Now that you have a blog, how do you drive traffic to it? Colin Delany, whose e.politics blog dissects the craft of social advocacy, passes along 10 excellent tips. To really build a following, he advises blogging no less than every other day. (Stop grumbling that you don’t have enough time!) As he correctly points out, the… Read More
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Photo tips: It’s a camera, not a gun
If you’re taking publicity photos for your organization, or you’re hiring a freelance photographer to do it for you, keep in mind these photo tips courtesy of Sean McManus. I particularly like the one titled “No firing squad”: “It’s a camera, not a gun. Smile. Or at least, don’t look so terrified. People often shoot photos… Read More
Celebrity addresses can be yours for $1
I just got my hands on the mailing addresses for the agent, publicist or manager of these celebrities: Jodie Foster Meg Ryan Maggie Gyllenhaal Diana Krall Elizabeth Perkins Ming-Na I received an email from ContactAnyCelebrity.com, the subscription service that provides contact information for 54,696 celebrities, 6,890 celebrity representatives (agents, managers, publicists & attorneys) and 4,131 entertainment companies. I signed up… Read More
Germ-laden purse can make you sick
When I found a big splotch of dried chocolate ice cream on the bottom of my Coach purse last week, I was mortified How long has THAT been there, I wondered. And how many people have seen it and said nothing? The next day, I read the first item in Marilee Tolen’s ezine, titled “Can Your Purse Make… Read More
Public Radio International producer shares pitching tips
Thinking of pitching public radio with your story? If so, first read these pitching tips from Charles Munroe-Kane, courtesy of Bulldog Reporter. Munroe-Kane produces “To The Best of Our Knowledge” and “Zorba Paster on Your Health” for Public Radio International and says he isn’t interested in breaking news events but, rather, a “cultural” look at the… Read More
A national TV show is yours for $400 a month
If you’ve always wanted to have your own national TV show, but you don’t have the energy to make all the right contacts in New York or Hollywood, that’s OK. You can have your own show for less than $400 a month. Don’t have $400 to spend? You can have the show anyway and actually make a profit by selling sponsorships.… Read More
Free press release writing course needs promo ideas
I’m starting a big promotion campaign for my free email course called “89 Ways to Write Powerful Press Releases” and I’m looking for ideas from my Hounds so I don’t miss anything. I’m looking for: —Contact information for bloggers and ezine editors who would be interested in this course. I’ve already contacted many of them, but I want… Read More
Art marketers get a taste of January telesummit
I just hung up the phone after being part of tonight’s “virtual telesummit opening reception party” for the smARTist Tele-summit 2007, hosted by Ariane Goodwin. And after hearing from all those great artists who joined me, I’m impressed! Before I started my business more than a decade ago, I was an avid needlepointer. That’s about as close as I got… Read More
Blogitive: A sleazy way to get free publicity
The make-money-at-home crowd is going ga-ga over a service called Blogitive that pays bloggers to blog about certain companies. Blogitive gives pre-approved bloggers a list of press releases, then pays the blogger $5 for every company the blogger mentions. The companies on the list, of course, pay Blogitive. So it looks like everybody wins. Not really. Publicity Hounds who are having… Read More
Newsletters engage customers
Instead of always hunting for more customers, spend some time on keeping the ones you already have. I love this story at the Vario Creative blog about how a product manager for a legacy software product created a newsletter that really scratched an itch that her customers had—and won their loyalty. I’m assuming she published an ezine, not… Read More