The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #563 July 12, 2011<\/p>\n
Publisher: Joan Stewart
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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. What You Must Know About Google +<\/p>\n
2. Don’t Let Interns Pitch<\/p>\n
3. Secret Tool to Get Facebook Likes<\/p>\n
4. Use Flickr to Promote Your Business<\/p>\n
5. Social Media Webcast<\/p>\n
6. Best-seller Blueprint for Authors<\/p>\n
7. Hound Joke of the Week<\/p>\n
8. And at My Blog & Mobile Site…<\/p>\n
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\n1. What You Must Know About Google +
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If you’ve been searching for a good explanation of Google +, the
\nsocial media platform that’s the newest hot thing, you may have
\nbeen frustrated, as I have, by the lack of helpful content.<\/p>\n
But I found a really good explanation of what it’s about, Google + makes it imperative that you update your Google profile Do yourself a favor and double-check all your links to make sure Is the explanation of what you do recent?<\/p>\n Do you have new bragging rights to add to your profile? Last Update yours today.<\/p>\n ===================================== This time of year, the debate about whether PR interns should There’s a good discussion at the Get Social PR blog at Rodger Johnson, a PR counselor and blogger, argues in favor of “Interns need to learn how to pitch and the best way to do that I disagree.<\/p>\n If they fail–and that’s entirely possible, even with a PR pro as Put yourself in the client’s shoes. What would you say if you Besides, too many interns are ill prepared to answer a reporter’s I wouldn’t let most virtual assistants pitch on behalf of clients Am I wrong? Comment at my blog at ===================================== Thanks to Greg Mischio, a member of The Publicity Hound Mentor Let them borrow your iPad, suggest they visit your page and Like Greg manages PR and social media for his client, The Vision His idea can work at lots of other businesses, too. Just be sure During our conversation, Greg and I used the 33-point checklist You can download the checklist, the video replay of the webinar, ====================================== What if photos of your products appeared all over the Internet– And the people who see your photos could also click on the link For many companies, that’s nothing more than a dream.<\/p>\n But not for Publicity Hounds who know how to use Flickr, the –Make your photos available to the people who matter to you, –Organize your photos in one place online where people can share Flickr calls itself “the WD-40 that makes it easy to get photos Are you using it yet to promote your business?<\/p>\n If not, guest blogger David Murton has nine ideas for using Even if you don’t have a treasure trove of photos, I’m betting Read David’s tips at my blog:<\/p>\n http:\/\/publicityhound.net\/9-ways-to-use-flickr-to-promote-your- ===================================== I’m flying to San Diego today to be one of Don Crowther’s guests I’m scheduled to be on at 6:40 p.m. Eastern Time, though that We’re all case studies he’s using to promote Social Profit Even if you don’t want to spend a penny with Don, you can watch https:\/\/btconsulting.infusionsoft.com\/go\/livecast\/a342\/<\/p>\n Because it’s live streaming video, we’ll be taking your questions (Tune in to see if Don lets me wear my Publicity Hound T-shirt!)<\/p>\n ===================================== Want to find out how one author made her book an Amazon.com, Join my friend, Steve Harrison, on Thursday, July 14, for a free You’ll hear from four authors who’ve used it to make their books To register go here now: ====================================== Thanks to Publicity Hound Sophie Wajsman of Melbourne, Australia If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have outside?<\/p>\n Answer: K9P<\/p>\n ====================================== 9 ways to use Flickr to promote your business 5 reasons why PR interns shouldn’t be pitching the media =======================================<\/p>\n Joan Stewart The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #563 July 12, 2011 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. What You Must Know About Google + 2. Don’t Let Interns Pitch 3. Secret Tool to Get Facebook Likes 4. 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\nincluding lots of links, at Janet Fout’s blog. Take a look:
\n http:\/\/janetfouts.com\/google-and-world-domination\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nnow. If you don’t have a Google profile, create one at
\n https:\/\/profiles.google.com.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nthey lead to the right pages. If you’ve created new social media
\nprofiles, or Facebook pages, be sure to add those to the list of
\nlinks.<\/p>\n
\nweek, the Business2Community blog at
\n http:\/\/www.Business2Community.com<\/a> named me to their list of the
\n40 Most Approachable A-Listers on Twitter. I added that to my
\nGoogle profile and noticed how quickly it had gotten stale.<\/p>\n
\n2. Don’t Let Interns Pitch
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\npitch stories to the media surfaces.<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.getsocialpr.com\/2011\/07\/11\/public-relations-
\nprofessionals-should-pr-interns-pitch-to-the-media\/<\/p>\n
\nletting interns pitch, with supervision.<\/p>\n
\nis to pitch,” he says.<\/p>\n
\nthe coach–the client’s reputation is on the line.<\/p>\n
\nknew that an amateur was representing you and your brand?<\/p>\n
\nquestions about the company.<\/p>\n
\neither. I know of one or two who specialize in PR and work more
\nas publicists than virtual assistants. But the vast majority of
\nthem should not be pitching. It sends the message that “Miss Big
\nShot is too important to be calling you herself, so she sent me.”<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=8854<\/p>\n
\n3. Secret Tool to Get Facebook Likes
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\nProgram, for this tip on how to encourage people visiting your
\nbusiness to Like your Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\nit, and then tell them to look around on the page. They can sign
\nup for your newsletter, write on your wall and leave a comment on
\nsomething you’ve written.<\/p>\n
\nTherapy Center, Inc., in Brookfield and Madison, Wi. He thinks
\nthat would be a great way to occupy patients who are waiting in
\nthe lobby to see the doctor.<\/p>\n
\nyour customers don’t walk off with the iPad.<\/p>\n
\nthat I compiled last week, after the webinar I hosted with Mari
\nSmith, on “33 Ways to Attract Facebook Fans, Provide Sterling
\nContent and Keep Them Coming Back for More.” We discussed which
\ntactics on the list his client should use first.<\/p>\n
\nand Mari’s slides, at
\n http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/facebookpages.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n4. Use Flickr to Promote Your Business
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\nat blogs, to illustrate other people’s articles, and at other
\npeople’s websites?<\/p>\n
\nthat leads them to your website.<\/p>\n
\nmammoth online photo management and sharing website that makes it
\neasy to:<\/p>\n
\nincluding current customers and your target audience.<\/p>\n
\nthem on the web, on mobile devices, from the users’ home
\ncomputers and from whatever software they are using to manage
\ntheir content. Flickr lets you push them out in as many ways as
\npossible: on the Flickr website, in RSS feeds, by email, by
\nposting to outside blogs or numerous other ways that tie into a
\nPR campaign.<\/p>\n
\nor video from one person to another in whatever way they want.”<\/p>\n
\nFlickr to promote your product, service, cause or issue.<\/p>\n
\nyou have at least several that you can upload today.<\/p>\n
\nbusiness\/<\/p>\n
\n5. Social Media Webcast
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\non a live webcast tomorrow (Wednesday, July 13) to discuss my
\nsuccesses with social media.<\/p>\n
\ntime might change. I hope you’ll join us. In fact, check out the
\nentire live webcast from 5 to 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time. You’ll see
\nDon interviewing lots of other people who have great social media
\ntips to share.<\/p>\n
\nFormula 2.0, the new, updated follow-up to the original Social
\nProfit Formula course, which I’ve taken.<\/p>\n
\nthe entire webcast for free by using this link:<\/p>\n
\nand responding to your comments.<\/p>\n
\n6. Best-seller Blueprint for Authors
\n=====================================<\/p>\n
\nBarnes & Noble and New York Times Bestseller?<\/p>\n
\nwebinar (or telephone seminar) and discover the ingenious, yet
\nsimple “best-seller blueprint” you can use to sell more books in
\na week than most authors sell all year. I promote this webinar as
\na compensated affiliate because I’ve heard from far too many
\nauthors who are doing it the hard way.<\/p>\n
\nbestsellers and one who sold $184,256.00 of copies at zero cost!<\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/www.bestsellerblueprintcall.com\/?10011<\/p>\n
\n7. Hound Joke of the Week
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\nfor this one:<\/p>\n
\n8. And at My Blog & Mobile Site…
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\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=8739<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=8854<\/p>\n
\nThe Publicity Hound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"