{"id":7970,"date":"2017-10-07T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T14:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/?p=7970"},"modified":"2024-05-01T22:15:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:15:51","slug":"scared-to-join-a-facebook-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/scared-to-join-a-facebook-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Scared to Join a Facebook Group?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Issue #1163 Oct. 7,\u00a02017
\n Publisher: Joan Stewart<\/p>\n

“Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity”<\/h2>\n

In This Issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Scared to Join a Facebook Group?<\/li>\n
  2. What Smart Publicists Don’t Share<\/li>\n
  3. Use Online Reviews in PR Storytelling<\/li>\n
  4. Hound\u00a0Video\u00a0of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    This Weekend in the Hound House:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I’ll take the four giant pots of zinnias off my front porch and onto the yard waste station later today. I’ll replace them with several fat pumpkins, only $2.49 each at Aldi’s–one-fourth the price I’d pay elsewhere. Why don’t more people shop here?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    1. Scared to Join a Facebook Group?<\/h3>\n

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    You’d love to join a Facebook group for moral support on how to deal with a perplexing problem that’s, well, embarrassing.<\/p>\n

    But you don’t want to advertise your struggle to all your Facebook friends and fans.<\/p>\n

    Before you decide not to join, make sure you understand the differences between Public, Closed and Secret groups and the protections each provides.<\/p>\n

    To do:<\/strong> Check out Facebook’s easy-to-understand table<\/a> that explains the privacy settings for all three. At the bottom, you’ll find a link on how group administrators can change their groups’ privacy settings.<\/p>\n

    #FacebookGroups #PrivacySettings<\/p>\n

    2. What Smart Publicists Don’t Share<\/h3>\n

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    If you’re lucky (and rich) enough to hire a publicist, don’t be surprised when you ask for her list of media contacts and she refuses.<\/p>\n

    Publicity Hounds sometimes call me, grousing that their PR reps ripped them off by not turning over the list of journalists, bloggers, email addresses and phone numbers.<\/p>\n

    If this has happened to you, you have a smart publicist.<\/p>\n

    That list of valuable media contacts may have taken years to build. And in your hands, those emails and phone numbers could be deadly and ruin your chances for publicity.<\/p>\n

    To do:<\/strong> Read PR pro Gini Dietrich’s<\/strong> article “Help! My Client has Asked for My Media List. What Do I do?”<\/a> and learn the other reasons why you shouldn’t have that list. If you need a publicist and don’t know where to start looking, grab my ebook “How to Hire the Perfect Publicist”<\/a> at half price, today through Monday night. Use coupon code PUBLICIST<\/strong> at checkout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    #medialist #publicists<\/p>\n

    3. Use Online Reviews in PR Storytelling<\/h3>\n

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    When was the last time you read your list of Recommendations on LinkedIn?<\/p>\n

    I don’t mean those useless “Featured Skills & Endorsements.” I’m referring to the section on your profile that lets happy clients and others write intelligent endorsements for you and your work. Right now, go over and read them.<\/p>\n

    Then hop over to Amazon. And on Yelp. And anywhere else people can rave about you. Read all the reviews you can find.<\/p>\n

    Now, choose the best ones. Think of how you can weave them into an interesting story for your publicity and PR campaign. If you can’t write, hire a writer to do this for you.<\/p>\n

    To do:<\/strong> Read Adam Beeson’s<\/strong> article “3 tips for using online reviews in PR storytelling.”<\/a> Too few reviews on Amazon? Watch the free training from Debbie Drum<\/strong> on how to shave weeks off the tedious chore of targeting and pitching Amazon Reviewers. It’s called “Sell More Books Faster with Less Effort: Build an Army of recruiters for Your Books.”<\/a> (Affiliate link.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

    #onlinereviews #storytelling<\/p>\n

    4. Hound\u00a0Video\u00a0of the Week<\/h3>\n

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    Meet <\/a>Mochi<\/a>,<\/strong> a rescue St. Bernard that has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records with a tongue that measures a whopping 7.31 inches in length.<\/p>\n[Tweet “#PublicityTips — Scared to Join a Facebook Group? #FacebookGroups”]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week<\/h2>\n

    – Issue #1163 Oct. 7, 2017<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Scared to Join a Facebook Group?<\/li>\n
    2. What Smart Publicists Don’t Share<\/li>\n
    3. Use Online Reviews in PR Storytelling<\/li>\n
    4. Hound Video of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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