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Promotional Rescue is for creatives who feel overwhelmed by all facets of marketing, self-promotion, website design, and outreach.

  • Stressed out by self-promotion?

  • All thumbs when it comes to posting?

  • Need a marketing strategy? 

  • Baffled about how the hell to build a website?

    LET’S FIX THAT.

MEET MELANIE

PROMOTIONS EXPERT & FOUNDER

“Take the gross factor out of self-promotion by discovering what works for you, with me!”

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With 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Melanie Vesey knows exactly why most creatives have a love/hate relationship with self-promotion. (We love when it works, but hate doing it!)

As founder of Promotional Rescue and Vesey Promotions Agency, she has spent the last decade running high-stakes campaigns for both industry giants and independent artists, mastering the art of moving the needle for her clients.

Working with media powerhouses like Netflix, Simon & Schuster, CBS, and NBC, Melanie has helped her clients become New York Times Bestsellers and sell out shows. She has honed her "superpower" of teaching people how to promote themselves and their projects with confidence, and used it to create the Promotional Rescue Online Course.

By distilling her agency-level strategies into a step-by-step system, she provides a professional foundation for any creative ready to go pro and share their brilliance with the world with greatness, not grossness.

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Promotional Rescue Founder Melanie Vesey discusses her company, who she works with, and the philosophy behind her promotional strategy with legendary comedian Marc Maron on his Iconic podcast, WTF, episode #1262.

PRAISE FOR MELANIE

  • “MELANIE’S EXPERTISE HAS BEEN A SAVIOR. I CREDIT THEM FOR MY STRING OF SOLD-OUT COMEDY SHOWS FOR two years…AND STILL GOING.”

    FRITZ COLEMAN (5-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN AND WEATHERCASTER

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    "With Melanie's strategic branding and social media advice, the build-up to and release of my album and music videos was a success. We would not have won over a dozen music and music video awards without Melanie's steady support."

    ROBIN SIMONE (3 TIME BILLBOARD CHARTING SINGER-SONGWRITER)

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    "MELANIE IS A GIFTED, HANDS-ON, RELENTESSLY JOYFUL PRO WHO CHANGED MY LIFE. I’M IN LOVE WITH THE WORK OF THIS REMARKABLE BADASS.”

    Rob Paulsen (Emmy Award-Winning Voice Over Artist)

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    “Even with the parts of the process that I dreaded, Melanie carefully explained why they were necessary and walked me through them, so it wasn’t so bad and so I could actually see the rewards. And it all happened surprisingly quickly. Better ROI than therapy and zero bullshit.”

    Donna Obloggotta (Award-Winning Performance Artist)

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WHAT IS THE PROMOTIONAL RESCUE ONLINE COURSE?

Promotional Rescue will help you sell out your next event, without selling your soul.

With Melanie’s in-depth online course, you’ll learn skills that will leave you poised and ready to:

  • Grow your audience

  • Create a marketing strategy that serves your goals

  • Learn what and when to share on social media

  • Create a website that actually works

Using a step-by-step curriculum from the mind of a fellow creative, promotions expert Melanie Vesey will teach you the same strategies and formulas that have resulted in substantial, star-studded results for her clients.

I WANT THIS

WHO IS THIS FOR?

(If you’ve read this far, probably you.)

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This online course is for writers, stand-up comedians, filmmakers, and multi-hyphenate creatives who are tired of being their own biggest roadblock.

If you:

  • Hate Self-Promotion?

  • Worry that people are going to think you’re bragging and/or full of yourself?

  • Have a website but feel embarrassed when people ask to see it?

  • Have a cool project to promote, but don’t know where the heck to start?

Then this is your course.

I'M IN.

WHY PROMOTIONAL RESCUE?

Because it's what we do, and we're really good at it.

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The Promotional Rescue Online Course is different from other social media “GURU” programs because we firmly believe that it’s your feelings about self-promotion that are making you put on the brakes, as well as your lack of knowledge of branding, marketing, and how the platforms work.

Our work and testimonials from previous workshop attendees speak for themselves.

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