Joan Stewart

Dog Tweets — 7 Crucial Tactics for Writing a Radically Successful Guest Post

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. 7 Crucial Tactics for Writing a Radically Successful Guest Post http://ow.ly/8TLYO Farts: The topic of a 6th-grader’s 1st-place speech. Here are 5 lessons from the speech: http://ow.ly/8TPHk 5 ways LinkedIn can freshen up and… Read More

3 things you DON’T need to get onto big TV shows

Dying to get onto one of the big TV shows like the “Today” show? Of course you are. Just one appearance can send your book flying off the shelves. If you’re a small business person, it can mean thousands of people rushing to your website. If you’re an expert in your field, it can mean… Read More

7 tech problems that can derail your PR—and how to fix them

The big magazine you’ve pitched says it wants to print the op-ed column you’ve submitted. But the editor says the head shot you’ve sent her isn’t good enough. She’s asked you to send a version that’s “300 dpi, 4-by-6” and she needs it NOW. Do you dare reply to the editor, telling her you’re not… Read More

Lessons from a Speech on Farts

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #593 Feb. 7, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Lessons from a Speech on Farts 2. Build Your Own Media List 3. Don’t Say This to Journalists 4. No Experience Necessary 5. Free Webinar for… Read More

Publicity lessons from a first-place speech on farts

When sixth-grader Sophie Paterson of New Zealand announced that farting was the topic of her speech during a speech competition last fall, the audience snapped to attention. With her younger brother, Ben, nearby, ready to hold up diagrams that further explained her topic, Sophie launched into her speech: Hi. Today I’m going to talk… Read More

Valentine’s Day Story Ideas

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #592 Jan. 31, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Valentine’s Day Story Ideas 2. See You in San Francisco 3. Follow Journalists on Facebok 4. Promoting Calendars for Vets 5. Media Lead 6. Hound Video… Read More

Looking for San Francisco biz or nonprofit to host me March 8-9

Want to attend a half-day publicity and social media workshop in San Francisco at a reduced rate? Host me either on Thursday, March 8, or Friday, March 9. I need a room big enough to hold about 30 people for a public workshop. It doesn’t have to be a hotel. Corporate conference rooms or university… Read More

Doing business locally? Share your blog at Patch.com

At the winter farmer’s market in my town, I ran into my local editor for Patch.com, the uber-local website that’s giving Publicity Hounds yet another outlet for their press releases, photos and local news. Lyssa Beyer and Matt Schroeder, her associate regional editor, were stopping shoppers and asking if they knew about Patch, which operrates in 22 states in the… Read More

Feel dumb in social settings? Respond to this media lead

A reporter at a national publication is exploring the phenomenon of how smart people sometimes feel dumb in intimate social settings and needs sources to interview. Have you ever clammed up in a business meeting, at a cocktail or dinner party, on jury duty, or at some other small social event—-even though you know you’re… Read More