The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week
– Issue #1207 March 20, 2018
- Why Off-the-Record is a Trap
- More FAQs: Selling to Libraries
- Use Podcasts for Publicity
- Hound Video of the Week
I’m not above stealing good ideas, tweaking them, and using them for my own blog. You shouldn’t either. Agility PR Solutions did a round-up of Our top 10 PR articles for 2016. When I saw it, I thought, “I should do that.” Here then, is a list of my 10 blog posts that you can’t… Read More
You dream of the day something like this happens: An influential blogger asks to do a video interview for his popular blog. Or a top-tier journalist, desperate to speak with an expert like you for a story she’s writing on deadline, needs an interview now. Or a podcaster who has a huge audience had a guest… Read More
You’ve finished your book and you’re exhausted. Who wouldn’t be after all that time you spent writing it? But that’s no excuse for slapping together a sloppy, incomplete media kit. Even if you’re an indie author who can’t afford a publicist, you need to pay special attention to this most important package of marketing materials.… Read More
If you’re contacted by a journalist, knowing the types of questions you can ask them will help you both. These fall into three categories: Last week, I shared 14 Questions You shouldn’t Ask Journalists. But I don’t want you to think you’re subservient to them. Media relations can be a tricky game that has rules… Read More
PR pro Michelle Garrett’s 7 Questions NOT to ask a reporter are a perfect checklist for anyone new to publicity, as well as to people who have been working with the media for awhile. Reading them took me back to my days as a newspaper reporter and editor. And I immediately started thinking of other questions… Read More
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