This guest post is written by Lior Levin, a marketing consultant for a china inspection service company. He also consults for a neon sign store that offers custom outdoor neon signs. * * * By Lior Levin You may have noticed that many businesses and bloggers list the number of subscribers to their… Read More
How to Find Your Target Market
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #602 April 7, 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. How to Find Your Target Market 2. Free Icons 3. And… Read More
How to boost the number of your friends on Goodreads
Confession: I hadn’t heard about Goodreads, the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world, until I was preparing for a presentation at the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Publishing University last month on how authors can reach online communities of readers. I hurriedly signed up, promising myself to return to the site after the… Read More
Dog Tweets—Top 10 worst self-publishing mistakes.
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. Top 10 worst self-publishing mistakes. http://t.co/qhU2TBz7 10 tips for building relationships with journalists through Twitter. http://ow.ly/a1FR0 Authors: 12 steps to a successful blog tour. http://ow.ly/a2zQI 8 ways to spring clean your LinkedIn profile. http://t.co/5mNwFy5A 7… Read More
Source needed for story on mom-daughter relationships
A reporter at a national publication is exploring complicated mother-daughter relationships and looking for people to interview about their personal stories. Have you had trouble or tension in your relationship with your mother (or your daughter)? How did it start? How long did it go on? Did you ever overcome it—and how did you do… Read More
This Ezine, Twice a Week
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #601 April 3, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. This Ezine, Twice a Week 2. Book Reviewers Await 3. Cool Twitter Tool 4. Hound Video ===================================== 1. This Ezine, Twice a Week ===================================== I don’t… Read More
Why I’m publishing my ezine on Tuesday and Saturday
Nothing is more frustrating for an ezine editor than to hear, “What happened to your newsletter? I used to get it and I loved it! But I haven’t gotten it for about six months.” During the 12 years I’ve been publishing The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week, I’ve heard that repeatedly. And I’m hearing… Read More
How to wow the media—even when you’re on vacation
This week’s guest post was written by Charmel Delos Santos, a private trader, author, mother of three, and ex-beauty queen wannabe. Ger her free preview ebook, “High Heeled Traders,” and learn how to trade profitably like only a woman can. * * * By Charmel Delos Santos I taught my 2-year-old daughter a children’s… Read More
How to get your book reviews in front of librarians
Authors: If you have a book just months from publication, you might be so busy preparing for it that you forget about the websites, magazines and newsletters that librarians read before deciding what books to buy for their collections. The U.S. alone has an estimated 121,785 libraries. That’s a lot of potential customers, and a… Read More
How authors promote each other’s books on Pinterest
Carolyn Howard-Johnson read an item I included in today’s Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week ezine on the clever Pinterest campaign launched by Kotex, and she emailed a great idea on how she her author friends promote each other’s books on Pinterest. “I just started Pinterest, but I’ve been applying lots of my general marketing… Read More