{"id":7190,"date":"2016-11-19T15:43:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T15:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/?p=7190"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:02:15","slug":"publicity-tips-avoid-war-at-the-thanksgiving-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/publicity-tips-avoid-war-at-the-thanksgiving-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid War at the Thanksgiving Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Issue #1074 Nov. 19, 2016<br \/>\nPublisher: Joan Stewart<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>In This Issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Avoid War at the Thanksgiving Table<\/li>\n<li>Writing &amp; Proofreading Tools<\/li>\n<li>Free YouTube Training<\/li>\n<li>Hound\u00a0Video\u00a0of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p><strong>This Weekend\u00a0in the Hound House:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re singing Happy Birthday today to my twin great grandnieces Lilly and Alena. Their mom made them special birthday T-shirts, and each girl gets her own cake. &#8220;Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.&#8221; I don&#8217;t know who said it, but it&#8217;s perfect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">1. Avoid War at the Thanksgiving Table<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7191 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/11\/pilgrims-giving-thanks2.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving hosts all over the U.S. are squirming.<\/p>\n<p>What if Uncle Fred insists on wearing his red Donald Trump ball cap during dinner? Or cousin Megan shows up at the door sporting an &#8220;I&#8217;m With Her&#8221; T-shirt?<\/p>\n<p>Publicity Hounds to the rescue!<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time for authors, speakers and experts to pitch story ideas and create content on the topic of how to avoid an all-out war on what&#8217;s supposed to be a family-friendly holiday brimming with gratitude. <strong>USA Today<\/strong>, the <strong>New York Times<\/strong>, <strong>Shape magazine<\/strong> and other major media already have covered this story. You&#8217;ll see more within the next few days. My ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the best way for the dinner host to avoid problems? Call guests individually and tell them political talk is off limits all weekend?<\/li>\n<li>Is it too late to cancel Thanksgiving dinner and uninvite guests?<\/li>\n<li>How should someone remove themselves from a political squabble? Is it OK to leave the table, put on your jacket and walk around the block to cool off?<\/li>\n<li>If trouble erupts, should you apologize to the host in public or private?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To do: See more pitching tips in my blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/politics-on-thanksgiving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Publicity Ideas: How to Avoid a Political War on Thanksgiving.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#politicalfights #familyfighting #thanksgivingtips<\/p>\n<h3>2. Writing &amp; Proofreading Tools<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/11\/typing-on-laptop2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Number One writing tool I recommend is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hemingwayapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hemingway App<\/a>\u00a0because it highlights your writing problems and explains how to improve your copy.<\/p>\n<p>Before I work with writers in my <a href=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/mentoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publicity Hound Mentor Program<\/a>, I tell them to run their articles through that app.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Walton<\/strong>, a professional editor and online tutor, offers nine more writing and proofreading tools to consider, some paid and some free. &#8220;You&#8217;re sure to find one that fits with your personal writing style,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>To do: See <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161123051522\/http:\/\/nonfictionauthorsassociation.com:80\/9-of-the-best-online-proofreading-tools-to-get-the-best-results-from-your-writing-by-mary-walton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;9 of the Best Online proofreading Tools to Get the Best Results from Your Writing&#8221;<\/a> at the <strong>Nonfiction Authors Association blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#proofreading #grammar #writingtools<\/p>\n<h3>3. Free YouTube Training<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7195 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/11\/YouTube-film-strip2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Business is slow during Thanksgiving week, the perfect time to dig into some free video training courtesy of YouTube expert <strong>Jeff Johnson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Set aside some time on Tuesday to watch the first in a series of free videos to promote his new <strong>Tube Traffic Secrets<\/strong> course. I bought the course a few years ago and spent two hours every morning for a few weeks learning it. The lessons helped me build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/joanstewartph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Publicity Hound&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a>, optimize my videos for search, and use tools I didn&#8217;t know about. The result? I&#8217;m getting orders from people who found me on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, YouTube has introduced other features like cards that help you promote your content, tools to let you manage your videos on mobile, and better analytics.<\/p>\n<p>To do: Look for the first in a series of Jeff&#8217;s free videos here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>#youtube #youtubetips #videotraining<\/p>\n<h3>4. Hound\u00a0Video\u00a0of the Week<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/11\/zeus.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most dogs hate baths. Not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aw5M-4Fo2wE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zeus, a stubborn Husky<\/a> that howls in protest when his owner won&#8217;t turn on the water.<\/p>\n[Tweet &#8220;RT @PublicityHound #PublicityTips &#8211;Avoid War at the Thanksgiving Table #thanksgivingtips&#8221;]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>The Publicity Hound&#8217;s Tips of the Week<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8211; Issue #1074 Nov. 19, 2016<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Avoid War at the Thanksgiving Table<\/li>\n<li>Writing &amp; Proofreading Tools<\/li>\n<li>Free YouTube Training<\/li>\n<li>Hound Video of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/publicity-tips-avoid-war-at-the-thanksgiving-table\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rmlink\">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":[307,201,458,230],"class_list":{"0":"post-7190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-proofreading-tips","8":"tag-video-training","9":"tag-writing-tools","10":"tag-youtube-tips","11":"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\/7190","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=7190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}