{"id":4889,"date":"2010-04-28T04:40:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T09:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2010-04-28T07:05:12","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T12:05:12","slug":"what-big-magazines-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/public-relations\/what-big-magazines-what\/","title":{"rendered":"What Big Magazines Want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Aching to get into a major magazine like Time, Cosmopolitan or AARP?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The easiest way is to start writing briefs on timely, controversial or fun topics, then submit them to magazines on your media list. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When editors are creating a particular issue of the magazine and place a story onto a page, they sometimes end up with a hole on the page because the story isn&#8217;t long enough.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/free-publicity1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4891\" title=\"free publicity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/free-publicity1.jpg\" alt=\"free publicity\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So they turn to their file of &#8220;briefs.&#8221; These are short little items that Publicity Hounds have submitted, and many of them can be used as fillers. An editor who finds a compelling brief that ties into the topic of the larger article might use it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Or, an editor might want content on a certain topic but doesn&#8217;t have the space for a long article. That&#8217;s when a brief on the same topic comes in handy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Briefs can include frequently asked questions and answers, a list of definitions on a certain topic, a list of trends, &#8220;9 tips on how on how to&#8230;.&#8221; or even a little quiz (my favorite!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can also submit the same brief to non-competing publications simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; <em>Joan<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"450\" height=\"0\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ececec\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/joan-stewart\/\">About Joan Stewart<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\"><strong><br \/>\nRelated Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/jstewart\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Joan Stewart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To discover the easy and inexpensive ways <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone can attract more clients and maximize their profits<\/span>, sign up for your<strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px; text-align: left;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/6f549b99-e6c3-412f-bb8e-914440722073\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=6f549b99-e6c3-412f-bb8e-914440722073\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aching to get into a major magazine like Time, Cosmopolitan or AARP? 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