I've spent years telling clients that PR isn't a direct line to sales. Two weeks ago, I got a chance to test that theory on myself. A Netflix “Instadoc” put my true crime brand, Trial Watchers, in front of roughly 6.6 million viewers. The show spent about a week in Netflix's Top 10. At the same time, our PR outreach resulted in my business partner Neil appearing on ABC’s Nightline, in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and in local news coverage that got nationwide syndica

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