The drip, drip, drip of names and email addresses of people who are registered on the Ashley Madison website offers publicity opportunities galore if you’re willing to comment on this story. #AshleyMadison is trending on Twitter, with more than 142,000 tweets as of this morning. When hackers announced last month that they had the names, email… Read More
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Consultants, Coaches: Jump on Trump with Your Best Advice
I’ve been waiting—it seems like forever—for someone other than a political pundit to dredge up some timely publicity by offering advice to the world’s ultimate Publicity Hound, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Finally, someone did. Image consultant Sandy Dumont’s August newsletter included an interesting before-and-after critique of Donald Trump’s suit, shirt and tie, his body… Read More
Author Needs Ideas for 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Publicity Hound Lynette Norris Wilkinson writes: “For the past 5 years I have been raising funds for #Katrina survivors from the New Orleans Lower 9th Ward through the sales of my book, ‘UNTOLD: The New Orleans 9th Ward You Never Knew.’ “I’d like to make some donations during the 10th Anniversary and need ideas on… Read More
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Author Training Aug. 13: Write a Mega-profitable Book Fast
One of the major frustrations of authors is the near impossibility of making money from their books. They mistakenly think a book is a revenue stream. For most of them, a book is a money pit. By time they pay for a cover designer, interior designer, editing, proofreading, printing and a distributor, they’ve spent all… Read More