A story about LinkedIn in today’s Wall Street Journal says the world’s largest business networking site gets one new member per second. Per second! That’s 60 per minute, or 86,400 new people per day. Many of them might want to do business with you. Will your profile, as written, make it easy for them to… Read More
Your Company’s Giant Billboard
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #555 May 17, 2011 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Your Company’s Giant Billboard 2. Help with YouTube Videos 3. Your Book Should be on the Nook 4. Come, Sit, Stay–And Ask Questions 5. Where to… Read More
LinkedIn Company Pages: Your giant business billboard
Cardinal Rule #1 in the world of social media: Don’t promote. Except, that is, if you’re on LinkedIn. The world’s largest business networking site has an often overlooked feature that serves as a giant billboard for your business, where you can spotlight all the products and services you can’t promote elsewhere. It’s called Company Pages.… Read More
25 business blogging tips from a 10-year-old
No more excuses about why you aren’t blogging for your business. If 10-year-old Tyler Duswalt can start and maintain a blog, so can you. Tyler is author of The Short Book on How to Become a Blogging Expert—A 10-Year-Old’s Top 25 Easy Tips to Help You Start an Effective Blog (Craig Duswalt International, $9.95). He… Read More
3 tips for rewriting your LinkedIn profile & headline
Here are three helpful tips about how to write, or rewrite, your profile on LinkedIn: 1. Include keywords in the headline. That’s the short message that shows up next to your photo—and it’s the first thing people read when they see your profile. For better search engine optimization, use the same words that people… Read More
Your 30-Second Bumper Sticker
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #554 May 10, 2011 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ========================================== 1. Your 30-Second Bumper Sticker 2. Work with Me One on One 3. YouTube Video Secrets 4. Fast Track for Authors, Speakers, Experts 5. Marketing Tips for… Read More
Can you spot the 5 mistakes in this guest blogger’s pitch? Find them all and win $100 coupon
If you want to write a guest blog post at your favorite blog, and you’re writing the pitch, don’t make the five mistakes this blogger made when he emailed me today. Can you guess what they are? Here’s the entire pitch: OK, what did the blogger do wrong? But let’s be fair. What two things… Read More
YouTube secrets push your video to top of search results; learn ’em all during free webinar Wednesday, May 18
Online video is the most powerful tool on the Internet for driving traffic to your websites and services. That’s why I have my own YouTube channel. Search engines are focusing on online video to deliver the content their customers are looking for and have even changed their search parameters to push video to the top… Read More
10 magic phrases journalists and bloggers LOVE
When you’re pitching the media, don’t spend all your time crafting your pitch. Think about how to weave what I call the “10 Magic Phrases” into a telephone conversation, email interview or face-to-face chat with journalists and bloggers. I’ve printed the questions on handy notepads and I use them whenever a reporter calls, or when I… Read More
Twice as Many Facebook Fans
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #553 May 3, 2011 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. Twice as Many Facebook Fans 2. Energize Your Boring Bio… Read More