Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow @PublicityHound on Twitter. Twitter and Facebook tips for food trucks. http://ow.ly/7MOeO RT@mysurveyexpert #foodtrucks Are women in PR just grown up “mean girls”? Weigh in athttp://ow.ly/7LXGe Want a story in Fast Company? Writer says you must answer these 4 questions first: http://ow.ly/7LaI1 How to… Read More
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Cool PR finds & other tweets from this past week
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. How to improve your Facebook marketing for the holidays http://ow.ly/7DjbU 50 tools that can help you write http://ow.ly/7BtSv The care and feeding of the press: Super tips from the… Read More
Nonprofit Marketing Tip: Explain all 9 ways people can donate
Does your nonprofit tell visitors at your website all the ways they can donate? During the webinar I hosted yesterday on nonprofit marketing, PR and publicity with nonprofit marketing expert Sandy Rees, one of the participants asked if she should include a “Donate” button on every page of her agency’s website. Uh, of course, we… Read More
Write killer headlines: 102 fill-in-the-blank formulas
The next time you’re struggling with a headline for an article, press release, blog post, a page at your website or a paid ad, whip out this handy five-page cheat sheet and steal one of the 102 headline-writing formulas. Fill in the blank, and you’ve got a killer headline. It’s courtesy of blogger Chris Garrett,… Read More
Inventory clearance on CDs, transcripts, booklets
Information products can become out of date so quickly, particularly those dealing with social media sites or any type of technology. For that reason, I’m cleaning out my massive inventory and practically giving away more than 20 titles. CD and transcripts, regularly $39.95, are only $5 each, plus shipping. Tips booklets on employee recruitment and retention, regularly… Read More
Why statistics can be your greatest PR ally–or enemy
This month’s guest blogger is Brad Phillips, the author of the Mr. Media Training Blog, which offers daily media and presentation training tips. His firm, Phillips Media Relations, specializes in media and presentation training. By Brad Phillips Guest Blogger If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember those old television commercials for… Read More
Paint a picture with your blog, article headlines
The next time you write a headline for a blog post or an article, think of a headline that plants in the reader’s mind an indelible photo, or paints a picture. I found one that I love this morning. It accompanies an article by Vin Montello in one of last year’s issue of The Net… Read More
Letters to the editor offer clues to articles you can write
If you’re dying to write for a magazine, and you want to suggest an article topic that the editor will embrace, start by reading the letters to the editor. That’s what Publicity Hound Judy Soccio did. She specializes in historic window treatments and wrote an article that takes up several pages in the December issue of Victorian… Read More
How to turn a Golf Digest article into more publicity
When you land a big story in a magazine, it’s all too easy to become giddy with excitement, and miss doing the hard work necessary to “publicize the publicity” and turn one media hit into what can become multiple hits. Larry Jacobs reminded me of that a few days ago when he participated in the teleseminar… Read More
American Way magazine searching for Road Warriors
Attention speakers, trainers, sales people or anyone who feels like they spend most of their life in an airplane. You could be one of the winners of the 9th Annual Road Warriors Contest, sponsored by American Way, the inflight magazine of American Airlines. The Grand Prize winner will take home 2 million Hilton Hhonors® Bonus Points, 1… Read More