Joan Stewart

6 Ways to Overcome a Writing Setback

This guest post is written by Lior Levin, a marketing consultant for a company that offers to-do list tool applications for individuals and businesses, and who also consults at a psd to html company. * * * Whether you maintain a blog or develop user-friendly content for business websites, every writer fears getting… Read More

Reporter needs sources for story on relationships

A reporter at a national publication is examining what happens when a person who is emotionally available and expressive pairs up with someone who is not. She is looking for people to interview. Are you an emotional “giver”—someone who is comfortable expressing your love, affection and feelings? Are you married to or dating someone who… Read More

Sidestep expensive media directories: Create your own

If you do your own publicity, or you’re a publicist who has a small number of clients, you probably don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on those massive media directories that are as big as phone books. Here’s why: You’re paying for thousands of listings. Yet you’ll use a small fraction of them. So… Read More

Dog Tweets — 7 Crucial Tactics for Writing a Radically Successful Guest Post

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. 7 Crucial Tactics for Writing a Radically Successful Guest Post http://ow.ly/8TLYO Farts: The topic of a 6th-grader’s 1st-place speech. Here are 5 lessons from the speech: http://ow.ly/8TPHk 5 ways LinkedIn can freshen up and… Read More

3 things you DON’T need to get onto big TV shows

Dying to get onto one of the big TV shows like the “Today” show? Of course you are. Just one appearance can send your book flying off the shelves. If you’re a small business person, it can mean thousands of people rushing to your website. If you’re an expert in your field, it can mean… Read More

Lessons from a Speech on Farts

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #593 Feb. 7, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Lessons from a Speech on Farts 2. Build Your Own Media List 3. Don’t Say This to Journalists 4. No Experience Necessary 5. Free Webinar for… Read More

Publicity lessons from a first-place speech on farts

When sixth-grader Sophie Paterson of New Zealand announced that farting was the topic of her speech during a speech competition last fall, the audience snapped to attention. With her younger brother, Ben, nearby, ready to hold up diagrams that further explained her topic, Sophie launched into her speech: Hi. Today I’m going to talk… Read More

Valentine’s Day Story Ideas

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #592 Jan. 31, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Valentine’s Day Story Ideas 2. See You in San Francisco 3. Follow Journalists on Facebok 4. Promoting Calendars for Vets 5. Media Lead 6. Hound Video… Read More

Looking for San Francisco biz or nonprofit to host me March 8-9

Want to attend a half-day publicity and social media workshop in San Francisco at a reduced rate? Host me either on Thursday, March 8, or Friday, March 9. I need a room big enough to hold about 30 people for a public workshop. It doesn’t have to be a hotel. Corporate conference rooms or university… Read More