This month’s guest post is by Ryan Schmitz, a freelance blogger from Milwaukee, Wis., who manages a portfolio of websites ranging from Milwaukee Condos to Waikiki Beach Travel. He also loves blog comments! If you have an idea for a guest post about how to promote using traditional or social media, email me with details. * * … Read More
Building Traffic
5 ways to use Twitter lists for PR, marketing, spying
Anne Deeter Gallaher has written a helpful blog post on How to add Twitter to your PR to mix in 9 easy steps. I commented and suggested using Twitter lists these five ways. All were discussed in more detail during the webinar I hosted on How to Use Twitter Lists & Directories to Generate Publicity &… Read More
Tips needed for pulling traffic to heart health website
This week’s “Help This Hound” question comes from Teri Arnold of Norfolk, Wa.: “I work for the American Heart Association in the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate and we are rolling out a new interactive website at MyLifeCheck.org that provides a free health score and personal action plan for ideal health. “You simply plug in your numbers (blood pressure, BMI, height,… Read More
Free ticket for 3 days of Internet marketing training
If you need Internet marketing training, but you can’t afford one of those expensive programs from a coach, here’s something even better. It’s a free ticket to a three-day live event, an in-depth crash course on the very latest techniques and tools that you must know if you sell any product or service online. StomperNet,… Read More
‘Tis the Season for Social Media
By Jeanne Hurlbert New survey results from ComScore tell a dramatic story about the influence social media is wielding this holiday shopping season–and it’s a story to which smart retailers are paying attention. The survey results estimate that social media has influenced fully 28% of holiday shoppers this year–that’s more than 1 in 4. Product… Read More
Squidoo to limit number of outbound links to the same domain
Starting July 20, Squidoo lenses will be limited to no more than nine outbound links to the same domain. What does this have to do with publicity? Plenty. Squidoo, a content-sharing site, is a great place to promote your expertise. Google views it as an authoritative site and gives it a page rank of 7/10. You… Read More
Can journalists and consumers find you on Google?
If journalists and consumers are using Google to find someone with your expertise, and you’re not on the first page of the search results, they may call one of your competitors who ARE in one of the top three positions on the most popular search engine. Like Adam Armbruster who is #1 on Google for “TV advertising… Read More
How to promote a website for alternative energy research?
Mike Michaud of Bonham Fannin County, Texas writes: I would like to get some ideas on how to promote a site that is all about pooling our financial contributions to fund alternative energy research, development and production. There are many promising technologies that are languishing due to government ineptness, red tape, corporate greed, banking failure… Read More
3 website mistakes that derail your publicity efforts
If you missed Tuesday’s teleseminar with Tom Antion, my mentor, who explained his (and my) three-pronged strategy for business success—Internet marketing, public speaking and success principles—you can download it. You’ll hear Tom talk about dozens of topics, including the three big mistakes many website owners make. I made the first one when I hired a company to create… Read More
How does musicians’ social networking site spread the word?
Kevin Gardiner of Tolland, Connecticut writes: “I am the president of Tune Rooms, a social network for musicians that lets users collaborate in virtual song-writing sessions. “Since we launched our site, we’ve received overwhelmingly positive feedback. But the main gripe that we don’t have enough users. I need to figure out how to grow the… Read More