Joan Stewart

Facebook’s Redesign & You

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #696 March 9, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Facebook’s Redesign & You 2. Ask for Reviews on LinkedIn 3. Freelancer Directory 4. Hound Joke of the Week This Weekend in the Hound House: I’m… Read More

13 Items for Your LinkedIn Page

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #695 March 2, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. 13 Items for Your LinkedIn Page 2. Where to See The Publicity Hound 3. Publicity Tips for Authors 4. Hound Video of the Week This Weekend… Read More

Hook Journalists on LinkedIn

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #695 March 5, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. “Can I Pick Your Brain?” 2. Hook Journalists on LinkedIn 3. How Not to Use Press Releases 4. Hound Joke of the Week This Week in… Read More

8 revenue ideas for authors/experts (more tomorrow)

Authors, if books are the only products in your inventory, you’re missing out on selling to people who don’t like to read. Consultants and experts, the same goes for you, too. I know lots of people who don’t have time to read. But they love listening to audio books in the car, driving from one… Read More

Social Media 101 for authors kicks off Thursday, Feb. 28, with 3 sessions on Facebook

I’ll be the first to admit that Facebook may well be the most confusing of all the social media websites. It changes frequently. It has apps, tabs and other tools hidden in the strangest places. It isn’t intuitive, at least for me. But for every person who hates it, there’s another who swears it’s one… Read More

Sydney success story

Hi Joan, As an aside, I signed up for your press release tutorial and got up to about day 19, but then I’ve heard nothing since. Not sure why…. I was enjoying it! Today on the radio programme I like to listen to on Sydney’s (Australia) local ABC radio, they were starting a new competition.… Read More

Publicity tip–How to interview with reporters depends on the type of reporter

I’m going to ask you three questions and I want you to take as much time as you need to think about each one before you answer. Here we go: Canadian journalist Gregg McLachlan suggests reporters ask interview subjects those three questions, and seven others. “The answers can’t be rehearsed beforehand,” Gregg says. “Your subject… Read More

Dog Tweets—Authors: You can’t promote your book on your Facebook profile

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. Effective story-telling for business [Works for PR and during media interviews, too.] The best stories drip with conflict. They have a hero and sometimes a villain. There is a story arc. As a writing… Read More