provide additional insight to the book.
- I prefer to receive the book at least two weeks before release.
- Press releases that include the author’s quotes from the book are helpful, but do not replace the conversation I like to have with the author.
- I choose the medium of the interview such as audio, video, or transcribed blog post. I am open to preference, depending on the volume of content available.
- In reiterating the use of social media, it is helpful the author is social media participant.This helps the engagment on the blog, and further promotion of the product. This makes the review, interview, and social media engagement more intriguing.
I appreciate speaking with authors and publishers that add to the tools to help job seekers thrive in their job search. That is the primary mission of this blog.
About Mark Anthony Dyson
I am the "The Voice of Job Seekers!" I offer compassionate career and job search advice as I hack and re-imagine the job search process. You need to be "the prescription to an employer's job description." You must be solution-oriented and work in positions in companies where you are the remedy. Your job search must be a lifestyle, and your career must be in front of you constantly. You can no longer shed your aspirations at the change seasons. There are strengths you have that need constant use and development. Be sure you sign up to download my E-Book, "421 Modern Job Search Tips 2021!" You can find my career advice and work in media outlets such as Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Glassdoor, and many other outlets.