The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #437 Feb. 10, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ================================ 1. Don’t Make Yourself Sound So Boring 2. Cool Tool for Hounds & Journalists 3. 5 Tips for Hiring Interns 4. Bloggers Gush About Cleaning Products 5.… Read More
Vanishing PR Clients
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #436 Feb. 3, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ================================ 1. Vanishing PR Clients 2. Grade Your Facebook Profile 3. Get Out of the Pile 4. Beware of the Shock Jocks 5. Formula Five Sweetens the Deal… Read More
When Oprah Calls on Sunday
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #435 Jan. 27, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ================================ 1. When Oprah Calls on Sunday 2. 5 Big Blogging Boo-boos 3. Pitch Spring Gifts Now 4. I Don’t Want You to Disappear 5. Promoting Abstract Art… Read More
Put Your Pet in the White House
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #434 Jan. 20, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ======================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================= ================================ In This Issue ================================ 1. Put Your Pet in the White House 2. The Real Power of Your Press Release 3. Formula Five is Live 4. Still Not Blogging? 5.… Read More
It’s Not About You
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #433 Jan. 14, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ================================ 1. It’s Not About You 2. The Power of Surveys 3. Sell Books by the Truckload 4. Create Your Own Holiday 5. Promoting a Book on Marriage… Read More
Don’t Let Blog Content Confuse You
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #432 Jan. 6, 2008 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ================================ 1. Don’t Let Blog Content Confuse You 2. How About a Little Good News? 3. How Could I be So Dumb? 4. Beware of this Twitter Scam… Read More
How to market a YouTube campaign
Somebody here at the “Unconference” asked Shel Holtz how to market a video like the Dove video I wrote about earlier today so that it creates a deafening buzz online. He didn’t know all the details but said they paid to have it on YouTube’s homepage. He also wasn’t sure if they did a blogger outreach campaign. But… Read More
Writing articles? Know how to negotiate with publishers
If you’re writing articles for newspapers, magazines and other publications, make sure you understand rights, reprints and other legal issues that can trip you up later. Michelle Nightengale of BookdSolidSuccessTips.com emailed me a question about this topic. She wanted to know if she maintains the copyright to an article she has already written for a publication and if… Read More
What you can learn from a puppy
We brought home our new puppy six days ago. Her name is Bogie, and you can see her here. The little 11-week-old purebred German Shorthaired Pointer is the love of our lives. Bill is in charge of training her because she’ll be his hunting companion. I’m trying to play catch-up by devouring the book “Training in No Time,” written by… Read More
WomenEntrepreneur.com needs website content
WomenEntrepreneur.com, which launched May 1, is looking for content for its website, which discusses all facets of entrepreneurship, work/life balance and success. Read more about what they need and how to pitch in this article from “The Navigator” newsletter.