The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #509 June 15, 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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\nWhy agonize when you can energize & italicize
\nyour bio with ‘Bio Whisperer’ Nancy Juetten’s
\nexpert help?
\nhttp:\/\/www.mainstreetmediasavvy.com\/rent-a-brain<\/p>\n
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\nIn This Issue
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1. LinkedIn’s Badge of Honor<\/p>\n
2. How to Get LinkedIn Recommendations<\/p>\n
3. The Power of Guest Blogging<\/p>\n
4. Advice for Family Experts<\/p>\n
5. Help This Hound<\/p>\n
6. Hound Video of the Week<\/p>\n
7. And at My Blogs & Mobile Site…<\/p>\n
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\n1. LinkedIn’s Badge of Honor
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Here’s a powerful way to promote your expertise and outstanding
\nwork.<\/p>\n
Generate more than 10 recommendations on your LinkedIn profile
\nand you can become a member of LinkedIn’s Top Recommended People
\ngroup. Its logo will show up on your profile, along with those of
\nyour other group memberships.<\/p>\n
You’ll also find six sub-groups. You can join at the Gold level,
\nlike I did, if you have from 25 to 99 recommendations, at the
\nPlatinum level for 100 to 499 recommendations, and at the Elite
\nlevel for more than 500.<\/p>\n
Of the more than 50 million people on LinkedIn, only about 1,600
\nare in the TRP group, so you’ll be in elite company.<\/p>\n
Learn more about TRP, which was created by LinkedIn member Ross After you join, you can also display the badge proudly at your A gourmet doggie treat for Dustin Martin, one of my LinkedIn ====================================== How do you get LinkedIn recommendations so you can become a Here are my three favorite ways:<\/p>\n –Give recommendations. Every time you recommend someone, –Every time someone compliments you, tell them, “I’d be honored –Ask co-workers, people in your trade associations, clients and Social media strategist Scott Allen (who has 70 recommendations ===================================== The two biggest complaints from people who blog is that they Smart bloggers have this indispensable tool at the top of their They can recruit guest bloggers to provide content for their blog They can offer their own expertise to other high-profile blogs If they write a guest blog for a popular site, it can bring tons But there’s a lot of confusion. How do you find guest bloggers I’ll give you those answers and show you how to let guest If the time is inconvenient, sign up anyway. You’ll get the link ===================================== This week, six Publicity Hounds have tips for Rosemary Lichtman, From Mary Jane Hurley Brant:<\/p>\n “Put an additional link on your email signatures indicating that From Rekaya:<\/p>\n “Set up a Virtual Book Tour. It’s an online tour of websites, From Bruce Jones:<\/p>\n “I have no idea what your book is about, so I would put a picture The Publicity Hound says:<\/p>\n Read all the responses to this week?s “Help This Hound” question Send your own question to: ====================================== I’m all out of questions, so here’s one of mine (send “If you use coupons on your Facebook Fan Pages, particularly if “Include the link in the comments section at my blog at “I’m looking for examples for a course I’m teaching. I’m familiar ===================================== You’ll love this “Bailey Plays Dead” clip from a segment of David http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DalB-CvO7Qc<\/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\/<\/a><\/p>\n ==================================== Consider retweeting:<\/p>\n 12 more fill-in-the-blank headlines for your articles, blog Wanted: Examples of Facebook Fan Page coupons ================================================<\/p>\n Joan Stewart The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #509 June 15, 2010 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” Receive this ezine direct to your desktop http:\/\/www.publicityarticles.net\/feed\/rss\/ ========================================== ADV: Why agonize when you can energize & italicize your bio with ‘Bio Whisperer’ Nancy Juetten’s expert help? http:\/\/www.mainstreetmediasavvy.com\/rent-a-brain =================================== In This Issue\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":[2,3,16,48,5,27,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-blogging","8":"tag-book-promotion","9":"tag-facebook","10":"tag-linkedin","11":"tag-publicity-tips","12":"tag-social-media","13":"tag-social-networking","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\/513","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=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDodwell, at http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?home=&gid=1857786<\/a><\/p>\n
\nwebsite or blog, and in your online press kit. Mention that
\nyou’re a member of LinkedIn’s Top Recommended people in your
\nemail signature, and in your social media profiles.<\/p>\n
\nconnections, who tipped me off to this group.<\/p>\n
\n2. How to Get LinkedIn Recommendations
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\nmember of Top Recommended People?<\/p>\n
\nLinkedIn will notify that person and ask them if they want to
\nrecommend you. But don’t go hog wild. Space out your
\nrecommendations every few days or you’ll raise a red flag on
\nLinkedIn.<\/p>\n
\nif you’d say that in a recommendation on my LinkedIn profile.”
\nThat’s what I do, and many people reciprocate. Pay particular
\nattend to compliments in your email.<\/p>\n
\nvendors. But be very careful. Make absolutely sure they are
\nfamiliar with your work.<\/p>\n
\non LinkedIn) was my guest during a teleseminar on How to Use
\nLinkedIn to Promote Anything–Ethically & Powerfully.” Learn
\nabout how to create a promotional campaign on this high-powered
\nsite without looking like you’re promoting. He shows you how at
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.com\/publicity-products\/marketing-
\ntapes\/linkedin.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n3. The Power of Guest Blogging
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\ndon’t have enough time to write, and their blogs aren’t
\ngenerating enough traffic.<\/p>\n
\ntoolbox: guest-blogging.<\/p>\n
\nover the holidays or while they’re on vacation.<\/p>\n
\nand reach audiences they could never reach on their own.<\/p>\n
\nof traffic, give them valuable back-links, and attract more
\nsubscribers to their own blog and newsletter.<\/p>\n
\nand know if they’re any good before you commit to publishing
\ntheir content? Why do some bloggers reject duplicate content like
\nlast week’s leftovers, and should you? How much liberty can you
\ntake editing someone else’s copy? And what if you disagree
\nvehemently with the opinions of a guest-blogger?<\/p>\n
\nbloggers do some of the heavy lifting for you, when I host a
\nwebinar at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 30. Join me for
\n“How to Find Valuable Guest Bloggers (and Be One Too!). Register
\nat
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.com\/publicity-products\/marketing-tapes\/guestblogging.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\nafterward where you can watch the video.<\/p>\n
\n4. Advice for Family Experts
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\nPhD, and Phyllis Goldberg, PhD, of Los Angeles, Calif., family
\nrelationship experts, on how to promote their blog and ebook.<\/p>\n
\nyou are offering a free ebook.”<\/p>\n
\nblogs, radio shows, etc. Research the ones that are a good fit.
\nAsk the blog owner if you can be a guest, or stop by their site
\nduring your tour. Some will ask you to complete interview
\nquestions about your book or write a short piece. During a set
\namount of time, such as two weeks, your information will appear
\non a series of websites\/blogs. Don’t forget to mention your free
\nebook and to include the link to your blog.”<\/p>\n
\nof it right above the sign-up box and a short text description
\nright below. Make sure the picture is really clear, with oversize
\ntype because it will be just a thumbnail on the blog. You could
\neven use a different picture for the blog than it is in reality
\nso that the image really stands out.”<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/family-relationship-experts-need-tips-
\nfor-promoting-free-ebook\/<\/p>\n
\nmailto:JStewart@PublicityHound.com?subject=HelpThisHound<\/a>
\nand include your city and state.<\/p>\n
\n5. Help This Hound
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\nquestions!):<\/p>\n
\nthose coupons are bringing more leads and sales, I’d like to see
\nthem.<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/wanted-examples-of-facebook-fan-page-
\ncoupons\/ and explain how you created the coupon, and the results.<\/p>\n
\nwith coupons used by the big companies like Coke and\u00a0 Zappos. But
\nI’m particularly interested in those used by entrepreneurs and
\nsmall businesses.”<\/p>\n
\n6. Hound Video of the Week
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\nLetterman’s Stupid Pet Tricks:<\/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
\n7. And at My Blogs & Mobile Site…
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\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/12-more-fill-in-the-blank-headlines-
\nfor-your-articles-blog\/<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/wanted-examples-of-facebook-fan-page-
\ncoupons\/<\/p>\n
\na.k.a. The Publicity Hound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"