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MyPRGenie - In The News
May 4, 2008 - News: Melvin Van Peebles Variety Interview
Melvin Van Peebles Variety Interview
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=video&id=tribeca&bcpid=1155316102&bclid=1508311752&bctid=1527780014
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May 2, 2008 -
Melvin Van Peebles has a long history with the Tribeca Film Festival, which in recent years has screened the documentary How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) and son Mario's biopic Baadasssss! When no one would fund his film Panther, Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro stepped in. So it seems appropriate that his latest film, Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-Itchyfooted Mutha, premiered at the Festival this year. Van Peebles finished it just in time. Besides, he cracked, "Tribeca's in New York, and I'm lazy."
"I stand on his shoulders," said filmmaker Warrington Hudlin, president of the Black Filmmakers Foundation and moderator of the Behind the Screens event at the DGA Thursday ...
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April 28, 2008 -
How to introduce maverick factotum Melvin van Peebles with minimal slashes and addendums? One merely looks at the director/writer/producer/composer/star credits on his latest film, Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (a top contender for the best title of all time, along with his landmark Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song). His wide surplus of talent...
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April 25, 2008 -
At age 75, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles is still going strong. A pioneer in the world of African American cinema and credited by some as the originator of rap music, Peebles has a new movie that premieres at this year’s Tribeca film festival, called "Confessions Of a Ex-Dufus-Itchy Footed Mutha."
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April 21, 2008 -
News: Melvin Van Peebles, Taking PR to the Computers
Hankering to write up Melvin Van Peebles' new film, due to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha? Get over to myprgenie.com, where the singular talent has set up an on-demand PR firm. Pretty sweet, and keeping with Peebles' long-held, truly independent streak.
More from Peebles at Film Stew. Showtimes and information about Confessions here.
Posted By Elisabeth Donnelly
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April 21, 2008 - Still 'Baadasssss' (and indie as all get up)
Daniel Holloway
daniel.holloway@metro.us
INTERVIEW: Melvin Van Peebles has been dismissed by Hollywood, embraced by France and lauded for creating one of the landmarks of blaxploitation cinema. "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." But above all, he is an icon of true indie filmmaking, with a shoot-first, worry-about-the-money-later approach that few artists have the courage to employ.. his new movie, "Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha" is one of the most anticipated premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival
Q "Confessions" is an adaptation of a play you wrote back in the '80s, is that right?
A Yeah, I did a Broadway show called "Waltz of the Stork."...
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April 14, 2008 - Van Peebles Publicizes Himself
By FilmStew Staff
At age 75, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles is still up to his old anti-establishment tricks. Take the title of his latest autobiographical film, which co-stars son Mario and will have its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27th. Not one to surrender to the principles of short-is-better or make-sure-the-kids-know-what-it’s-about, the Chicago native has called his latest Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (that's not a typo; Confessionsofa is written as one word). But what really caught our attention is the fact that Van Peebles, for the purposes of his upcoming Tribeca run and beyond, has chosen to give the new service MyPRGenie.com a whirl. Billing itself as “the world's first on-demand Internet provider of public relations services,” MyPRGenie.com takes the basic notions of a PR Newswire and essentially places them in the hands of the end user. “As an artist and indie filmmaker, my projects have relied on word of mouth - the 'buzz' factor - as well as critical approval to achieve success,” Van Peebles says. "MyPRGenie's 'Digital grass roots' methods appeal to my entrepreneurial spirit.”
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April 10, 2008 -
Badass Van Peebles Hires Agency in Time for Tribeca Film Fest
(Melvin Van Peebles, circa 1971)
Seventy-six-year-old writer, producer, director, actor and iconic badass Melvin Van Peebles hired an agency of record in time for his next film's debut at the Tribeca Film Fest later this month.
He didn't go with Klores, or a small artsy boutique, he went with My PRGenie Solutions which according to the pitch, "means we are more than a press release engine after all".
Van Peebles will be at Tribeca to debut his latest, "Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha".
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April 1, 2008 -
SoundClick picks MyPRGenie to sing its praises
Tonya Garcia
NEW YORK: SoundClick, a music social media network, selected MyPRGenie as its AOR and as the PR partner for its 3.3 million members.
On-demand PR services provider MyPRGenie allows clients to distribute press releases, videos, and images through its distribution channels. SoundClick plans to use the service to raise awareness about its site and generate sponsors. In addition, SoundClick artists, who are largely independent musicians, will receive special rates from MyPRGenie to promote their work.
“It's a natural extension for SoundClick artists,” said Dan Dougherty, chief revenue officer for SoundClick. “Artists who've been using SoundClick have been self-promoting. Now, a lot of mainstream artists are finding themselves in the same position … taking it upon themselves to do things they used to rely on the record companies for.”
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March 25, 2008 - SoundClick selects MyPRGenie as AOR, partner
NEW YORK: SoundClick, the 10-year-old music social media Web site, has selected MyPRGenie, an on-demand, self-service Internet provider of PR services, as its AOR. In addition to promoting SoundClick, the firm will also offer PR services for SoundClick’s 3.3 million aspiring artists at a discounted rate. Users of MyPRGenie can use the services to reach targeted press, bloggers, analysts, and clients.
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March 25, 2008 - Spin the Agencies of Record
SoundClick hires (via PRWeek) MyPRGenie as AoR. But wait, isn't MyPRGenie a DIY PR service? Yes, and they're offering their services to SoundClick's 3.3 million aspiring musicians at a discounted rate. Prepare for the torrent of releases, music press.
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March 20, 2008 - SoundClick Hires PR Firm to Promote Its Bands
Unsigned bands can upload their music to any number of sites without attracting much of an audience. It's hard to make an impact when there are literally seven million other bands on MySpace, unless you luck out or participate in a sex scandal.
SoundClick, a ten-year old social music website with music, has retained a public relations firm on behalf of itself and its 3.3 million artists:
[MyPRGenie is a] self-service publicity engine to provide users with an opportunity to create their pitch, upload it to our system, and distribute pitches and stories to all types of publicity providers. The advantage of MyPRGenie is that users can employ MyPRGenie to communicate directly with targeted press, bloggers, analysts, or clients of their choosing. A client can also use MyPRGenie to selectively communicate, or target, certain types of reporters and editors in the media, based on that client's industry and focus. The engine is easy to use and costs are scalable.
Using the service, SoundClick artists will be able to distribute MP3s, text, photos, and/or videos to over 4,000 music journalists and bloggers.
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March 19, 2008 - Cool Tool - Entrepreneur Magazine March 2008
PUMP UP YOUR PR WITH THIS EASY WEB SERVICE.
Internet startups on a tight budget can't always stick a lot of money into a PR campaign. MyPRGenie (myprgenie.com) has stepped up to offer some affordable news-release services. A free entry-level package lets you test out the service before moving up to a higher-level package. The site allows you to customize and distribute a 450-word pitch to a limited group of reporters and editors. And for $750 (plus $100 for every 75 words over 450), you can enhance the service to include distribution to search engines, to web directories and via PR Newswire - with guaranteed coverage in Google News, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo News.
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March 19, 2008 -
SOUNDCLICK PARTNERS WITH MYPRGENIE TO CREATE BUZZ FOR NEW ARTISTS
Music Download Site and Its 3.3 Million Artists Will Be Able To Use MyPRGenie's Unique Internet Publicity Engine To Reach Journalists and Influential Industry Execs
NEW YORK - March 19, 2008 - SoundClick, Inc., the 10-year-old music social media website where 3.3 million aspiring artists share and promote their music, today announced the signing of MyPRGenie, Inc., the world's first on-demand Internet provider of public relations services, as its public relations agency of record and as a partner in its efforts to launch the careers of its members.
"We are excited to enlist MyPRGenie in our efforts to publicize ourselves and our artists," said Dan Dougherty, Chief Revenue Officer of SoundClick. "We are especially looking forward to using MyPRGenie's proprietary publicity engine in order to reach the music press and generate some real excitement for our platform and our members. As an originator of the social media format, SoundClick is well known within the music industry and marketers will find that we offer an ideal environment in which to engage a young influential community. Our members will also benefit from this partnership in significant ways."
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October 9, 2007 - Conversation with MyPRGenie CEO, Miranda Tan
Today I had the pleasure of meeting with Miranda Tan, CEO of NY-based MyPRGenie. Miranda is an 8-year veteran of the PR industry and wanted to create a better way to send releases and help companies create buzz. The goal of her company is to make the press release process easier (and less expensive) for everybody. Here are my notes from our discussion.
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September 28, 2007 -
The Leading Edge - PR Technology Trends by Sally Falkow - Bull Dog Reporter's Daily Dog
I'll be one of the speakers discussing the future of the industry at the TurnPROn Conference in San Francisco next week. It is on October 4th at the Moscone Center. My session is a fun one called How to Deal with the Online Alphabet Soup. My alphabet specialty is SEO and RSS.The conference addresses how PR strategies can remain relevant in a market where public relations spending equals less than 1 percent of advertising and marketing spending. Perhaps the answers lie with
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September 7, 2007 - MyBusinessmag.com
By Emily McMackin
Hire out press releases. Got a story to tell, but no media contacts? Just submit text, and press-release distribution services like PRWeb.com and MyPRGenie will distribute the information to news sites like Yahoo news.
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September 7, 2007 - DailyBreeze.com
By Daniel Kehrer
Small businesses that can't afford traditional public relations firms can still get noticed by writing and distributing press releases on their own.
Some online press release distribution services to consider include My PR Genie (www.myprgenie.com); PR Web (www.prweb.com); Businesswire (www.businesswire.com) and PR Newswire (www.prnewswire.com).
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September 4, 2007 - Smart Money's Small Business Site
September 4, 2007
WITH ALL THE demands of running a business, it's not uncommon for business owners to ignore a potentially lucrative tool: public relations.
Unlike advertising, where you pay for exposure, public relations means raising your profile more organically through interviews with news organizations, speaking engagements and building an online reputation.
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September 2, 2007 - Wall Street Journal Online
By KELLY SPORS
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It's also become easier for small businesses to grab the attention of traditional media without a professional PR firm. Press-release distribution services like PRWeb.com and MyPRGenie let businesses submit text for a Web site and they distribute the press releases to online news sites like Yahoo News along with predetermined lists of journalists who cover that type of business. PRWeb, for instance, charges $80 to $360 per press release. The higher rate includes better search-engine optimization, so your press release is more likely to be found, and you can attach a podcast or a video.
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August 30, 2007 - Arizona Business Gazette
By Daniel Kehrer
For young entrepreneurial companies just starting out, a little publicity can go a long way toward jump-starting sales and boosting business visibility.
If you can afford it, hiring a public-relations firm or independent PR pro to handle publicity is a great way to go. They know how to create buzz, the right ways to approach the media and can take this task off your plate while you focus on other things.
But small businesses that can't afford traditional public-relations firms can still get noticed by writing and distributing press releases on their own.
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August 14, 2007 - AC in Vacationland
By David L. Anderson
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For the techie who wants a virtual business model, there are a number of web-based PR sources that can be cobbled together to produce a virtual PR machine. You will have to do all the basic content preparation work yourself, as these technologies are primarily distribution channels for press releases. PRweb, vocus, MyPRGenie, and dna13, to name a very few, are all web-based technologies that will send your content to relevant(read:industry specific, but not targeted) Internet media outlets, print/Blog journalists and optimized search engines. None of my portfolio companies have used these services, so I cannot report back on the success of the offerings. They are very popular with web-based product businesses who are trying to drive consumer eyeballs to their sites. Prices range from $50 to over $500 per release, depending on the complexity (video attachments, etc) of the release. Other, more exotic fee-based plans are also available. In addition, some of these services also allow you to track mentions of your company in the print and on-line media, as well as let you configure Internet feeds providing you with news on industry trends and competitor releases.
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August 14, 2007 - Wall Street Journal
SMALL TALK
By KELLY SPORS
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One alternative is to use a press-release distribution service, like PRWeb or MyPRGenie. You supply the copy, and the service will blast a news release out to Internet news sites, journalists who cover your industry and major search engines. The services ensure the news releases are well search-optimized, meaning they should show up high in online search results for topics related to the releases.
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