Do you generate such great publicity that you can boast about your website traffic? If so, that’s OK. But all the traffic in the world is useless unless it’s putting money in your pocket. That’s why if you’re selling ANYTHING online, you should sign up for Tom Antion’s teleseminar “Increase Your Web Sales: 27 Ways to Get ’em to Buy”… Read More
Ugly patio furniture contest needs publicity ideas
Jill Cranford of Livermore, Colo. writes: “My company, Stone2Furniture, which makes indoor and outdoor furniture from stone, is having an Ugly Patio Furniture Contest and we’ll be giving away a set of our stone furniture valued at $4,100. The contest runs through August. “So here I am with the rules drawn up, and it’s live… Read More
Enhance Your Pitch with Video
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #439 Feb. 24, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ================================ 1. Enhance Your Pitch with Video 2. Target College Blogs 3. Blogrolls: Publicity Gold 4. Meet Journalists Face to Face 5. Promoting Home & Garden Shows 6.… Read More
Real estate magazine needs expert articles
Local Real Estate Deals, a bi-monthly nationwide magazine, needs expert articles that provide helpful advice for investors, first-time home buyers, real estate agents, loan officers and people who may have had credit problems. The June/July issue focuses on green topics and the Denver real estate market. For more information, email editor Emily Cass.
More publicity for Dallas hardware store after Bush visits
Tying celebrities to your news story can generate publicity you never dreamed of. But if the celebrity responds, the publicity can multiply. That’s what happened to Elliott’s Hardware in Dallas, Texas yesterday when former President George W. Bush stopped in for a one-hour visit, bought a few items and joked that he was looking for… Read More
A journalist’s tips for pitching story ideas about your business
This month’s guest blogger Mark Macias, author of the book “Beat the Press: Your Guide to Managing the Media,” shares terrific tips on how businesses can grab media attention. How about using his questions below as a checklist every few months? The story ideas you’ll generate are just as good for bloggers, ezine editors and… Read More
Dominate Page 1 of Google: Try Expertclick free for one week
When somebody uses Google to search for a person with your expertise, and types in “time management expert” or “leadership expert” or “parenting expert” or “(fill in the blank) expert,” does your name show up near the top of the list of search results? Does it even show up on Page 1 of the results? If not, here’s… Read More
Grand Slam Giveaway
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #438 Feb. 17, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ================================ In This Issue ================================ 1. Grand Slam Giveaway 2. Don’t Ask to Review an Article 3. How to Recycle Publicity 4. 2 Events for Hounds 5. Promoting a Farmer’s Market 6.… Read More
Home & garden show needs promotion ideas FAST
Lori Feldman of St. Louis, Mo. writes: “My client is a home and garden show that’s produced in four cities—Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Portland—from late February through early March. “We’re launching a social media plan for this company that has done nothing but traditional advertising for the last 50 years! Last year was the… Read More
Online promotion tips in Jan/Feb issue of SUCCESS magazine
If you want to promote anything online, be sure to check out the January/February issue of SUCCESS magazine, on newsstands now. I’m featured along with Internet marketers Joel Comm and Scott Fox in the Ask the Experts column. Here are the topics we discussed and a few snippets of advice from the article. —Blogs: If… Read More