Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow The Publicity Hound on Twitter. Social Media and Marketing Strategies 9 spot-on Twitter tips for #writers & others via @carol_weston & @ASJAhq ow.ly/Zvuuv 5 Biggest Social Media Mistakes | via @emsiPR ow.ly/Zu6UR Blogging RT @JFbookman: 7 Formats… Read More
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Dog Tweets–The 7 Attributes of Highly Successful Authors
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow The Publicity Hound on Twitter. Social Media and Marketing Strategies RT @queenofmetrics: fascinating analysis by @NPR on when to post on Facebook ow.ly/ZgYmP #smmeasure How to Get Insane Amounts of Traffic and Subscribers from #SlideShare ow.ly/ZdrPh Writers… Read More
Dog Tweets–Pinterest for Authors: A Beginner’s Guide
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow The Publicity Hound on Twitter. Social Media and Marketing Strategies Pinterest for Authors: A Beginner’s Guide: buff.ly/1QwVeXI by @kikimojo #Chevy Throws #Facebook’s Reaction Buttons Into Its New Malibu Commercial Adweek ow.ly/YLiUG #Twitter10K, Facebook Instant Articles, and the Future… Read More
Dog Tweets–How to Use #YouTube’s Proprietary Features to Build an Audience
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow The Publicity Hound on Twitter. Video How to Use #YouTube’s Proprietary Features to Build an Audience bit.ly/1Q5YV4H Social Media and Marketing Strategies How to Get More Followers on #Instagram: A Guide to Earning Your First 1,000 Followers… Read More
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Learn 5 Critical Copywriting Skills Today with Tom Antion
UPDATE: Tom Antion’s in-depth video teaches you five critical copywriting skills you’ll need to write persuasively. Reserve about an hour and a half for this free class. Watch it here. You’ve scored fabulous publicity with a two-page spread in a magazine you’ve been dying to get into. They even printed your website address, and you… Read More
Authors: ‘Draft to Dream’ competition deadline Jan. 15
Dust off that book manuscript you’ve been massaging since forever. And no more excuses like “I don’t have the money to hire a good cover designer” or “I don’t have a clue how to find a distributor.” If God gave you the talent to write, you need to share it with the world. Join the… Read More
Snappy Sassy Salty: A treat for the writer or author in your life
Every time I’ve spoken at one of book shepherd Judith Briles’ events for authors, I return home with one of her pithy phrases ringing in my ears. On our Publishing at Sea cruise to the Caribbean last year, she said this about authors who want to do their own editing and design their own… Read More
When Good Publicity Backfires
Issue #817 May 13, 2014 Publisher: Joan Stewart “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” In This Issue When Good Publicity Backfires Avoid These 9 Writing Mistakes Online Media Kits for Books Hound Video of the Week This Week in the Hound House: In addition to doing battle with the rabbits, I’m waging a one-woman… Read More
Use hashtags, Twitter handles in press release headlines
Hashtags and Twitter handles are showing up everywhere these days: on TV commercials, in voicemail messages and even on billboards. Add press release headlines to the list. Yes, headlines. Why? Two main reasons: When people use hashtags to search for information on a topic, the headlines come up in search results. Hashtags (#) and Twitter… Read More