The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week
– Issue #1170 Oct. 31, 2017
- How to Entice Freelance Journalists
- How to Compete with Amazon
- Facebook News Feed Changes
- Hound Video of the Week
Freelance Writers
11 Audiences Can Promote You: Here’s What They Want
One of the biggest problems people make when they want publicity is treating everyone who can give it to them like a herd of cattle. Got your hands on a pretty good media list? Great. Using the same pitch for them all? If so, it’s like herding cattle into the barn, feeding them all from… Read More
Tomorrow: How Creativity Traps You and How to Get Unstuck
If you have a streak of creativity, you can probably relate to one of these seven problems: 1. You find yourself struggling with writer’s block. 2. You can’t find lucrative opportunities for your writing, your artwork or the creative product or service that’s the basis of your business. 3. Your do things that don’t suit your… Read More
How to turn your old articles and other printed content into money in the bank
By Barbara Florio GrahamGuest Contributor In the 1970s, I self-syndicated personal essays to newspapers across Canada. In those days, papers purchased only “one-time rights” for their circulation areas, so I was published frequently in six to 10 different papers. Some of these were travel pieces, but most were humorous accounts, and one became my best-seller… Read More
How a sink of dirty dishwater sparks my creativity
When I can’t think of a clever idea for an article that’s due tomorrow, and my brain is stuck in neutral, I leave the office in my home and head for the kitchen. I squirt Palmolive into the sink and fill it with hot water. Then I reach for my scrub brush and start working.… Read More
Facebook Loosens Page Rules
Issue #746 Aug. 31, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” In This Issue Facebook Loosens Page Rules Back-to-School Ideas New Posts at My Blog Hound Video of the Week This Weekend in the Hound House: The flower gardens are brown and crisp, except for the spectacular pink hibiscus, with blooms… Read More