Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. Follow my 50 Tips for Free Publicity board on Pinterest. http://ow.ly/clFnS Amazon Authors: Lots of hidden opportunities on this site to really make a splash. Here’s how: http://ow.ly/cl2rr Designate your own day, week or… Read More
Why press release follow-up calls irk journalists
Imagine this. You’re a journalist working in a newsroom. Ten times a day, people call and ask, “I sent a press release last week but it hasn’t shown up in the paper yet. Can you confirm you received it?” You drop what you’re doing, call up your email from the last seven days and meticulously… Read More
Bloggers ignoring you? Connect on social media sites
Trying to get in front of influential bloggers and catching their attention isn’t always easy. This includes journalists who blog. Let’s say you want to pitch a story about your company to an A-list blogger in your industry. Your emails go unanswered. Have you tried connecting on the social media sites? I follow a lot… Read More
Amazon’s Secret Publicity Sauce
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #630 July 17, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Amazon’s Secret Publicity Sauce 2. Publicity Tips on Pinterest 3. For Artists & Crafters 4. Hound Joke of the Week This Week in the Hound House:… Read More
The media want drought stories NOW–so pitch!
The folks at Fireworks Popcorn in Port Washington, WI, my favorite place for a quick mid-afternoon snack, say the drought is so bad, that they’re worried about popcorn prices. A farmer in Indiana told the owner that if his fields don’t get signficant rain by next week, he’ll start plowing them under. Small businesses, even… Read More
How to create your own holiday for national publicity
This is the first in a special series of 50 blog posts on the topic of how to generate free publicity. I’ll be pinning each of the 50 tips you see here to my Pinterest board, and I encourage you to follow my 50 Tips for Free Publicity board there. Tweet this link, share it… Read More
Secret publicity sauce on Amazon: Author Central profile
This week’s guest post was written by Phyllis Zimbler Miller, co-founder of the online marketing company Miller MosaicLLC.com. She is the author of fiction and nonfiction books, including the new ebook, “Top Tips for How to Market Your Book on Amazon and Facebook.” She blogs about book publishing and marketing at PhyllisZimblerMiller.com. * … Read More
Dog Tweets–3 questions to ask before pitching a reporter you don’t know via email
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. Why LinkedIn Shouldn’t Worry About Facebook’s New Job Search Tools. http://ow.ly/c8owG 3 questions to ask before pitching a reporter you don’t know via email. [Go to the end of the article] http://ow.ly/ca5aI Publicity Tip:… Read More
7 publicity ideas for your arts and crafts business
Knitters, potters, stained glass makers, woodworkers, metal artists and anyone who sells arts and crafts from home often have a difficult time convincing traditional media and bloggers that they’re worth covering. From a journalist’s perspective, these can’t be real businesses, can they? Of course they can. Craft businesses have long been important to the U.S. economy… Read More
Invite Anchors to Emcee
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #629 July 10, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Invite Anchors to Emcee 2. Why You Should be on Pinterest 3. What Journalists Want from You 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in… Read More