So your article has been printed and you are absolutely delighted. There are some things that you need to do with follow-up that are very important to making sure you get the biggest bang for the buck.

• Send a handwritten thank-you note to the editor of the publication that just printed your article, thanking them for running it. You’d be amazed at how few people ever do this.

• Be sure that you make reprints of the article. Most publications will give you permission to reprint from their publication.

• Ask yourself who else might be interested in the article. Don’t be satisfied by getting it printed once. You’re not going to have to write another article from scratch. It’s already written.

• Climb the media ladder. Ask yourself, “Is there a bigger publication that would be interested in printing this article?”

Get more information on how to recycle articles over and over again to appear in a wide variety of other publications at How to Write How-to Articles for Newspapers, Magazines, and Trade Journals