The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #696 March 9, 2013
\nPublisher: 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. Facebook’s Redesign & You<\/p>\n
2. Ask for Reviews on LinkedIn<\/p>\n
3. Freelancer Directory<\/p>\n
4. Hound Joke of the Week<\/p>\n
This Weekend in the Hound House: I’m constantly fumbling in ====================================== Facebook is giving its cluttered news feed a spring cleaning.<\/p>\n The new look, which I love, is trickling out to users slowly so Here’s how the new look affects you:<\/p>\n –The first thing you’ll notice are photo stories, taken from –You’ll see the same clean look wherever you use Facebook–on –You’ll see bolder images and more and larger photos.<\/p>\n –You’ll see special sections for friends, photos and music. It’s –You can get Facebook exactly how you want it with your choice Here’s a short video that summarizes the changes.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nWrUDgnVuHE<\/p>\n I found it odd, however, that Facebook–which encourages Likes, ==================================== If someone reads your book and loves it, do you give them a What if a company hires you to do a consulting project? Can they In both cases, they can review your products and services–but Sometimes I’m so busy chasing after testimonials from happy –When you get a glowing email from someone who gushes about a –If someone buys a product from your website, create an –Use the “Recommend us on LinkedIn” call to action, along with a There are dozens more ways to really make LinkedIn Company Pages LinkedIn expert Wayne Breitbarth will demonstrate them all, and I’m recording this one, and if the time doesn’t work for you, This is Wayne’s fifth appearance as a Publicity Hound guest ==================================== Hunting for freelance writers who might be interested in your Check out the Society of Professional Journalists Freelancer<\/a> You’ll love this free resource because you can search by city, ==================================== Thanks to Publicity Hound Ann Dekorsi of Glendale, WI, for this http:\/\/www.care2.com\/greenliving\/dog-steals-sandwich-video.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #696 March 9, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Facebook’s Redesign & You 2. Ask for Reviews on LinkedIn 3. Freelancer Directory 4. Hound Joke of the Week This Weekend in the Hound House: I’m\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":4,"wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16,48,29,111,36,19,187],"class_list":{"0":"post-1508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-facebook","8":"tag-linkedin","9":"tag-media-relations","10":"tag-pinterest","11":"tag-pitching-the-media","12":"tag-pitching-to-reporters","13":"tag-wayne-breitbarth","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\/1508","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=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthe kitchen, grabbing for recipe books when I can’t remember
\nexactly how many fluid ounces are in one cup, or how many
\ntablespoons equal one-fourth cup. Leave it to Pinterest to
\nfeature lots of handy cooking conversion charts like this one
\nat http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/418694096576874970\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n1. Facebook’s Redesign & You
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\nFacebook can watch how people adjust to it and further tweak it
\nif necessary.<\/p>\n
\ntiny thumbnails.<\/p>\n
\nmobile, tablet or the web.<\/p>\n
\nlike your own personalized newspaper.<\/p>\n
\nof feeds: Most Recent (everything you like, in the order it
\nhappened), All Friends, Photos, Music, Following, Games and
\nGroups. If you choose the Photos feed, for example, you’ll get
\nnothing but photos from your friends and pages you’ve liked.<\/p>\n
\nComments and Shares–has disabled all comments on this video.<\/p>\n
\n2. Ask for Reviews on LinkedIn
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\nchance to review it on your LinkedIn Company page?<\/p>\n
\nwrite a testimonial for you in the Services section on your
\nCompany page?<\/p>\n
\nonly if they’re listed on your Page.<\/p>\n
\ncustomers that I forget about this golden opportunity right on
\nLinkedIn. Here are three ways to prompt customers to write
\nreviews:<\/p>\n
\nproduct or service, jump over to your LinkedIn Company Page,
\nclick on “Products & Services” in the menu bar, and add the
\nprodcut or service they’re raving about. A photo with a short
\ndescription is fine. Then, send the customer the link to the
\nproduct or service page, and ask them to click “Recommend” and
\nwrite a review.<\/p>\n
\nautoresponder message that goes out a week or two later, asking
\nthem to write a review on your page.<\/p>\n
\nlink to your page, on fliers, brochures, packing slips and
\nmarketing materials.<\/p>\n
\npresent your company as best in its industry (even if it isn’t).<\/p>\n
\nlots more, on the webinar I’m hosting from 3:30 to 5:30 Eastern
\nTime on Wednesday, March 13, on “How to Use LinkedIn Company<\/a>
\n Pages and Ads to Attract an Audience, Promote Your Heart Out and<\/a>
\n Help Them Buy.”<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI’ll send you the links for the video replay and three valuable
\nbonuses.<\/p>\n
\nexpert because my Hounds keep begging me to bring him back.<\/p>\n
\n3. Freelancer Directory
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\nstory?<\/p>\n
\n Directory<\/a>. It includes more than 1,300 freelancers, most with
\ncontact information.<\/p>\n
\nstate or specialty.<\/p>\n
\n4. Hound Joke of the Week
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\nvideo of a dog that looks spellbound while a little boy eats a
\nsandwich nearby. Then watch what happens.<\/p>\n