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
How to make inexpensive flower plate garden art
Gardeners, Crafters and Scavengers: If you’re looking for a fun, easy project—and perhaps a new revenue stream—consider making beautiful flower plates for your garden, or to sell at craft shows. They make lovely gifts. I’ve seen these at local art shows and in this stunning collection on Etsy. But I haven’t had the time to figure out… Read More
How to Find PR Clients
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #628 July 7, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. How to Find PR Clients 2. Tweet. Rinse. Repeat. 3. New Posts at My Blog 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in the Hound… Read More
Dog Tweets—4 ways to discover more about your audience with social media.
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. 4 ways to discover more about your audience with social media. http://ow.ly/c21QM Promote Your Book on a Budget: 20 Thrifty Ideas. http://ow.ly/c21uZ 4 tools can help you learn the best time to tweet. http://ow.ly/c22Gv… Read More
How to find your next PR client: Just ask
This guest post was written by Linda Jay Geldens, a publishing professional with decades of experience. She has copyedited more than 60 book manuscripts in the past three years, on topics ranging from business to fantasy to novels to memoirs. She also writes promotional material, such as press releases, website text, blog posts, back cover copy… Read More
Wisconsin talk radio show looking for guests
Publicists looking for talk radio shows for their Wisconsin clients who are authors, inventors or just plain interesting might want to add this publicity opportunity to their media databases. Bob Schmidt has launched Talk Today 1290 on WLFN-AM, based in La Crosse, WI, and he’s looking for guests. “I’m trying to focus on… Read More
Business 2 Community blog = great publicity for writers
If you blog about social media, marketing, branding, public relations, or one of the other topics you see above, apply here to become a contributor for the Business 2 Community blog. I’m one of the several hundred contributors. They’ve taken more than 100 posts from this blog and reprinted them. The exposure is terrific, and… Read More