The Publicity Hound’s
Tips of the Week
Issue #718 May 25, 2013
Publisher: Joan Stewart
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“Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity”
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In This Issue
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1. 21 Blogging Shortcuts
2. 40+ Ways to Contact Google
3. New Post at My Blog
4. Hound App of the Week
This Week in the Hound House:
You told me to go ahead with the rummage sale next weekend. I’m
spending this weekend in the basement–plucking, sorting,
cleaning and pricing. I’m also preparing for the launch of the
fourth edition of my “How to be a Kick-butt Publicity Hound”
ebook. Stay tuned…
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1. 21 Blogging Shortcuts
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When it dawns on me that I haven’t blogged in awhile, a feeling
of dread sets in.
I think about all that research, all that writing, the three
rewrites, then the proofreading, then hunting for an image to
dress up the post. I must assign tags to the post. And place it
in the correct category. And hit Preview to see if it looks OK.
If it doesn’t, I keep tweaking and tinkering until it looks
perfect. All before I hit the “Publish” button.
Is it any wonder that I sometimes can’t bear the thought of
blogging? I’ll bet you feel the same way I do some days.
One of my big breakthroughs was finally accepting the fact that
each post didn’t have to be a treatise on that topic. I found
myself reading the super-short posts at some blogs and actually
LOVING the fact that I could breeze through each one in just a
minute or two.
So I started using some of the shortcuts other bloggers use. And
I kept looking for other tricks I could keep in my back pocket
for those days when I’m bored with my blog, my job and my life.
Admit it. You’ve been there too.
Here’s a post I cranked out in about seven minutes, explaining
the difference between a press release, a news release and a
media release.
It took another four minutes to find a photo on my hard drive,
insert it, proofread the post, tag it, preview it, and publish
it.
Eleven minutes in all! And that includes about a minute and a
half of research.
I gathered up my shortcuts, tricks, workarounds, quick fixes and
time-savers for you. I’ll present them all from 4 to 5:15 p.m.
Eastern Time on Thursday, May 30, during the webinar, “21 Ideas
for Quick & Dirty Blog Posts When You Don’t Have Time to Write.”
It comes with 10 fill-in-the-blanks templates that let you fly
through a post in record time.
Register even if the time doesn’t work for you because I’ll email you
the video replay and all the bonuses.
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2. 40+ Ways to Contact Google
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If someone has used your trademark on their YouTube channel, who
do you call other than your attorney?
What if someone keeps sending harassing messages to your Gmail
account?
Or Google maps is listing the location of your store at the wrong
address and you can’t fix it?
Contacting Google is a lot easier, thanks to this list of more
than 40 forms and links from blogger Kristi Hines.
She seems to know a lot about Google. I’m now following her on
Google+.
Update on Nov. 4, 2014: : Nicole Kohler, a web content strategist,
has her own updated list of Google Contacts. It’s sorted by services,
with multiple options like emails and phone numbers for each service.
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3. New Posts at My Blog
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Press release, news release or media release?
5 more things you didn’t know about me
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4. Hound App of the Week
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Dogs finally have their own version of Yelp.
Where My Dogs At is a new social networking app that allows dog
owners to connect with one another and share things like dog
friendly spots and photos of their four-legged friends. It asks
users to “Mark their territory” at restaurants, parks,
businesses, etc. and give their “paw of approval” to the places
that were most accommodating to their pets.
Thanks to Publicity Hound Katrina Fox aka @katrinafox on Twitter
for sharing this one.
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