The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #642 Aug. 28, 2012<\/p>\n
Publisher: Joan Stewart<\/p>\n
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“Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity”<\/p>\n
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In This Issue
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1. Free Infographics Tool<\/p>\n
2. How I Created My Pinterest Tips<\/p>\n
3. Another LinkedIn Tip<\/p>\n
4. Hound Video of the Week<\/p>\n
This Week in the Hound House:<\/p>\n
Too many tomatoes? Try my Tomato Pie recipe at
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=1986. Don’t even think about
\ncounting calories.<\/p>\n
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\n1. Free Infographics Tool
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If you can master PowerPoint, you can make one of those fancy You’ll love this template, which gives you three choices: a step- My assistant, Christine Buffaloe of Serenity Virtual Assistant You can see it at Yours doesn’t have to be this elaborate. Start out small until You can also create pie charts, doodles, flow charts, bar charts, You can access the video replay at ===================================== The publicity tips I’m pinning on my Pinterest board at I’ve been inundated with questions about how I create the images Social media expert Don Crowther, who taught me how to do it, You can catch the replay at Today’s Pinterest tip, the 19th of 50, explains what you can ==================================== Professional speakers and consultants who are going out of town It’s easy, if you know how to use the site’s search function and On Thursday, LinkedIn expert Wayne Breitbarth will demonstrate If the time is inconvenient, register anyway because I’m ==================================== You’ll love this short video which proves that many dog owners http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=642qxehEcGg<\/a><\/p>\n Dog Jokes & Quotes Ebook: 170+ G-rated dog jokes and quotes, ——————————————<\/p>\n Read my publicity tips on Twitter: Join my Facebook Fan Pages: Connect with me on LinkedIn (and tell me how we know each other) Follow me on Pinterest: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #642 Aug. 28, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Free Infographics Tool 2. How I Created My Pinterest Tips 3. Another LinkedIn Tip 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in the Hound House:\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":5,"wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[55,56,129,48,111,5,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-1033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-free-publicity","8":"tag-how-to-get-free-publicity","9":"tag-infographics","10":"tag-linkedin","11":"tag-pinterest","12":"tag-publicity-tips","13":"tag-social-media","14":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43204,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions\/43204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ninfographics with a free tool offered by HubSpot at
\n http:\/\/www.hubspot.com\/free-template-easily-create-infographics-
\nin-powerpoint\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nby-step infographic, an informational infographic or a data-
\npacked infographic.<\/p>\n
\nServices, made one that explains, step by step, “How to Use Video
\nto Promote Your Business on Pinterest.” It took her about three
\nhours, including creating all the screenshots.<\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/www.serenityva.net\/you-can-create-an-infographic-with-
\nease\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nyou get the hang of it. These wildly popular infographics are
\ngreat for pinning on Pinterest, accompanying a blog post or
\noffering to your media contacts when you pitch a story.<\/p>\n
\nmaps, word clouds and those fun little sticky notes. I
\ndemonstrated how when I hosted the webinar on “How to Easily
\nCreate Free or Inexpensive Infographics.”<\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/publicity-products\/marketing-
\ntapes\/infographics.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2. How I Created My Pinterest Tips
\n=====================================<\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/pinterest.com\/publicityhound\/50-tips-for-free-publicity\/<\/a>
\nare pulling traffic back to my blog posts, being repinned by some
\nof the 1,253 people who follow me, and they’re helping me sell
\nproducts that I promote within the posts.<\/p>\n
\nand link those tips to my blog.<\/p>\n
\nactually demonstrated the entire process during a webinar
\nyesterday on how to stop wasting time with social media and focus
\nonly on three things that will make you money.<\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/3xsocialwebinars.com\/replays\/replay-joanstewart\/<\/a>. Listen
\ntoday if you can because he’ll be taking it down soon.<\/p>\n
\nlearn from ProjectForgive.com and LandmarkEducation.com which got
\nonto CNN all because of a compelling story. Click on the image
\nand watch how it takes you to my blog to read more:
\n http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/84090718013355421\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n3. Another LinkedIn Tip
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\non vacation, or on business, can use LinkedIn’s search function
\nto piggyback a speaking engagement or consulting assignment onto
\ntheir trip.<\/p>\n
\nreally drill down to find the exact types of audiences or
\ncompanies that need what you can provide.<\/p>\n
\nhow he uses the search function in tandem with another LinkedIn
\ntool that gets him quick recommendations and glowing reviews from
\npeople he’s worked with. Note: This is NOT the standard tool that
\nlets you ask your contacts for a recommendation. It’s one of the
\nlittle-known and little-used tools he will demonstrate during the
\nwebinar “4 Secret LinkedIn Power Tools to Connect with
\nJournalists and Put Money in Your Pocket” at 3 p.m. Eastern Time
\non Thursday, Aug. 30.<\/p>\n
\nrecording it, and I’ll send you the replay link. Register at
\n http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/publicity-products\/marketing-tapes\/linkedinpowertools.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n4. Hound Video of the Week
\n====================================<\/p>\n
\ndo, indeed, look like their dogs:<\/p>\n
\nperfect for a dog-lover, your favorite vet, or just for a few
\ngood laughs: http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/dogjokebook\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PublicityHound<\/a><\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/publicityhound<\/a>
\n http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/publicitytips<\/a><\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/publicityhound<\/a><\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/pinterest.com\/publicityhound\/<\/a><\/p>\n