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Bukisa's Creative Commons -- Gateway to Black Hat Copyright Infringement n the past two weeks, Google Alerts has been sending me a constant stream of my titles and quotes from my Bukisa articles appearing on other websites. Bukisa encourages use of the Syndication feature or the Creative Commons - Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported Read more: http://www.bukisa.com/articles/518463_bukisas-creative-commons-gateway-to-black-hat-copyright-infringement Also see: Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement: Thou Shalt Not Steal

Are you one of the many aspiring writers for websites like Associated Content , Bukisa , etc? You have probably already created a profile, posted some articles, and posted links to all your social networks, as well as Digg and Stumble . Is there anything else you can do to promote yourself and your content and get your articles noticed? YES! Send out a press release! A press release is an announcement to your local media about you and your articles. I have published a web site and print magazine and worked for several other publications. I have also promoted books and events by sending out my own press releases, so I have looked at press releases both as a writer, and as a publisher of information. I have also written a book about promoting self-published books with a chapter dedicated to writing press releases. If you have never written a press release before, these tips should help you write a good, basic press release. Before You Write Your Press Release Before you start w...