“The Best of The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week of 2005” is hot off the computer. It’s a compilation of the 24 tips from last year’s weekly ezine that evoked the greatest response from readers. You can still use many of these tips in your 2006 media campaign. You can download the ebook and pass this… Read More
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Corporate tips booklet author needs advice
Joyce Restaino of Newfoundland, New Jersey writes: “I hope your Publicity Hounds can come up with some ideas to help generate publicity for a motivational tips booklet I have coauthored with a corporate trainer. We envision a spiral bound book with a good-quality cover. We should have more information about the number of pages… Read More
Radio talk show guests need checklist of things to do before the show begins
I just got off the phone with Pam Newman, who interviewed me for one hour on her program “Unlocking the Secrets of Your Small Business” on Hot Talk 1510 AM Radio in Kansas City about how small business people can generate free publicity. I called in about 5 minutes before the hour, as instructed, then listened… Read More
8 mega-trends worth piggybacking onto
A tidy, interesting little White Paper arrived in yesterday’s mail. Unlike most other White Papers that I toss in the trash, I read this one cover to cover—all 6 pages worth. It’s called “Profiting from Mega-Trends: Eight That Will Change How You Think About Your Brand.” And it’s one in a series of White Papers being written by… Read More
Op-ed columns offer the chance to brag about your company
Don’t tell me you can’t get any publicity because all the reporters who you’ve pitched are ignoring you. Boo-hoo. That’s all the sympathy you’ll get from me. I’d rather spend my time telling you about Dick Stangl, a former client who claimed 7 column inches in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday to brag big-time about… Read More
Tips booklets: Perfect marketing tool in a crowded market
Paulette Ensign, the Tips Booklet Queen, makes a great suggestion for Realtors, mortgage brokers and others who work in crowded markets, particularly where business is slowing right about now. Market yourself with an informational tips booklet—your own booklet or somebody else’s. Paulette, for example, published the booklet “110 Ideas for Organizing Your Business Life.” It has sold… Read More
Book promotion tips from Raleigh Pinskey
Raleigh Pinskey, who knows more than anybody on how to promote yourself, is a master at using her own books to do just that. She was the guest presenter at yesterday’s meeting of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Speakers Association. Here are her 7 tips on how authors can use their books to promote themselves and their businesses: If a… Read More
Airline magazines rely on freelancers–so pitch them
If you want to get publicity in one of the inflight magazines, you should cozy up to freelancers who write for those publications. That’s one of several tips in the May 1 issue of PR Week. The article says freelancers tend to be more responsive and a slightly easier pitch than, say, high-end travel magazines,… Read More
Ground-breaking photos are still dull–even in the New York Times
Thanks to Publicity Hound Shelly Cohen of Seattle, Washington for sending information about the groundbreaking at the Freedom Tower at ground zero in New York City. You’ll have to sign up at the New York Tims website in order to access it. Then click on the photo that’s on the left side of the page to see… Read More
Writing a White Paper easier than it used to be
You? Write a White Paper? A long, boring treatise that lands like a thud when you plop it on your desk? A thick report stuffed with pie charts, bar charts, graphs and industry lingo? Just the sound of it can trigger nightmares about your days writing high school term papers. Why would you want to write… Read More