Angie Martinez Quotes

I get daily mentions in blogs, I get mentions in Twitter and in different social media... I know that gets books sold.

People want to hear your stories about these wonderful experiences you have, and that's what press tours are for.

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.

Some people are still not into us. That makes sense. We haven't really done a lot of press. We haven't put ourselves out there in ways that a lot of people would know we are still around. Unless you tour or record, they don't know you are around.

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.

When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done.

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.

Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing!

The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out.

Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.

A lot of kids do not know my club exists yet. I did not do any big advertising, and that's what I might do in the next two or three weeks, put something in the paper.

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.

Now, to be a mainstream act, you have to be firing on all cylinders on so many different platforms. You've got to have a social media voice. You've got to do promo on TV. You've got to tour everywhere.

I used to put flyers on cars in parking lots, anything to get people to come to my shows. I was always having to think outside the box, and even to this day, I still try and come up with creative ways to market my shows.

I think we need to keep our faces out there and to keep our game out there and keep it growing.

Now is the time to get out there and give people a taste of 'Mondo Cozmo.'

We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels.

People don't understand the logistics of advertising.

Keeping your head down and just writing is only part of the equation, so I surround myself with smart people to help sell my books.

Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title.

My mom did more press than me for 'Faces.'

The more followers you have, the more you can promote your movie. You know? It's all, like, a business thing.

When Balaji decides to release a film, all you will see and hear will be concerning the film - we go all out! Promotions are a big part of our banner - we believe in marketing... in letting audiences know what they are in for.

The whole point is it's about getting as many people to come and see the play as you can.

I think what AEW has done on social media is impressive. I think the amount of interest they've garnered is impressive.