The Publicity Hound’s
\nTips of the Week
\nIssue #630 July 17, 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. Amazon’s Secret Publicity Sauce<\/p>\n
2. Publicity Tips on Pinterest<\/p>\n
3. For Artists & Crafters<\/p>\n
4. Hound Joke of the Week<\/p>\n
This Week in the Hound House:<\/p>\n
My backyard trees look so sad. My daisies are wilting. My holly
\nhocks look horrible. But that’s nothing compared to what the
\nfarmers are seeing. Let’s all pray for rain.<\/p>\n
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\n1. Amazon’s Secret Publicity Sauce
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If you’re selling books on Amazon, don’t just write the standard
\npublic profile that most people create when they want to write a
\nreview.<\/p>\n
Social media consultant Phyllis Zimbler Miller calls Amazon’s
\nAuthor Central profile the “secret publicity sauce” for authors
\nbecause it’s often overlooked, especially by those who self-
\npublish.<\/p>\n
Your Author Central profile can include your headshot, bio, blog
\nfeeds, your Twitter stream, and even video. All your books and
\nebooks can be displayed in one place–a nice, neat package that
\ncan really impress visitors, but only if you take advantage of
\nall it has to offer.<\/p>\n
Phyllis explained everything you need to know in a very helpful
\nguest blog post at http:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11920<\/p>\n
Want to write a guest post for me? Read the guidelines first at
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11689, and then pitch me.<\/p>\n
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\n2. Publicity Tips on Pinterest
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Starting today, I’m driving traffic to my blog by pinning images I’ll feature a few each week, and within about a month, you’ll Why not share them with your followers, blog readers and others?<\/p>\n –Link to my board and see the first two tips. Click on each tip, –Tweet the link and share it on Facebook.<\/p>\n –Be sure to repin each tip so those who are following you on –If you have the time, I’d love it if you’d comment.<\/p>\n I learned this nifty strategy from social media expert Don ==================================== Remember those beautiful glass flower plates I showed you last What if I stopped being The Publicity Hound and started cranking The same way I teach stained glass makers, woodworkers, crafters I started ticking off ideas, then wrote a blog post about 7 ==================================== A client brought a litter of Golden Retriever puppies to the After the fourth puppy, the vet noticed the hitherto talkative 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 #630 July 17, 2012 Publisher: Joan Stewart ========================================== “Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity” =================================== In This Issue =================================== 1. Amazon’s Secret Publicity Sauce 2. Publicity Tips on Pinterest 3. For Artists & Crafters 4. Hound Joke of the Week This Week in the Hound House:\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":[11,143,2,56,111,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-of-the-week","7":"tag-art-marketing","8":"tag-author-promotion","9":"tag-blogging","10":"tag-how-to-get-free-publicity","11":"tag-pinterest","12":"tag-social-media","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\/996","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=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthat include publicity tips on a Pinterest board called “50 Tips
\nfor Free Publicity” at
\n http:\/\/pinterest.com\/publicityhound\/50-tips-for-free-publicity\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nsee them all.<\/p>\n
\nthen click again to see how I’m pulling readers back to my blog.<\/p>\n
\nPinterest can see them.<\/p>\n
\nCrowther, who leads my mastermind group, and who has taught me
\nmore about social media than anyone else. Enjoy the tips.<\/p>\n
\n3. For Artists & Crafters
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\nweek–the ones I made for my garden?<\/p>\n
\nout those things for a living? “How would I publicize my new
\nbusiness?” I asked myself.<\/p>\n
\nand artists to promote their businesses.<\/p>\n
\npublicity ideas for your arts and crafts business. It’s at
\nhttp:\/\/publicityhound.net\/?p=11880<\/p>\n
\n4. Hound Joke of the Week
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\nlocal veterinary clinic for inoculations and worming. As the
\nlook-alike pups squirmed over and under one another in their box,
\nthe vet realized it would be difficult to tell the treated ones
\nfrom the rest. So he turned on the water faucet, wet his fingers,
\nand moistened each dog’s head when he had finished treating them.<\/p>\n
\nclient had grown silent. As he sprinkled the last pup’s head, the
\nwoman leaned forward and whispered, “I didn’t know they had to be
\nbaptized.”<\/p>\n
\nperfect for a dog-lover, your favorite vet, or just for a few
\ngood laughs: http:\/\/publicityhound.com\/dogjokebook\/<\/a><\/p>\n