The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #614 May 19, 2012<\/p>\n
Publisher: 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. The Power of Facebook Photos<\/p>\n
2. Infographics Boost Interest<\/p>\n
3. New Posts at My Blog<\/p>\n
4. Hound Video<\/p>\n
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\n1. The Power of Facebook Photos
\n==================================<\/p>\n
If you’re on Facebook, you should be using photos in 9 out of 10
\nposts or status updates, especially if you’re using it for
\nbusiness.<\/p>\n
Yes, 9 out of 10! (I’m guilty of not coming anywhere close to
\nthis.)<\/p>\n
Facebook gives more “weight” to photos than it does to simple
\nlinks, and using lots of photos–videos, too—ensures that more
\nof your friends and fans will see your content.<\/p>\n
This tip is one of dozens that Mari Smith, The Queen of Facebook,
\nshared on the free webinar she hosted last week on “10 Essential
\nFacebook Money-Making Techie Tips.” Publicity Hounds who want to
\nbe among the “Best of Breed on Facebook” will make time this
\nweekend to watch the video or read the 26-page transcript at
\nhttp:\/\/budurl.com\/facebookmakeover<\/p>\n
I did. And I’m doing everything differently.<\/p>\n
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\n2. Infographics Boost Interest
\n================================<\/p>\n
What’s the first thing you’re attracted to when you see an
\narticle in a magazine or at a website?<\/p>\n
It’s often the map, bar chart, pie chart, flow chart,
\nillustration or cartoon that accompanies the article.<\/p>\n
Infographics are a valuable part of your publicity campaign.<\/p>\n
They’re also a smart, easy way to generate interest on Pinterest,
\nthe super-hot site that lets you “pin” images. If people see an
\ninteresting infographic that ties into to your book, product or
\nservice, they can click on it and either repin it, or go directly
\nto your website to learn more.<\/p>\n
Editors love infographics because they dress up a page. Bloggers
\nlove using infographics that you create, because it’s one less
\nthing they have to do.<\/p>\n
I don’t have a technical bone in my body, but I’m having fun
\nexperimenting with a variety of free and inexpensive tools and
\napps that let me create infographics for business or for fun. You
\ncan see some of the easier one’s I’ve created in this post at my
\nblog at http:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11366<\/p>\n
Join me for webinar I’m hosting at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on =============================== Authors: Why you shouldn’t respond to bad book reviews Offer a trivia quiz along with your press release Learn how to make simple infographics for PR or fun PinAlerts tracks what’s being pinned at your website Dog Tweets: 5 reasons traditional PR is dead =============================== Thanks to Publicity Hound Teri Blaschke from Von Ormy, TX, for http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LtFmeGKklJk<\/a><\/p>\n Dog Jokes & Quotes Ebook: 170+ G-rated dog jokes and quotes, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Publicity Hound’s Tips of the Week Issue #614 May 19, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. The Power of Facebook Photos 2. Infographics Boost Interest 3. New Posts at My Blog 4. Hound Video ================================== 1. The Power of Facebook Photos ==================================\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":[112,16,135,129,45,13],"class_list":{"0":"post-954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-book-reviews","8":"tag-facebook","9":"tag-facebook-photos","10":"tag-infographics","11":"tag-pr","12":"tag-press-releases","13":"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\/954","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=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThursday, May 24, on “How to Easily Create Free or Inexpensive
\nInfographics.” Register at
\n http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/publicity-products\/marketing-
\ntapes\/infographics.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n3. New Posts at My Blog
\n===============================<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11294<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11334<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11366<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11264<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11289<\/p>\n
\n4. Hound Video
\n===============================<\/p>\n
\nthis Animal Planet video of an enterprising dog that can’t swim
\nbut figures out how to retrieve a toy from the middle of a
\nswimming pool.<\/p>\n
\nperfect for a dog-lover, your favorite vet, or just for a few
\ngood laughs: http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/dogjokebook\/<\/a><\/p>\n