The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #492 Feb. 16, 2010<\/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. Four Benefits of a Google Profile<\/p>\n
2. Video: Facebook Changes<\/p>\n
3. New Media Leads Service<\/p>\n
4. Promoting Book Videos<\/p>\n
5. Help This Hound<\/p>\n
6. Hound Joke of the Week<\/p>\n
7. And at My Blogs…<\/p>\n
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\n1. Four Benefits of a Google Profile
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Have you ever Googled your name, and then flinched when you saw
\nwhat showed up on the first page?<\/p>\n
If so, you might be able to push what you didn’t like onto Page It’s sort of like a mini version of a Facebook profile page. Three more benefits of creating your profile:<\/p>\n –It’s needed before you can start using Buzz, the hot new social –You can link to your website, blog, Twitter and Facebook pages, –Your profile page can be your main home on the Web if you don’t After you’ve created it, here are five ways to share it:<\/p>\n –Add it to your IM status message.<\/p>\n –Link to it in your email signature.<\/p>\n –Note it in Google Reader.<\/p>\n –Post about it on Twitter.<\/p>\n –Share it on Facebook.<\/p>\n How you write your profile often determines whether someone wants ====================================== Last week, I wrote about Facebook’s redesigned home page and Thanks to Publicity Hound Christine Buffaloe, my virtual Do you have a VA yet? Knowing where to look and what questions to ===================================== Here’s another free media leads service designed to give you Reporter Connection, created by Bill and Steve Harrison, tells Almost every week through March 20, they’ll choose one subscriber Publicity Hound Steve Hines, of Marketing Resource Management, “I had covered four Summer Games, one Winter Olympics and 15+ You could be next.<\/p>\n ==================================== This week, four Publicity Hounds have suggestions for Jenni From Meryl K. Evans:<\/p>\n “Go the extra mile and add captions or subtitles to your From Martine Ehrenclou:<\/p>\n “Maybe you can connect with independent publishers through the From Alexis O’Neill:<\/p>\n “It seems that the real buyers of trailers today are authors, The Publicity Hound says:<\/p>\n Tim should write a series of articles on how to create book =================================== Gabrielle Javier-Cerulli, of Rochester, NY writes:<\/p>\n “I just launched the Global Network of Expressive Arts “It’s a membership-based organization for facilitators, all non- “Our mission is to build community for these heart- and soul- “We have Twitter and Facebook pages and a blog. I’d love to hear The Publicity Hound says:<\/p>\n Gabrielle, your topic lends itself perfectly to video. Let’s see ================================= The front door was accidentally left open and our dog was gone. He drove around the neighborhood for some time with no luck.<\/p>\n Finally, he stopped beside a couple out for a walk and asked if “You mean the one following your car?” they asked.<\/p>\n Dog Jokes & Quotes Ebook: 170+ G-rated dog jokes and quotes, BONUS: Buy the ebook and you also get a compilation of the 50 http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/dogjokebook\/ ================================== Consider retweeting these blog posts:<\/p>\n Don’t be anonymous at social media sites: Use a gravatar Let people comment at your blog without logging in first Action Sports Hub magazine needs articles ================================================<\/p>\n Joan Stewart The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #492 Feb. 16, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Four Benefits of a Google Profile 2. Video: Facebook Changes 3. New Media Leads Service 4. Promoting Book Videos 5. Help This Hound 6. 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\n2. That’s the first benefit of creating your Google profile at
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/createmyprofile<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAfter you list your name, occupation and location, your profile
\nwill appear in a box on the first page of Google’s search results
\nfor your name. Next to the thumbnail information and your photo,
\npeople can click a link to your full Google profile.<\/p>\n
\ntool that Google introduced last week.<\/p>\n
\nsocial bookmarking profiles, photo-sharing sites, and other
\nplaces where you want traffic.<\/p>\n
\nyet have a website.<\/p>\n
\nto learn more about you, or bail out. See “Can Your Social Media
\nProfile Pass the 10-Second Test?” at
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/socialmediaprofiles
\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2. Video: Facebook Changes
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\nheard from lots of readers who said they were still having
\nproblems navigating it.<\/p>\n
\nassistant, for sharing this video tour of the redesign:
\nhttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video\/video.php?v=484066065483<\/a><\/p>\n
\nask these independent contractors will save you time. See “How to
\nHire a Virtual Assistant to Help with Your Publicity Campaign” at
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/prassistants<\/a><\/p>\n
\n3. New Media Leads Service
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\ndaily email updates, Monday through Friday, of queries by
\njournalists, broadcasters and bloggers who are looking for
\nspecific types of sources to interview.<\/p>\n
\nyou which journalists are looking for sources with your
\nexpertise. You respond, and then you wait to see if the
\njournalist wants to interview you. You can sign up for the
\nservice at http:\/\/ReporterConnection.com\/JoinFree\/?11577<\/a> (I’m an
\naffiliate).<\/p>\n
\nand give away something cool like an Amazon Kindle, digital
\ncamera or GPS.<\/p>\n
\nsaid a query he saw in Reporter Connection resulted in almost a
\ndozen radio interviews about the Olympics.<\/p>\n
\nworld championships in a variety of sports as a photojournalist,”
\nSteve said. “The stations were looking for comments on being a
\npart of the Games.”<\/p>\n
\n4. Promoting Book Videos
\n====================================<\/p>\n
\nBowring-McDonough of St. Paul, MN on how her husband, Tim, can
\nlet authors and publishers know about the promotional book videos
\n(trailers) he creates.<\/p>\n
\ntrailers. You’ll make a lot of people happy, not just those who
\nrely on captions. So few videos are captioned so folks like me
\nmention those that are by word of mouth. The website
\nhttp:\/\/www.22frames.com\/<\/a> lists all captioned videos or videos
\nwithout words, so submit your videos there to reach that
\naudience.”<\/p>\n
\nIndependent Book Publishers Association (formerly PMA). They have
\na monthly newsletter that goes out to all the publishers. You
\ncould place an ad or write an article on the advantages of book
\ntrailers for book promotion and list your name and website
\naddress.”<\/p>\n
\nsince the houses claim they have no money. Find out from the
\nhouses\/agents what their upcoming lists will include and have
\nthem pass your information along to their authors.”<\/p>\n
\ntrailers, how to use the videos, and examples of success stories
\nfrom authors who have used them. See “How to Write How-to
\nArticles” at http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/howtoarticles<\/a><\/p>\n
\n5. Help This Hound
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\nFacilitators at http:\/\/www.expressiveartsfacilitators.com\/<\/a> and
\nneed to get the word out about it and attract new members on an
\ninternational scale.<\/p>\n
\ntherapists, who use the creative process (painting, drumming,
\nsinging, journal writing, collage-making) with their clients with
\nthe intent of self-discovery, clarity, enjoyment and healing.<\/p>\n
\ncentered facilitators, and also to publicize our members and what
\nthey do by listing them on the online directory, highlighting
\nthem in the Member of the Week, a BlogTalkRadio show and giving
\nthem an opportunity to submit their articles on videos to the
\nwebsite.<\/p>\n
\nother ideas of getting the word out to this global niche market.
\nAlso, how do we go about finding speaking engagements to talk
\nabout the network?”<\/p>\n
\nwhat my Hounds suggest on ways you can use it, and any of their
\nother ideas. Hounds with suggestions for Gabrielle can post them
\nto my blog at http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/artsfacilitators<\/p>\n
\n6. Hound Joke of the Week
\n=================================<\/p>\n
\nAfter unsuccessfully whistling and calling, my husband got in the
\ncar and went looking for him.<\/p>\n
\nthey had seen our dog.<\/p>\n
\nperfect for a dog-lover, your favorite vet, or just for a few
\ngood laughs.<\/p>\n
\nbest websites for dog humor.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n7. And at My Blogs…
\n==================================<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/ow.ly\/15RAq<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/commentatblogs<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/actionsportshub<\/p>\n
\na.k.a. The Publicity Hound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"