The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #705 April 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. Spring Story Ideas<\/p>\n
2. Think Christmas<\/p>\n
3. How to Impress Your Blog Readers<\/p>\n
4. Hound Video of the Week<\/p>\n
This Week in the Hound House:<\/p>\n
In memory of Mouseketeer Annette Funicello, who died this week, ====================================== Thanks to Publicity Hound Shawne Duperon for suggesting these –Pitch stories about spring cleaning, including what to clean –Professional organizers, share tips on how to organize –Is this the best or worst time to buy a lawnmower? There are so –Taxes, taxes and more taxes. What are the common mistakes If you like these ideas, you’ll love the more than 200 story We’ve got ideas for companies big and small, nonprofits, https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/shop\/spring-publicity-ideas.php<\/p>\n ==================================== Regional magazines are perfect for submitting items about But while flipping through Midwest Living magazine yesterday, I That means that if you’ll be promoting an event in December, Book marketing expert John Kremer has an excellent list of<\/a> Need help pitching magazines but can’t afford a publicist?<\/p>\n In the video “How to Find Your Way into Glossy Magazines,” I walk And if you know where to look, you’ll have a leg up on all the ==================================== Andrienne Smith, the Engagement Expert, offers these five ideas –Invite them to write a guest post.<\/p>\n –Write a blog post about their blog.<\/p>\n –Feature a reader of the week or month.<\/p>\n –Promote a really juicy comment written by one of your readers.<\/p>\n –Let your readers promote themselves at your blog.<\/p>\n Read her entire post, which links to another post in which she http:\/\/www.adriennesmith.net\/how-to-impress-blog-readers\/<\/a><\/p>\n ==================================== Thanks to Publicity Hound Sophie Wajsman of Melbourne, Australia, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #705 April 9, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Spring Story Ideas 2. Think Christmas 3. How to Impress Your Blog Readers 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week in the Hound House: In\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":1,"wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[196,36,9,98,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-1625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-organizers","8":"tag-pitching-the-media","9":"tag-publicity-for-niche-markets","10":"tag-publicity-for-non-profits","11":"tag-publicity-tips","12":"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\/1625","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=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhere’s a clip from the Mickey Mouse Club’s “Talent Roundup Day.”
\nDo you Boomers remember what day of the week the Mouseketeers
\nwere saddling their ponies? I do. And I know almost all the words
\nto the song. But I can’t remember what I did last week.
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p8KmmgJQfc0<\/a><\/p>\n
\n1. Spring Publicity Ideas
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\nspring story ideas, perfect for pitching to local and national
\nmedia, and for blogging:<\/p>\n
\nand how to clean it. Example: Mini-blinds (ugh).<\/p>\n
\nbasements, closets and garages, and recommend your favorite
\nproducts to store things. Provide a list of questions people can
\nask when deciding whether to keep it or pitch it.<\/p>\n
\nmany options. What’s the best size for your turf?<\/p>\n
\neveryone seems to be making this year? One of the most clever
\nideas I heard about was a local business that delivered lunches
\nto local accountants who were hard at work during the final week
\nbefore tax filing deadline. Brilliant!<\/p>\n
\nideas Shawne and I brainstormed, several for every month of the
\nyear. We even tell you which ones work best for print media and
\nwhich work best for broadcast. I’ve been selling “106 WOW Story
\nIdeas from January to June” and “103 Sizzling Story Ideas from
\nJuly through December” separately. But today only, you can get
\nboth CDs and two handouts listing all 219 story ideas for one low
\nprice of $39.95. That’s two for the price of one.<\/p>\n
\nsolopreneurs, authors, speakers and experts. Click here to order
\nand you can download the handouts immediately while you’re
\nwaiting for the CDs to arrive.<\/p>\n
\n2. Think Christmas
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\nupcoming events, accompanied by a color photo.<\/p>\n
\nnoticed they have a seven-month lead time for calendar items.
\nSeven months! That isn’t unusual.<\/p>\n
\nyou’ll have to submit the item in May.<\/p>\n
\n regional and local magazines<\/a> at his website.
\nIt’s worth taking a look to make sure you aren’t missing any
\npublicity opportunities. And if you aren’t sure of the deadlines,
\nyou can call the magazine.<\/p>\n
\nyou step-by-step through the process of researching journalists
\nwho work for the magazines in which you want publicity. These
\njournalists are leaving clues, online and off, about exactly what
\nthey need.<\/p>\n
\nother people who are pitching because you can build relationships
\nwith writers and editors BEFORE you pitch. This webinar will
\nteach time-saving tips for generating thousands of dollars in
\nfree publicity in the glossies–even if you’re on a tight budget.
\nAccess it, and the bonus handout “11 Ways to Prepare for a<\/a>
\n Magazine Interview.”<\/a><\/p>\n
\n3. How to Impress Your Blog Readers
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\non how to thank people for reading your blog, and encouraging
\nthem to come back for more:<\/p>\n
\nexplains exactly how she lets her readers promote themselves.<\/p>\n
\n4. Hound Video of the Week
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\nfor this video clip of a multi-talented dog that will never get
\nbored. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MdT1UqlwDOI<\/a><\/p>\n