I’m a student of direct-marketing sales copy, and I’ve been studying everything I can get my hands on. One of my teachers is David Garfinkel, whose home study course I bought several years ago. He emailed me tonight and told me about a free audio he’s offering, in exchange for your name and email address.… Read More
Blogging
Why you should read reporters’ blogs
Any Publicity Hound who wants to build a strong relationship with a journalist should first find out if that journalist blogs. Many reporters blog because they want to. Others blog, grudgingly, because they have to. A reporter’s blog will tip you off to sorts of insider stuff you wouldn’t otherwise know if you read only the reporter’s printed… Read More
Top 150 marketing blogs in U.S.
One of the best ways to generate publicity is to create a “Top 10” list. But if you want to start a real buzz online, make the list a lot longer. For example, how about choosing the best bloggers in your area of expertise? PR/marketing blogger Todd Andrlik’s “Top 150 Marketing Blogs” list shows how to do it. I like five things… Read More
Blog promotion is easier with these 41 tips
No more excuses for publishing a blog that pulls about as much traffic as a deserted country road. Tony Hung, guest blogger this week at ProBlogger, presents 41 ideas on How to Market Your Blog in 2007. (A tip of the hat to Publicity Hound Colin Delany of e.politics, the online political advocacy blog, for passing this… Read More
Free ebook of publicity tips (consider regifting)
Put your 2007 publicity campaign on steroids with my special holiday gift to you—“The Best of The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week of 2006” ebook. I reviewed all 52 of my newsletters from last year, hand-picked the top two dozen items that generated the biggest response from readers and included them in this ebook. It will… Read More
Build blog traffic with these 10 tips
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
Find blog content from these 17 sources
If you’re at a loss for something to blog about, check out blogger Patsi Krakoff’s list of 17 sources of inspiration. Patsi and Denise Wakeman, aka The Blog Squad, joined me several weeks ago to host a teleseminar called “How to Pitch the Best Bloggers and Create a Publicity Explosion.” We explained not only how to pitch bloggers with… Read More
Church marketing blog worth a visit
One of the last words I’d expect to see in the title of a blog about church marketing is “suck.” If you need to know anything about how to market your church, visit the Church Marketing Sucks blog anyway, and get over your squeamishness. This fun, content-rich blog is packed with everything you need to know about… Read More
Blogging easier with these 11 tips
If you’re new to blogging, check out blogger Vincent Maher’s list of 11 tips. As you’ll see from the comments, you’ll never get all bloggers to agree on exactly what their purpose should be, or how they should blog. But Maher’s tips are a good start.
Think you’re an expert? You’d better be blogging
If you’re a Publicity Hound who promotes yourself as an expert, you’d better be blogging. The time is coming soon when experts who don’t blog will erode their own credibility—sort of like companies that, for whatever reason, don’t yet have a website. Blogger Michael Coté makes a convincing argument for why experts must blog. If… Read More