The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week
– Issue #1180 Dec. 9, 2017
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Advice Needed on Using IMDbPro to Contact Celebrities
Publicity Hound Teri Brown of North Las Vegas, Nev., asks: “Do you know if IMDbPro is a good resource for finding current contact info on celebrities? They charge $19.95 on a month-to-month basis or less yearly. My main concern is current info. Have you heard anything about them one way or the other?” The Publicity… Read More
#PublishingatSea Day 4: The Food of Old San Juan
The foodies in our group can hardly wait to hit the streets of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico for our Food & Culture Walking Tour this afternoon, one of two excursions I’ve chosen on our fourth annual Publishing at Sea cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas. But we have two classes today on… Read More
6 Tips for Dealing with Publicity Stress and the PR Grind
By Peggy Sealfon Promoting yourself can be challenging. But you can take several clear—and simple—steps to streamline the process and keep stress at bay. I used to own an advertising agency and, more recently, have become a life coach, author and publisher, so I’ve distilled advice into these six doable tips. 1. Create a simple… Read More
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Pet experts: EzineArticles.com wants your articles
Attention veterinarians, zookeepers, pet store owners, pet sitters, horse breeders, dog trainers, bird-watchers, cat fanciers, fish experts and even those of you who dig creepy-crawly critters like reptiles and amphibians. EzineArticles.com has just created a new “pets” category for your articles. “Pets” used to be a sub-category of “Home & Family,” but there’s so much interest in pets that… Read More
Capture email addresses, publicity with these 55 freebies
Are you letting visitors come to your website, look around, then leave without asking them for their email addresses? If so, shame on you. That’s no different than a stopkeeper letting customers walk into the store without asking, “Is there something I help you find?” Some of those visitors, by the way, might be journalists doing research… Read More
Free press release writing course needs promo ideas
I’m starting a big promotion campaign for my free email course called “89 Ways to Write Powerful Press Releases” and I’m looking for ideas from my Hounds so I don’t miss anything. I’m looking for: —Contact information for bloggers and ezine editors who would be interested in this course. I’ve already contacted many of them, but I want… Read More
Newsletters engage customers
Instead of always hunting for more customers, spend some time on keeping the ones you already have. I love this story at the Vario Creative blog about how a product manager for a legacy software product created a newsletter that really scratched an itch that her customers had—and won their loyalty. I’m assuming she published an ezine, not… Read More
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