The last thing I want to see in my LinkedIn messages are ecards wishing me Happy New Year or even Happy Birthday, some that include music and blinking lights. I found three of them in a row just now when I checked my DMs. Here’s the kicker. In each case, I was one of a… Read More
Facebook’s 20 Changes Last Year
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #680 Jan. 12, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Facebook’s 20 Changes Last Year 2. If You Missed Danny Iny… 3. New Posts at My Blog 4. Hound Video of the Week This Weekend in… Read More
Dog Tweets–How Internet Radio can increase your site’s traffic
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. How Internet Radio can increase your site’s traffic. Web Hosting Jerry lists top 3 sites. http://ow.ly/gBfna 7 tips for using ProfNet to score big with the media, [also applies to free services]. http://ow.ly/gFnM7 2… Read More
Social Media Press Release 2.0
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #680 Jan. 8, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Social Media Press Release 2.0 2. Build a Loyal Audience 3. Beef Up Your Email Signature 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in the… Read More
The Big Lie
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #678 Jan. 5, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. The Big Lie 2. Lame LinkedIn Invitations 3. New Posts at My Blog 4. Hound Video of the Week This Weekend in the Hound House: I’m… Read More
Why growing a big audience doesn’t mean big publicity
UPDATE on Jan. 12: If you missed this webinar, you can watch the replay at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern today only ( Saturday). The replay will not be available to download. So watch it today, or miss it completely. Are you impressed when you hear that someone has an email list of 50,000 people?… Read More
Dog Tweets—10 blogging commandments for a successful year
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. 10 blogging commandments for a successful year. http://ow.ly/gsv0A “Twitterverse” is fifth most annoying word of 2012. Guess which word is #1 most annoying? http://ow.ly/gsxtq 3 reasons you should never apologize for a lack of… Read More
10 January story ideas for publicity, blogging, videos
Let’s start of the new year on the right foot and fill the hopper with about a dozen story ideas you can pitch to the media and bloggers this month. Use these when the idea well is dry, or work them into your publicity plan for 2014. How? By pitching them to national magazines in… Read More
Vowing to blog more? 7 shortcuts for fast blog posts
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is identical to mine—writing more blog posts every week—you probably had the same sinking feeling I had when I made that resolution yesterday: How in the world will I ever find the time to do it? Here are seven shortcuts when time is really at a premium: 1.… Read More
92 Ways to Get Press Coverage
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #677 Jan. 1, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. 92 Ways to Get Press Coverage 2. Content is King in 2013 3. 6 Keys to Success for Authors 4. Hound Video of the Week This… Read More