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Rick Frishman
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Rick
Frishman, president of Planned
Television Arts, since 1982 is the driving
force behind PTA's exceptional growth. In 1993 PTA merged
with Ruder Finn and Rick serves as an Executive Vice
President at Ruder Finn. While supervising PTA's success,
he has remained one of the most powerful and energetic
publicists in the media industry. Rick continues to
work with many of the top editors, agents and publishers
in America including Simon and Schuster, Random House,
Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Penguin Putnam, and Hyperion
Books. Some of the authors he has worked with include
Mitch Albom, Bill Moyers, Stephen King, Caroline Kennedy,
Howard Stern, President Jimmy Carter, Mark Victor Hansen,
Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Hugh Downs, Henry Kissinger,
Jack Canfield, Alan Deshowitz, Arnold Palmer, and Harvey
Mackay.
Rick joined the company in 1976 after
working as a producer at WOR-AM in New York City. He
has a B.F.A. in acting and directing and a B.S. from
Ithaca College School of Communications. Rick is a sought
after lecturer on publishing and public relations and
is a member of PRSA and the National Speakers Association.
He and his wife Robbi live in Long Island with their
three children, Adam, Rachel and Stephanie, and a cockapoo
named Rusty. Rick has appeared on hundreds of radio
shows and more than a dozen TV shows nationwide. He
has appeared on Bloomberg
TV numerous times and has also been a guest on
"OPRAH". You can
see some of these appearances at www.rickfrishman.com.
Rick is the co-author of GUERRILLA
MARKETING FOR WRITERS: 100 Weapons for Selling Your
Work with Jay Conrad Levinson and literary agent
Michael Larsen (Writers Digest Books 2000), and co-author
of the national bestseller GUERRILLA
PUBLICITY: Hundreds of Sure-Fire Tactics to Get Maximum
Sales for Minimum Dollars with Jay Conrad Levinson
and Jill Lublin (Adams Media Corp 2002). Rick's new
book NETWORKING MAGIC:
Find the Best- from Doctors, Lawyers, and Accountants
to Homes, Schools and Jobs was released by Adams
Media Corp. on September 15, 2004 and immediately went
to #1 at Barnes and Noble.com . Rick is co host (with
attorney Richard Solomon) of the radio show TAKING
CARE OF BUSINESS which airs every Thursday from
2:00-3:00 pm on WCWP RADIO in Long Island New York (www.tcbradio.com).
Rick's new book series "AUTHOR
101" series hit stores in November of 2005. (with
co- author Robyn Spizman) Books TWO, THREE AND FOUR
will be released in 2006.
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Robyn
Freedman Spizman
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Robyn
Freedman Spizman is a nationally recognized television
personality, lecturer and author of dozens of how-to
books including Author
101™ (co-authored with Rick Frishman), The
Thank You Book, When Words Matter Most, The Giftionary
and with Tory Johnson, she co-authored The
Women For Hire books. As a consumer advocate
and one of the country's leading gift giving experts,
Robyn has appeared for over 20 years in Atlanta on NBC
WXIA-TV and on Star
94 with a show titled The
Giftionary based on her book.
Named one of Atlanta's leading
women in business by Business
To Business Magazine, her advice and books have
been featured extensively in the media including The
Today Show, CNN, The Discovery Channel, CNNfn, USA Radio
Network, USA Weekend, USA Today and many more.
Nominated for a Book For
A Better Life Award, The
USA Today Family Channel Award as well as Georgia's
Author Of The Year, Robyn is a woman of many
accomplishments. See www.robynspizman.com
for more information.
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