Now I know why PR firms and graphics artists charge a fortune for those big, detailed infographics you see everywhere, like these on Pinterest. They’re very difficult to plan, draw and execute. The one below took me about an hour and a half to create on Easel.ly, a free tool that’s still in beta. It’s… Read More
Bloggers: Don’t make visitors log in before commenting
Don’t you hate it when you visit a blog, read a post, love the topic, and even before you get to the end, you know what comment you’re going to add? Then you reach the bottom of the post and you see this: That’s what happened to me just now when I read… Read More
Giving Birth to an Infographic
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #615 May 22, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart mailto:JStewart@PublicityHound.com http://publicityhound.com http://www.publicityHound.mobi http://www.publicityhound.net/ (Blog) http://www.publicityarticles.net (Ezine Archives) ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” Receive this ezine direct to your desktop http://www.publicityarticles.net/feed/rss/ =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Giving Birth to an Infographic 2. Organic Food & Jerks… Read More
Rebroadcast your webinars with live Q&A, sell more
If you’re a subject matter expert who hosts live webinars, like I do, you know all the problems with webinar technology. You accidentally click the wrong button on the console and discover that for the last 10 minutes, your audience has been unable to hear you. Or you struggle to present in-depth content while… Read More
The Power of Facebook Photos
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #614 May 19, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. The Power of Facebook Photos 2. Infographics Boost Interest 3. New Posts at My Blog 4. Hound Video ================================== 1. The Power of Facebook Photos ==================================… Read More
Learn how to make simple infographics for PR or for fun
I’ve been researching a variety of free and inexpensive programs and apps that allow you make infographics you can use in a PR campaign, at your website, in marketing materials, to share on the social media sites, or just for fun. You can learn them during the webinar on How to Easily Create Free or Inexpensive… Read More
Offer a trivia quiz along with your press release
People love quizzes. So do bloggers and journalists. That’s why adding a link to a quiz can super-charge your press release and tip the scales in your favor that a website, newspaper or magazine, or your favorite blogger will announce your news, or use the quiz by itself. Each year, The American Kennel Club announces… Read More
Authors: Why you shouldn’t respond to bad book reviews
One of the most powerful tools for marketing your books is the treasure trove of online book review and book recommendation sites like Goodreads, AuthorsDen and Shelfari. You can create a community of hundreds or even thousands of raving fans who will examine which books you’ve placed on your virtual bookshelf. They’ll discuss, review and recommend… Read More
Dog Tweets—5 reasons traditional PR is dead.
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. 5 reasons traditional PR is dead. http://ow.ly/aYitX Authors: How to get your books in front of librarians. http://ow.ly/aYk8n Tip on finding your target market: Make it easy for THEM to find YOU. Offer various… Read More
Biggest Facebook frustration: Secret settings or ROI?
It’s hard to decide which part of Facebook drives people craziest: The super-secret settings that nobody tells them about, or the difficulty for businesses to really gain traction and see a return on their investment of time. I vote for ROI. But then, I almost drove myself crazy when my Facebook fan page disappeared early… Read More