Joan Stewart

Pitch technology tips, problems, Q&As, videos, slideshows

This is the latest tip on my “50 Tips for Free Publicity” board on Pinterest. If you like the board, repin my tips, and let your followers know about them. * * * Even if you don’t consider yourself knowledgeable about technology, pitch technology-related publicity ideas you can use to promote… Read More

Dog Tweets–6 ways your online press releases can help with your LinkedIn marketing efforts

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. Before You Pitch to Media: A Checklist. http://ow.ly/cAO0U LinkedIn is crawling with reporters. Here’s how to connect. http://ow.ly/cCHtA How to block annoying telemarketing calls on your iPhone & Android. http://ow.ly/cCJKn 27 story ideas for… Read More

An Entrepreneur’s Prayer by Rick Beneteau

While cleaning out an old folder, I found a copy of “An Entrepreneur’s Prayer.” My copy doesn’t mention a source, but a quick Google search shows it was written by Rick Beneteau, co-founder of MovementofChange.com. He’s on Twitter at @RBeneteau where he shares wonderful inspirational messages that are perfect for retweeting. If you’re an entrepreneur,… Read More

5 reasons I don’t guest blog, and why that’s changing

This is the latest tip in a series of “50 Tips for Free Publicity” which I’m pinning on Pinterest. Follow me there, and if you like my tips, comment and repin. * * * For as much as I preach about the importance of guest blogging, I should be able to… Read More

12 things publicity superstars do: Webinar today

Sometimes publicity superstars make it look so darn easy. They’re the ones who are popping up time and again on the covers of magazines, as the subject of newspaper columns, and as guests on TV and radio talk shows. What do they know that the other Publicity Hounds, whose pitches are getting no results, don’t… Read More

Late-summer Story Ideas

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #634 July 31, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Late-summer Story Ideas 2. How to Pitch Chicago Editors 3. Bigger Facebook Photos 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in the Hound House: With… Read More

Tired of bragging? Reporter wants you as a source

A reporter at a national publication is writing about bragging and is looking for people to interview. Are you sick of all the bragging that people do nowadays—on social media, at work, your kid’s school, etc.? What are the extreme (and hilarious examples)? Have you identified different types of braggers? And how do you cope?… Read More

Make TV Producers Love You

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #633 July 28, 2012 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. Make TV Producers Love You 2. Add LinkedIn to Quora… Read More

Identify industry trends using these 7 sources

Any self-respecting journalist, blogger, freelancer, broadcaster and publisher knows the importance of reporting on trends. But when I worked as a newspaper editor two decades ago, I was too busy laying off reporters, slashing the newsroom budget and fielding phone calls from angry readers. Chasing down trends wasn’t even on the priority list. I suspect… Read More