Publicity Coach Dan Janal Named One of '30 PR Experts You Should Follow on Twitter'

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Jan 15, 2010, 08:10 ET

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Publicity coach Dan Janal has been named one of the top "30 PR Experts You Should Follow on Twitter" by eReleases.com.

"Dan Janal is a recognized publicity expert who understands the media. His PR LEADS service offers a unique way for users to reach targeted journalists under deadline," said Mickie Kennedy, eReleases Founder and CEO.

To follow Dan Janal on Twitter use @prleads or http://www.twitter.com/prleads . He writes about new tactics and strategies to get publicity, as well as pointing to research and trends from other research organizations. While tweets are short, his blog posts go into more detail to help people get more publicity.

"My mission is to help small businesses and entrepreneurs get the publicity they deserve," said Janal, who combines coaching, consulting and mentoring into a uniquely helpful one-on-one consultation program. "By offering insights and tips on Twitter and my blog, I'm able to show people how to get things done quickly and easily. Publicity is not rocket science. Anyone can get publicity if they have a good coach."

Paul King, CEO of Hercules Networks, said of Dan's coaching: "You opened doors which I did not know existed, and turned the strange and complicated world of PR into a simple, effective plan. As most brilliant people do, you made a complex process simple. Thank you."

Dan's coaching helps people get an outside perspective from an acknowledged expert in the industry. He has helped clients outline chapters for books, think of story angles that reporters will write about, and get clear on their marketing goals.

About Dan Janal

With more than 30 years of experience in publicity, Dan Janal is Founder and President of PRLEADS.com which has helped more than 4,000 small businesses and entrepreneurs get publicity in major media to boost their sales and profits. USA TODAY called Dan "a true Internet marketing pioneer."

Based in suburban Minneapolis, Dan understands publicity as only a former newspaper reporter can. As an award-winning daily newspaper reporter and business news editor, he interviewed President Gerald Ford and First Lady Barbara Bush. Dan Janal is one of the most respected teachers, visionaries and entrepreneurs in the publicity community. He has written six books about Internet Marketing for John Wiley & Sons, and has been an in-demand, international speaker for nearly 20 years.

Dan was on the PR team that launched AOL and wrote one of the first books about Internet Marketing in 1994. He taught the first Internet Marketing class at Berkeley and also taught Internet Branding classes at Stanford. Corporate clients include IBM, The Reader's Digest and American Express. He has spoken at conferences for the National Football League, Credit Union Executive Society and many others.

He has created innovative ways for people to get publicity, including the Cool Book of the Day site to help authors get publicity for books and the Free Publicity Tools.com site to help entrepreneurs find resources to help promote their businesses.

For information about hiring Dan to speak at conferences, go to http://www.janal.com

For information on coaching and consulting services, go to http://www.PublicityLeadstoProfits.com

About eReleases®

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