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Yelp Slaps Sites for Phony Reviews

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #658 Oct. 23, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Yelp Flags Phony Reviews 2. Promote Your Facebook Page 3. Free Site Lists Your Webinars 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in the Hound… Read More

Copycat TV news story: Buy a diamond, get a gun

It pays to be a copycat, especially if you’re after free publicity. When jewelry store owner Harold van Beek, near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, heard that a jeweler in Georgia had gotten publicity for offering a hunting rifle to every customer who bought diamond jewelry, he copied the marketing tactic and found himself on the local news.… Read More

Dog Tweets–5 clever PR pitches that caught reporters’ attention

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. 5 clever PR pitches that caught reporters’ attention. http://ow.ly/e6j1x 4 Pitches That Any Respectable Blogger Will Always Ignore http://ow.ly/ea9Gt Inside the PR campaigns of organizations that won Ragan’s 2012 PR Awards. http://ow.ly/eafTl Police in… Read More

Let your local media know about major publicity hits

Publicity Hounds usually want to know how to graduate from local publicity to national publicity. But sometimes, if you generate national publicity right out of the gate and you’re fairly new to self-promotion and DIY PR, you might not be able to figure out how to turn that big hit into local media coverage. Easy.… Read More

Why My Heart is Breaking

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #636 Aug. 7, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Why My Heart is Breaking 2. Turbocharge Your WordPress Blog 3. How to Jazz Up Your Bio 4. Hound Photos of the Week This Week in… Read More

Use Pinterest as a Blog Magnet

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #632 July 24, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Use Pinterest as a Blog Magnet 2. Bloggers: Your PR Ambassadors 3. Get on America’s Top TV Shows 4. Hound Joke of the Week This Week… Read More

-Bad Pitches: Are You Guilty?

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #610 May 5, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Bad Pitches: Are You Guilty? 2. Create Free Infographics 3. New Posts at My Blog 4. Hound Video ================================== 1. Bad Pitches: Are You Guilty? ==================================… Read More

Promising new startup? Apply for coverage on Mashable

An app called ThreeRing that creates and shares a digital portfolio of students’ work quickly and easily. A new social networking site called MatchPuppy that matches up New York City dogs with furry companions according to size, age and energy level. A website called Parking Panda that allows you to locate and rent parking spaces, and rent out your own… Read More

Help Reviewers Find Your Book

The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #600 March 27, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================= “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Help Reviewers Find Your Book 2. Promote Your “Appearances” 3. Great Example of “Appearances” 4. Kotex’s Clever Pinterest Campaign 5. Hound Video of the Week 6.… Read More