If you can’t afford your own photographer, or you take lousy photos, or you hate creating graphics, use a stock photo service to enhance everything from press releases to media kits in a PR campaign. Royalty-free stock images can save you a lot of time and money trying to generate graphics on your own. Royalty-free means you… Read More
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Social media ROI includes free advice you get in a pinch
When people try to measure the return on investment at social media sites, they use the typical yardsticks—things like how much traffic they pull to their websites, how many people buy, and how many sign-ups they get for their ezines. One factor they frequently foget is how much time and money they can save using social… Read More
Publish an ezine? Submit it to BestEzines.com
Smart Publicity Hounds promote their product, service, cause or issue with an ezine, short for “electronic magazine”—one of the most powerful marketing tools ever invented. That’s because you have a ready-made list of people who have given you permission to market to them until they say “stop.” If you already publish one, make sure it’s listed… Read More
Writers association also for speakers, experts, entrepreneurs
It’s called the International Association of Writers. But don’t let that name fool you. The new association created by Fern Reiss, the “Expertizing” expert, offers the kinds of services that are also perfect for speakers, experts and business owners. For example, membership includes information and support in the areas of literary agents and publishing contracts,… Read More
Promote an ebook 26 ways–add to this list & you could win $50
If you’re trying to promote an ebook, there are enough things you can do to keep yourself busy for weeks and even months. That’s what I told my friend, Clarence Jones, when he emailed me this week asking for tips on how to promote his new ebook Computing Shortcuts for PCs. The tips are similar… Read More
Think far beyond traditional media & target niches
Too many Publicity Hounds are still chasing after top-tier newspaper reporters, national magazine editors, the highest rated TV talk show hosts and major market radio deejays, hoping that if they mention you, you’ll make it big. Problem is, so are thousands of other publicity seekers. And because lots of those big media outlets reach a general audience of millions,… Read More
7 resources make it easy for journalists to find you
Even the most carefully written publicity plan can be downright frustrating if you pitch journalist after journalist and you hear nothing back. I just finished a free article Find Journalists Using These 7 Resources. It lists seven resources that Publicity Hounds can use to get in front of journalists. One is a free leads service. Four are subscirption-based leads services.… Read More
Publicity plan should target blogs and ezines
Don’t miss this critical step when creating your publicity plan. Start adding bloggers and editors of electronic newsletters (ezines) to the list of people who you will contact if you want publicity. If you’re a publicist, and your PR client is adamant about getting coverage in top-tier media like USA Today, The New York Times,… Read More
Words That Sell: Inspiration-on-demand
Have you ever found yourself writing a great article, or website copy or even a press release, and suddenly you’re hopelessly stuck because you can’t think of a better way to say a word like “authentic” or “beautiful” or “free”? I’ve been known to sit there for 20 minutes staring at the screen. My friend Denise Wakeman, half… Read More
Cross-promote your blog and ezine
One of the biggest mistakes made by Publicity Hounds who blog and also publish an ezine is failing to cross-promote from one to the other. For example, in this blog, there’s a sign-up box for my ezine, “The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week,” just below my photo over on the right side. Many of you… Read More