The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #692 Feb. 19, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Prepare for These 4 Questions 2. Send Me Your New Bio 3. Social Media for Authors 4. Hound Video of the Week This Weekend in the… Read More
Alphabet Soup Bios
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #691 Feb. 16, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Alphabet Soup Bios 2. Social Media Know-it-All’s 3. How to Collect 15 Testimonials 4. Hound Video of the Week This Weekend in the Hound House: I’ve… Read More
Dog Tweets—How To Contact Facebook: A Directory of 120+ Forms
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. How To Contact Facebook: A Directory of 120+ FormsUse this guide to show you exactly where to report content on Facebook. The top 5 reasons every artist should blog.Artists create some of the most… Read More
Rewrite your boring bio: Free training tomorrow
Professional bios are one of the most difficult things for Publicity Hounds to write. Perhaps that’s why so many of them are so boring. Help is on the way! Nancy Juetten, “The Bio Doc,” will show you how to resuscitate a DOA bio during a free webinar tomorrow from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern Time.… Read More
Why My Bio Stinks
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #690 Feb. 12, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Why My Bio Stinks 2. LinkedIn’s Icebreaker 3. Nonprofit Annual Reports Vanishing 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in the Hound House: I’ve pared… Read More
Ask webinar registrants: ‘What do you want to learn?’
When I listed 9 ways to use webinars for PR, to make money and save time, one of my tips was to host a free Q&A webinar for your customers, ezine subscribers, blog readers or anyone who needs help in your area of expertise. Andrew Darlow, a photographer and digital imaging consultant, did just that.… Read More
Bye, Bye Boring Bio
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #689 Feb. 9, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Bye, Bye Boring Bio 2. LinkedIn Email = Book Contract 3. New Posts at My Blog 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in the… Read More
Dog Tweets—10 places you can’t afford to publish mediocre marketing copy
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. 10 places you can’t afford to publish mediocre marketing copy.Use actionable words at the beginning of your meta description, like “Read,” “Discover,” and “Learn,” and explain what’s in it for the reader if they… Read More
9 killer calls-to-action to use today on LinkedIn
Never assume that people know what you want them to do. You have to TELL them. Every time you write a status update on LinkedIn, or send an InMail, or answer a question in Groups, consider a call-to-action. You might think that sounds “too promotional” on the world’s Number 1 business networking site. But not… Read More
-Use Calls to Action on LinkedIn
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #688 Feb. 5, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Use Calls to Action on LinkedIn 2. Piggyback on Pew Study 3. Print, Broadcast & Online Publicity 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week… Read More