Blogging

Social Media Rx

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #489 Jan. 27, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Social Media Rx 2. Newspaper Map of the World 3. Let Bloggers Test Your Product 4. Getting Artwork onto TV/Movie Sets 5. Help This Hound 6.… Read More

Pitch Comics Artists

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #488 Jan. 19, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Pitch Comics Artists 2. 9 Places to Find Blog Content 3. Write a Book in a Weekend 4. Promoting a Religious Book 5. Help This Hound… Read More

9 easy places to find content for your blog

If you’re blogging, or you want to start a blog but you’re afraid you won’t have enough content, forget the binoculars! You don’t have to look far to find it. It’s all around you. The trick is to be aware of it, learn how to recycle it, and be willing to tweak it, edit it, and repurpose… Read More

The Missing Marketing Tool

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #487 Jan. 12, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. The Missing Marketing Tool 2. Ban This Cliche 3. How to Attract PR Clients 4. Promoting a Book for Associations 5. Help This Hound 6. Hound… Read More

3 business blogging tips to save time—even if you hate writing

If you aren’t blogging yet, or you’re looking for shortcuts to save time and blog more frequently, here are three ideas to get you started: 1. Can’t write? Then talk! Too many people don’t blog because they can’t write, or it takes them too long to write well. The solution? A small tape-recorder. When an… Read More

Facebook Redesign: Don’t Panic

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #486 Jan. 6, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================= “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” In This Issue =================================== 1. Facebook Redesign: Don’t Panic 2. New Year’s Resolutions for Bloggers 3. Still No Gravatar? 4. A Dozen Ways to Use My Free Ebook 5. Promoting Absorbent… Read More

Meet My (Unlikely) Business Partner

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #485 Dec. 30, 2009Publisher: Joan Stewart “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Meet My (Unlikely) Business Partner 2. Dumbest Excuses for Not Blogging 3. Media Leads 4. Regift My ‘Best of’ Ebook 5. Promoting a Web Design Company 6. Help… Read More

Like this blog? Nominate it for Writer’s Digest award

For two years in a row, my website at PublicityHound.com made the Writer’s Digest list of “101 Best Websites for Writers.” But then it dropped off the list. The magazine is once again taking nominations for the next batch of 101 sites, and the deadline is Jan. 1. I hope you’ll consider nominating this blog, or my website, or 89PressReleaseTips.com… Read More

Not getting blog comments? 6 ways to get people talking

By Joan Stewart If you’re blogging, but nobody’s listening, take heart. Cathy Stucker, aka The Idea Lady, offers six great tips on how to encourage people to comment at your blog. Ask questions at the end of your blog posts, she says. And be controversial by taking a contrarian stand on an issue. I love her suggestion of interacting… Read More