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Betting on the Bush Tax Cuts

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #521 Sept. 1, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Betting on the Bush Tax Cuts 2. Sales Leads from Your Blog 3. How to Get Onto Twitter Lists 4. Fun Ideas for a Pizza Shop… Read More

Grab Attention on LinkedIn

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #517 Aug. 10, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Grab Attention on LinkedIn 2. What’s Your #1 Free PR Tool? 3. How Others Perceive You on Twitter 4. Make Money While Writing Your Book 5.… Read More

13 fun, easy ways to find content for your blog

The next time you’re looking for a topic for your blog, ask yourself these three questions, suggested by small business marketing coach Sydni Craig-Hart in 5 Simple Steps to Generate Relevant Content for Your Blog: 1. What’s keeping your clients up at night? 2. What’s the biggest challenge or problem they’re facing right now? 3. What… Read More

7 ways blogging makes you and your employees smarter

By now, you’ve probably read most of the arguments on why companies should be blogging. But here’s one you don’t read about very much. Blogging makes you smarter. And that goes for your employees, too, if they’re posting to your blog. Almost every time I write here, I do research, even if it’s simply Googling… Read More

How to write a guest post for my publicity blog

I love exposing readers of this blog to new viewpoints related to publicity, even if they disagree with mine. Topics can include anything dealing with traditional publicity to reviews for books and products that deal with publicity, online marketing, self-promotion or social media. I’m not interested in posts that aren’t related to those topics. Truth is,… Read More

A Poop-Free Zone

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #514 July 20, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. A Poop-Free Zone 2. How to Follow Up 3. Five Social Media Tactics 4. Your Survey Questions Answered 5. Back-to-School Stories 6. Hound Joke of the… Read More

Commenting at blogs? Mention your expertise

Mickie Kennedy’s excellent post Blog commenting for PR–do’s and dont’s, reminded me about something that every smart Publicity Hound do. State your expertise whenever you comment. For example, if I’m commenting on a post about how to write well, I’ll start by saying…”As a publicity expert who worked as a newspaper writing coach for many years, I disagree… Read More

Moderate comments at your blog using these 7 tips

By Joan Stewart One of the most frequent questions from beginning bloggers is how to moderate comments. They’re afraid to allow comments “that criticize me or my company.” They don’t know whether to edit comments with a heavy hand, or not at all. Or whether to allow links to other people’s blogs and websites. And… Read More