The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #587 Dec. 27, 2011
\nPublisher: 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. No More Passwords<\/p>\n
2. Best of 2011 Publicity Tips<\/p>\n
3. Free Photos, Fast<\/p>\n
4. Include Links on Twellow<\/p>\n
5. Help This Hound<\/p>\n
6. Hound Photos of the Week<\/p>\n
7. And at My Blog & Mobile Site<\/p>\n
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\n1. No More Passwords
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What makes you different from everyone else–your voice, your eyes,
\netc.–will be used to safeguard your identity online and you’ll
\nnever need passwords again.<\/p>\n
That’s one of five predictions that IBM made last week, to signal
\ninnovations it sees in 2012. Its annual predictions have been
\ncovered by top-tier media outlets like Forbes magazine, FOX News,
\nThe Washington Post and The New York Times, in addition to dozens
\nof techie blogs.<\/p>\n
It isn’t too late to compile your top five predictions for next
\nyear, or even just one prediction, and write a press release. Or
\npitch it to your favorite blogger. You can even offer to write a
\nguest blog post.<\/p>\n
Your predictions don’t have to be serious. They can be humorous and
\noff the wall.<\/p>\n
Predictions are just one of thousands of ideas I give you in my
\nebook, “How to be a Kick-butt Publicity Hound.” This is the Number
\nOne all-around resource to get you through 2012 if you need help
\npromoting in traditional media and social media.<\/p>\n
Learn more about the book here:
\n http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/publicity\/publicityhound.htm <\/p>\n
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\n2. Best of 2011 Publicity Tips
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If you know a small business owner who’s struggling with promotion,
\na PR pro who’s running out of story ideas for her clients, or a
\nnonprofit that needs to ramp up its publicity, let them know about
\nmy free ebook, “The Best of The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week
\nof 2011.”<\/p>\n
It’s filled with 24 of the best tips from this newsletter the past
\nyear.<\/p>\n
The tips are divided into four categories:<\/p>\n
–Traditional media<\/p>\n
–Social media<\/p>\n
–Online publicity<\/p>\n
–Building your business and nonprofit<\/p>\n
Go ahead. Regift the book by sending your friends, followers and
\nclients here:
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=9935<\/p>\n
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\n3. Free Photos, Fast
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Need photos for your website, blog, online press room or marketing
\nmaterials, but can’t afford the stock photo services?<\/p>\n
Thousands of free photos await you on Flickr at Instead, use Compfight.com, a search engine that uncovers But don’t just use them without crediting the photographers. Pay Thanks to CopyBlogger.com for this tip.<\/p>\n For more tips, see “How to Use Photos & Graphics in Your Publicity ===================================== If you’re listed on Twellow, the giant Twitter yellow pages (and Log into Twellow and click on the “Settings” link. You can now Still not tweeting? It isn’t too late. If you’re confused by what I explain how to use Twitter to establish your credibility, ====================================== This week’s “Help This Hound” question is from Anne Roos of South “I’m an author and I’ve received 40 free books from the publicist I “They were copies supplied without cost from the publisher to be “What’s the most effective way to do a contest\/giveaway? Where do I “Even when I had a big grand prize giveaway that I tried out about The Publicity Hound says: OK, Hounds, have at it. Help Anne ==================================== Thanks to Publicity Hound Meryl K. Evans of Plano, Texas for these Dog Jokes & Quotes Ebook: 170+ G-rated dog jokes and quotes, BONUS: Buy the ebook and you also get a compilation of the 50 best ====================================== 10 best Dog Tweets listed each week here <\/p>\n The Publicity Hound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #587 Dec. 27, 2011 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. No More Passwords 2. Best of 2011 Publicity Tips 3. Free Photos, Fast 4. Include Links on Twellow 5. Help This Hound 6. Hound Photos of\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":1,"wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[55,56,13,5,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-free-publicity","8":"tag-how-to-get-free-publicity","9":"tag-press-releases","10":"tag-publicity-tips","11":"tag-twitter","12":"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\/864","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=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n http:\/\/www.Flickr.com<\/a>, under the Creative Commons license. Problem
\nis, it can be a real pain navigating that site to find them.<\/p>\n
\nCreative-Common-tagged freebies in the Flickr archives. There’s
\neven a search box so you can find what you’re looking for quickly.<\/p>\n
\nattention to the terms of use for each photo.<\/p>\n
\nCampaign” at
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.com\/publicityphotos.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n4. Include Links on Twellow
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\nyou certainly should be), you can now display the links to your
\nother social networking profiles on your Twellow profile.<\/p>\n
\ndisplay links for Facebook, Delicious, Flickr, LinkedIn, and many
\nmore. This is a great way for your friends and future Twitter
\nfollowers to see your social networking activity on the web.<\/p>\n
\nall the fuss is about, or if you’re on Twitter but can’t gain
\ntraction, shorten your learning curve by watching the replay of a
\nwebinar I hosted on “Twitter for Beginners: A Step-by-Step,
\nCan’t-Fail System for Experts and Influencers (and Those Who Want
\nto Be).”<\/p>\n
\ninfluence your followers, share great content and attract the
\ntypes of people who need your expertise as well as your products
\nand services. Read more about what you’ll learn how to do
\nat
\n http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/publicity-products\/marketing-tapes
\n\/twitterforbeginners.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n5. Help This Hound
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\nLake Tahoe, CA:<\/p>\n
\nused last year, 20 copies each of “The Musician’s Guide to Brides:
\nHow to Make Money Playing Weddings” and “The Brides Guide to
\nMusicians: Live Wedding Music Made Easy and Affordable.”<\/p>\n
\nsent out for review. Since I didn’t pay for them, I want to do a
\ngiveaway.<\/p>\n
\npost it to get it noticed? Should it be a quiz with a question of
\nthe day? Should it be some kind of silly trivia? I just don’t know
\nhow to attract people to a little contest.<\/p>\n
\na year ago, it garnered very little interest. I’d love ideas from
\nyour Hounds on how to really attract attention with this.”<\/p>\n
\ngenerate the most publicity possible for this book giveaway. Post
\nyour best ideas to my blog at
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=9991<\/p>\n
\n6. Hound Photos of the Week
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\nphotos of the 10 Weirdest Dog Toys. My favorite is the red lips!
\nGo to http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/item_97297.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n
\nperfect for a dog-lover, your favorite vet, or just for a few good
\nlaughs.<\/p>\n
\nwebsites for dog humor.
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.com\/dogjokebook\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n7. And at My Blog & Mobile Site…
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\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=10006<\/p>\n