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12 more fill-in-the-blank headlines for your articles, blog

Suffering from headline writer’s block? If so, don’t sweat it. Over the weekend, I stopped at my local bookstore and scanned the covers of the June issues of several dozen business and consumer magazines and found these 12 headlines which you can tweak and turn into your own: Turn the _______ You Have into the _______ You Want… Read More

2 ways to use controversy: At your blog and in a poll

By Joan Stewart There’s no better ingredient than controversy to draw attention to your blog, and encourage your social media followers to join the conversation. Here are two good examples of controversial topics that are doing just that. Yesterday, my partner, Jeanne Hurlbert, posted here about Leveraging Social Media: How BP’s Foes are Hijacking Their… Read More

BP’s Fake Twitter Account

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #507 June 1, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart mailto:JStewart@PublicityHound.com http://publicityhound.com/ http://www.publicityhound.mobi/ http://www.publicityhound.net/ (Blog) http://www.publicityarticles.net/ (Ezine Archives) ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” Receive this ezine direct to your desktop http://www.publicityarticles.net/feed/rss/ =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. BP’s Fake Twitter Account 2. Publicize Your Social Media… Read More

How a guest blogger pitched me and made me say ‘yes’

If you’re pitching a blogger with an idea for a guest blog post, take a cue from James Nissen. James pitched me last night regarding a guest blog post about how he built the buzz for SecretintheDirt.com, a free golf website hosted by PGA Champion Steve Elkington, legendary masters champion Jackie Burke, and Internet golf sensation… Read More

5 Facebook Security Dangers

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #503 May 4, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. 5 Facebook Security Dangers 2. Press Release & Pitching Problems 3. State of the Plate Survey 4. Webinars & Teleseminars 5. Promoting Job Training 6. Help… Read More

Create Link Bait

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #502 April 27, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Create Link Bait 2. Nonprofits, Beware 3. Write a Book Quickly 4. Webinars & Teleseminars 5. Shortcuts for a Harpist 6. Help This Hound 7. Hound… Read More

How Topsy Can Help Your Blog

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #496 March 16, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. How Topsy Can Help Your Blog 2. Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Luck 3. What Publicity Superstars Know 4. When Your Links Won’t… Read More

How engaging is your blog? 17 metrics to measure

Measuring the effectiveness of a publicity campaign is one factor that separates the true Publicity Hounds from the Publicity Pups. If you have no way of measuring the success of a press release you’ve posted online, then why are you posting it? The same with your blog. My friend Don Crowther, an Internet marketing expert… Read More