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Small business owners can get thousands of dollars in free publicity during your Happy Mother's Day shopping season, by following these tips, tricks and tools, courtesy of Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound. She's a former newspaper editor, a small business owner and was tapped by Entrepreneur.com as its public relations expert.

Follow Joan's tips below, to secure Mother's Day media coverage for your small business.

You'll learn ...

• What journalists don't want to hear at the start of the pitch because it wastes time

• 6 examples of "grabber" sentences that will get their attention within the first 5 seconds

• 3 possible responses from journalists after you've made your pitch and how to react to each response

• and more ...

"I was quoted in the Wall Street Journal after following Joan's publicity advice. Of course, I've followed her ideas and strategies ever since. I recommend the following four resources to jumpstart your Mother's Day publicity," Sharron Senter, founder of Senter & Associates.

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