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GuestFinder
Fact Sheet
1. What is GuestFinder?
GuestFinder is a web-based directory
of people available for radio, TV, and newspaper interviews.
The site is designed for the media professional and others
who wish to quickly and easily find guests or interview subjects.
It is a subsidiary of NewsBuzz, Inc.
Individuals
as well as associations can become members: (Either one is
just $249/year.)
2. How much does it cost?
A 12-month membership is just $249. The
membership can begin at any time during the year.
NOTE:
Once your listing appears and you have approved it, there
are no refunds. (So when you first review your GuestFinder
page, please review it carefully and check all links.) We
do not accept all guests, so if you are not sure if your topic
is a suitable one for radio interviews, please contact Lorilyn
Bailey at guestfinder@gmail.com.
3. What does the membership fee cover?
You receive the following:
- Exposure
on a web site designed for the media professional to easily
locate you, for twelve months.
- GuestFinder
web space in which you have the opportunity to provide the
following information:
- Background
Information (Up to 150 words)
- Photo
- Your
list of up to 10 questions that you can answer for the media
professional's use during the interview
- Link
to your email or to your agent or publicist email.
- Three
additional links: Suggested links: your existing home page,
an online bookstore, and a related web site with information
useful to the media professional. We will also provide links
to your YouTube videos and other sites within the body of
your GuestFinder page as needed.
- All
guests are categorized by topic to make it easy for the
media professional to find you. See application form about
topics and keywords.
When
you are listed with Guestfinder, you will:
- Be
easily accessible to thousands of TV, radio, print, and
Internet media professionals who are looking for guests
or interview sources.
- If
you are an author, you will expose your book to the casual
web site visitors.
4.
Can anyone be listed as a guest?
People identified as authors must have
their books that have valid ISBNs. (In other words, booklet
authors are not considered authors for GuestFinder purposes.)
GuestFinder
reserves the right to: 1) reject any inappropriate listing
2) delete any listing from the directory and to withhold the
listing fee if the person has misrepresented himself or herself
in any way or if he or she does not act reasonably as an interview
subject.
5. How does the media know about
this service?
We contact more than 1,000 radio, TV,
and newspaper organizations several times a week. As appropriate,
we also advertise in magazines and newspapers that cater to
media professionals.
GuestFinder
was officially "open for business" on January 1,
1997, and media contact began at that time. Unlike our competitors,
we are also listed throughout the Internet on journalism resource
sites.
Guests
listed in GuestFinder are also encouraged to spread the word
by notifying their local radio, TV, and newspapers of the
service, linking to www.guestfinder.com from their web sites,
and including the web address in their promotional materials.
PLEASE
NOTE: We are also extremely interested in hearing about media
interviews that resulted from a GuestFinder contact.
6. How long is a membership period?
Twelve months
7. Why should I sign up For this
service?
If you are an author seeking to bring
attention to your book, you will find no other promotional
activity at any lower price that reaches a greater number
of people. At $249 a year, that's a great investment!
When
you are interviewed as a guest on radio or television, you
obtain time on the air that would cost you hundreds, and sometimes
tens of thousands, of dollars if you paid to advertise on
the same show. If you take a look at the top-selling books,
especially trade paper, on such lists as Publishers Weekly,
you'll find that nearly all of the "top ten" have
one thing in common, and that is media exposure.
8. Why would media professionals
want to use this site?
Right now, media professionals
depend on radio/TV magazines, hard-copy directories, personal
contacts, personal research, and luck to find interesting
guests. Guest information listed in printed material
is two months to a year old by the time it reaches the hands
of the media. Media people often have to pay for copies of
the publications. Access to GuestFinder is free.
In
comparison, the minute the guest information is added to the
GuestFinder web site, it is immediately up to date and available
to the media professional. If you, as a guest, come out with
a new book, you can add that information to your web space
during the year, or better yet, you can add any frequently
changing information to your own home page that is linked
from your GuestFinder page.
The
world is full of interesting people, and GuestFinder makes
it a little easier for the media to find those people.
9. May publishers or publicists sign
up their clients with GuestFinder?
Absolutely. You need, of course, to have the guest's permission.
10. Who owns and operates GuestFinder?
Lorilyn Bailey, CEO of NewsBuzz, Inc.
Her phone number is 919-878-9108, and her email is lorilynbailey@newsbuzz.com.
For
more information, see: About GuestFinder
11. What if I want to change my GuestPage
in the middle of the membership year?
Once your GuestPage is published to
the GuestFinder site, you need to alert us of any necessary
initial changes within 24 hours. (We will email you when we
post it.) Email, web site links, and phone number information
is always free to change. We want you to keep your site useful.
More extensive page makeovers are subject to reasonable fees.
12. Must I list my telephone number
in GuestFinder?
If you want to be easily accessible
to the media, you must include a telephone number. Reporters
and producers are usually working with deadlines, and they
need to talk to you immediately. If you wish to list your
agent's or publicist's number, that's fine.
13. What
if I don't get any requests for Interviews?
Because we cannot predict the actions
of others, there is no guarantee that you will receive requests
for interviews. However, because this web site has an easy-to-remember
name, and because each week thousands of media people are
reminded of its usefulness, and because the Web is used by
millions of people worldwide, there is a very good chance
you will be called *if* they find your information interesting
enough to share with their audience. (By the way, the reality
is that non-fiction authors are more likely to be called than
are fiction authors because non-fiction authors often share
real-life advice.)
14. What kind of photo do you need?
The ideal photo is a color, professional
head shot. It should be a recent photo, taken no longer than
three years ago. You can email it to us. We reserve the right
to crop the photo according to our design needs (and to make
your GuestFinder page the best it can be).
15. What happens if your server is
down or if the Internet crashes or something? Do I get my
money back?
Because occasional system down times
are a fact of life on the Internet, there will be no refunds.
As of yet, the GuestFinder has suffered no more than a few
minutes of downtime.
16. Where is GuestFinder based?
GuestFinder is based in Raleigh, North
Carolina, United States of America.
17. What else do you want to tell
us?
NewsBuzz, Inc. and GuestFinder reserve
the right to edit or delete from the GuestFinder web site
any material deemed inappropriate by said owner; to refuse
applications from guests whose subject areas are not newsworthy;
to refuse applications from guests whose claims appear to
be untrue, unreasonable, or illegal; to edit or delete provided
information that isn't grammatically correct or clear; to
make final editorial decisions; to remove links to pages with
lengthy download times; to delete from its directory information
on any guest deemed unsuitable for media interviews; all according
to the discretion of the owner of NewsBuzz, Inc. and GuestFinder.com.
- GuestFinder
uses content provided by its members for GuestFinder pages
in promotional materials to the media.
- GuestFinder
does not endorse or guarantee the services of any guest
on this Web site and is simply a listing service.
- We
are not responsible for reimbursement for any downtime because
of any system malfunctions anywhere on the Internet.
Thanks
for your interest in GuestFinder!
GuestFinder,
GuestFinder.com, GuestFinders, GuestFinders.com, NewsBuzz,
ExpertFinder and LORMAX Communications are trademarks of NewsBuzz,
Inc.
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