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Get what you pay for with pay-for-placement PR.

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By Gwen Moran

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Pay As You Go
Tired of fat PR agency retainers? Pay-for-placement firms likeAnnie Jennings PR (www.anniejenningspr.com) offer an attractivealternative. The firm bills only when it's scored a story inone of your "wish list" media. Fees are based on themedium's reach, the contact information included and otherfactors. A feature in a daily paper may run about $1,500, while aninterview on the Today show could hit $6,000.

Reed Byrum, president and CEO of the Public Relations Society ofAmerica, cautions that before hiring a pay-for-placement firm,ask:

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