The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #709 April 23, 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. How to Rack Up YouTube Comments<\/p>\n
2. Win a “Good Morning America” Tour<\/p>\n
3. Publicize Your StartUp Here<\/p>\n
4. Hound Video of the Week<\/p>\n
This Week in the Hound House:<\/p>\n
I’m at war with the rabbits that live under my garden shed. I ====================================== What does Google love more than YouTube videos?<\/p>\n YouTube videos with lots of likes, shares and comments– The more comments you can rack up, the higher your video will Here are five ways to encourage people to comment:<\/p>\n –Ask them! You can do this within the description.<\/p>\n –Ask by using a call-to-action overlay, a free tool YouTube –Include the phrase “Comment on this video” within the video –Write a compelling tweet that teases followers and encourages –If you already have several great comments on a video, share I learned these tips from Jeff Johnson, who’s giving away free Not interested in YouTube right now? That might change. At least The next video in his free series will be released tomorrow, and Even though the package is free, I’m his affiliate and if you buy ==================================== Publicity Hounds are tripping over each other trying to claim a If you can\u2019t get booked as a guest, the next best thing is the Omaze, a company that raises money and awareness for charities by The \u201cGood Morning America\u201d competition works like a charity Read more about this GMA fund-raiser, and a similar campaign A hat tip to Danielle Gano, a longtime Publicity Hound who’s the ==================================== Need publicity for an Internet startup or know someone who does?<\/p>\n Don’t miss this list of 36 places where you can submit your<\/a> Traindom, a company that helps experts build membership sites, Publicists, keep this list close by!<\/p>\n ==================================== When you say “I love you,” does your dog sit there and just stare –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #709 April 23, 2013 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. How to Rack Up YouTube Comments 2. Win a “Good Morning America” Tour 3. Publicize Your StartUp Here 4. Hound Video of the Week This Week\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":3,"wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[55,199,200,201,202],"class_list":{"0":"post-2344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-free-publicity","8":"tag-fundraising","9":"tag-publicity-2","10":"tag-video-training","11":"tag-youtube-video-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\/2344","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=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthink they’re chomping on my tulips! If you know of a good tip to
\nkeep them away, please email JStewart@PublicityHound.com<\/a>. Please,
\nno traps or poisons. I’m just looking for something that will
\nencourage them to bother the neighbors, and not me. I heard about
\na powder called Scram. It works for deer but I’m not sure about
\nrabbits.<\/p>\n
\n1. How to Rack Up YouTube Comments
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\nespecially comments.<\/p>\n
\nrank in the search results, assuming you’ve given it a good
\ntitle, description and tags.<\/p>\n
\nprovides.<\/p>\n
\nitself, either halfway through or at the end, or both.<\/p>\n
\nthem to hop on over to YouTube and comment.<\/p>\n
\nthe video link as a LinkedIn status update, or within a Group
\nthat will let you promote it. Encourage people to visit, watch
\nthe video, read the comments and join the conversation. The more
\ncontroversial the video, the better.<\/p>\n
\n YouTube cheat sheets and free video training right now. If you
\nhaven’t claimed your goodies yet, you can do so now.<\/p>\n
\nget the freebies and tuck them away in case you need them.<\/p>\n
\nI’ll send a separate email so you don’t miss it.<\/p>\n
\nanything down the road from him, I might earn a commission.<\/p>\n
\n2. Win a “Good Morning America” Tour
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\ncoveted spot as a guest on \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d a primo
\npublicity hit.<\/p>\n
\nchance to tour the set with co-host George Stephanopoulos. And it
\ncould be yours for only $10.<\/p>\n
\ngiving people a chance to meet celebrities and have once-in-a-
\nlifetime experiences, has created a campaign to benefit The
\nMission Continues. The nonprofit awards community service
\nfellowships to post-9\/11 veterans. They serve for six months at a
\nlocal nonprofit, with the goal of a full-time job or going back
\nto school, while still doing public service work.<\/p>\n
\nraffle. You can buy one entry for $10, five for $8 each, or 10
\nfor $7 each.<\/p>\n
\nthat will let you tour the set of “The Newsroom,” the popular HBO
\ndrama that chronicles the behind-the-scenes events at the
\nfictional Atlantis Cable News channel.<\/p>\n
\npublicist for Omaze and emailed a great pitch.<\/p>\n
\n3. Publicize Your StartUp Here
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\n startup for coverage.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nused many of these and was pleased with the results. Be sure to
\nread the Comments, where you’ll find even more places to
\npublicize.<\/p>\n
\n4. Hound Video of the Week
\n====================================<\/p>\n
\nat you? Teach the dog to say “I love you back.<\/a>” Impossible? Not
\nfor this dog.<\/p>\n