The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #461 July 28, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ================================ “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =============================== In This Issue =============================== 1. It’s All About Relationships 2. Social Bookmarking How-to 3. TV Interviews from Hell 4. Growing Hunger for Food News 5. Promoting a Website for Black Doctors… Read More
Blogging
Blog content in short supply? 9 ideas for bloggers
If you’re new to blogging, or you’ve been blogging for awhile but sometimes find yourself struggling for something to write about, here are nine ideas to get you writing quickly: 1. Take a poll. Using a free tool like Survey Monkey, you can poll your readers on a fun, controversial or hot topic. You will, of course,… Read More
This Newsletter is Moving
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #460 July 21, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ============================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =============================== In This Issue =============================== 1. This Newsletter is Moving 2. Big TV Shows Want MJ Tie-ins 3. Selective Twitter 4. Rank Your Company Against the Best 5. How to Measure ROI… Read More
Letterman’s Lesson
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #455 June 16, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =============================== In This Issue =============================== 1. Letterman’s Lesson 2. Facebook Vanity URLs June 28 3. Give Away Food for Publicity 4. Let Corporate Sponsors Promote You 5. Promoting a Kosher Cooking Show… Read More
Find Her a Job, Collect a Bounty
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #449 May 5, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =============================== In This Issue =============================== 1. Find Her a Job, Collect a Bounty 2. Your Blog & Twitter 3. Wanted: Facebook Success Stories 4. At the End of Your Radio Interview… 5.… Read More
Don’t let Twitter & Facebook steal you away from your blog
When I started Twittering a year ago, I noticed I was spending far more time there than at this blog, and I wondered if other bloggers were finding the same thing. So I asked the question on Twitter and Facebook. Indeed, many bloggers admitted to either abandoning their blogs, or posting far less frequently. That’s a huge… Read More
Bloggers, ask the right question: ‘What if I’m sued tomorrow?’
If you blog, the worst of your worries shouldn’t be how many times to post, or what to write about, or whether to use WordPress or Typepad. Your Number One concern—the question bloggers never think to ask—should be: “What if somebody sues me tomorrow for copyright infringement, defamation or invasion of privacy—what does that mean?” Here’s what… Read More
Journalists’ blogs offer valuable clues about how to pitch them
The next time you’re ready to pitch a journalist, particularly at a top-tier media outlet, stop what you’re doing and take this important step. Find out if the journalist blogs. Some journalists blog as part of their job. Others blog on the side because they’re passionate about a topic. It will take only a minute or two, and the… Read More
Enhance Your Pitch with Video
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #439 Feb. 24, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ================================ 1. Enhance Your Pitch with Video 2. Target College Blogs 3. Blogrolls: Publicity Gold 4. Meet Journalists Face to Face 5. Promoting Home & Garden Shows 6.… Read More
When Oprah Calls on Sunday
The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #435 Jan. 27, 2009 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” ========================================== In This Issue ================================ 1. When Oprah Calls on Sunday 2. 5 Big Blogging Boo-boos 3. Pitch Spring Gifts Now 4. I Don’t Want You to Disappear 5. Promoting Abstract Art… Read More