Dan Janal

About Dan Janal

Dan Janal is Founder and President of PR LEADS Expert Resource Network.

USA TODAY called Dan Janal “a true Internet pioneer” because he has more than 20 years of PR experience. He was on the PR team that launched America Online. He also handled PR assignments for IBM, Reader’s Digest, American Express, AT&T and more than 100 other high-tech companies, including many startups. He was responsible for the PR that introduced the CD ROM industry, as he served as PR counsel to Grolier and their Electronic Encyclopedia, the first piece of consumer software for CD-ROMS.

The San Francisco Chronicle called Dan Janal “an Email marketing expert.”

The LA Times called Dan Janal “an Internet marketing expert.”

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The Best Marketing Tactic for Speakers

Dan JanalPublicity Futurist and Speaker What’s the best marketing tactic for a speaker? You might think it is the one-sheet, or the video, or the cold call. But you’d be wrong. You might even expect me to say publicity. But I won’t and I’d be wrong if I did. Leave it to speaker [...]

The Best Marketing Tactic for Speakers2016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

Crisis Communications Consulting Is Not As Easy As It Looks

  Dan JanalPublicity Futurist and Speaker Whenever there’s a crisis, it seems that every PR person jumps up and down to criticize or comment on how bad a job a PR firm or PR department is doing. It seems that everyone has a easy solution to help Target or Governor Christie. Second-guessing is [...]

Crisis Communications Consulting Is Not As Easy As It Looks2016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

PR LEADS Guaranteed Press Releases Now Offers Pictures!

You can now include 2 photos with your press releases - at no additional cost for a limited time! Studies show that adding pictures leads to more views and more interaction with readers. We’ll charge for pictures in the future, but for the rest of January, you can order one or more press releases with [...]

PR LEADS Guaranteed Press Releases Now Offers Pictures!2014-01-23T01:24:55+00:00

Entrepreneur Success Speaker Dan Janal Shares "Best" Marketing Tactic for Speakers

Dan JanalEntrepreneur Success Speaker What’s the best marketing tactic for a speaker? You might think it is the one-sheet, or the video, or the cold call. But you’d be wrong. You might even expect me to say publicity. But I won’t and I’d be wrong if I did. Leave it to speaker marketing [...]

Entrepreneur Success Speaker Dan Janal Shares "Best" Marketing Tactic for Speakers2016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

PR Speaker Dan Janal Reveals Top "Publicity Blunders and Wonders" of 2013

Dan JanalMarketing and Publicity Speaker PR people and journalists like to give awards for the biggest blunders of the year. I’m no different. Here’s my list of PR bloopers that might have turned out to be miracles for their owners. 1.     Target blew it big time by getting hacked and exposing millions of [...]

PR Speaker Dan Janal Reveals Top "Publicity Blunders and Wonders" of 20132016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

Publicity tips from Amazon's Jeff Bezos

Dan JanalMarketing and Publicity Speaker Be Seen. Be Heard. Bezos Those of us who have played in the technology space for 30 years know the name Jeff Bezos very well. Before last week, you might not have heard of Jeff, but you definitely heard about his company. He’s the founder, CEO and visionary [...]

Publicity tips from Amazon's Jeff Bezos2016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

Do you make these five speaking sins?

Dan JanalEntrepreneur Success Speaker I saw a speaker recently and left feeling underwhelmed. I realized he committed five deadly sins, which I’ll share with you. To protect the guilty, let’s say his talk was called “How to Change  a Tire.” 1.     Doesn’t deliver on promise. He didn’t show us – step-by-step how to [...]

Do you make these five speaking sins?2016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

"Is There a War Against Authors?" Book Publicity Speaker Dan Janal Asks

Dan Janal - Book Publicity Speaker It’s time to state what has become an obvious fact to me: There is a war against authors.   Look at the facts: -   Google won a court case against the Authors Guild  last week that allows them to ignore copyright laws and freely scan any [...]

"Is There a War Against Authors?" Book Publicity Speaker Dan Janal Asks2016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

Publicity thought leader Dan Janal "applauds" Google's use of consumer-endorsed commercials

Dan JanalMarketing Speaker Google certainly got a lot of PR recently when it announced it would paste user’s comments and pictures on its ads. The outrage from the media and Facebook users was immediate. I must admit I was disgusted initially by the apparent violation of privacy and intrusion into personal affairs. Then [...]

Publicity thought leader Dan Janal "applauds" Google's use of consumer-endorsed commercials2016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

Book publicity speaker Dan Janal shares notes from Author 101 University Conference

My pal Rick Frishman, publisher of Morgan James Publishers also Rick Frishman produces the Author 101 University which was held this past weekend in Las Vegas. Here are notes: ·      Traditional publishing model is antiquated. New models are taking hold that serve the author and reader much better. ·      “You don’t make money [...]

Book publicity speaker Dan Janal shares notes from Author 101 University Conference2016-11-28T23:38:13+00:00

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