Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. Follow my 50 Tips for Free Publicity board on Pinterest. http://ow.ly/clFnS Amazon Authors: Lots of hidden opportunities on this site to really make a splash. Here's how: http://ow.ly/cl2rr Designate your own day, week or month of the y … [Read more...]
How to make inexpensive flower plate garden art
Gardeners, Crafters and Scavengers: If you're looking for a fun, easy project---and perhaps a new revenue stream---consider making beautiful flower plates for your garden, or to sell at craft shows. They make lovely gifts. I've seen these at local art shows and in this stunning collection on Etsy. But I haven't had the time to figure out how to m … [Read more...]
PinAlerts tracks what’s being pinned at your website
You're creating gorgeous Pinterest boards filled with stunning sunsets, wedding cakes fit for royalty and bling you can only dream about. And you're having a ball. But does Pinterest bring money through the door? It sure can, if you know which product photos and images at your website are being pinned the most. PinAlerts, a new and free Pinterest … [Read more...]
Dog Tweets—How authors promote each other’s books on Pinterest.
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. How authors promote each other's books on Pinterest. http://ow.ly/asCKj Speakers, Trainers, Authors: Excellent source for finding best vendors & solutions to problems: http://ow.ly/at3f8 8 rules of Pinterest etiquette. … [Read more...]
Dog Tweets—10 Most Common Things being Pinned on Pinterest.
Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter. 10 Most Common Things being Pinned on Pinterest. http://ow.ly/a9Ivc When the cops subpoena your Facebook information, here's what Facebook sends the cops. http://ow.ly/a9HV2 50 Facebook facts that will fascinate small b … [Read more...]
How authors promote each other’s books on Pinterest
Carolyn Howard-Johnson read an item I included in today's Publicity Hound's Tips of the Week ezine on the clever Pinterest campaign launched by Kotex, and she emailed a great idea on how she her author friends promote each other's books on Pinterest. "I just started Pinterest, but I've been applying lots of my general marketing tips to Pinterest. … [Read more...]
How I use Pinterest to link to old blog posts
Go ahead. Drool all you want over photos of those eight-layer chocolate mocha wedding cakes. While you're at Pinterest scrolling through the thousands of enticing photos of strapless gowns, cute puppies, breath-taking sunsets and stiletto heels, I'll be creating Boards around a common topic and using my pins, or images, to pull viewers back to my … [Read more...]
Pinterest: ‘Digital crack for women’ (Hooked yet?)
Washington Post columnist Petula Dvorak calls Pinterest, the wildly popular social media tool, "digital crack for women." She's addicted to it. So are millions of other women. (The guys are finally catching on.) And it's time for Publicity Hounds everywhere to use this site to pull traffic. Pinterest, a digital pinboard that lets you "pin" pho … [Read more...]
Pinterest: More than just bride’s dresses and cupcakes
It's been around for two years. But in the last few months, interest in Pinterest, the social media site that lets you "pin" images onto a virtual corkboard, is off the charts. Before you start groaning because it's one more thing to learn, check out these stats that prove the site, which appeals mostly to women, is more than just frivolous photos … [Read more...]
Check your Pinterest influence score with PinClout
Pinterest, the shiny new bauble in the social media world, now has its own "influence score," similar to the Klout score. It's PinClout and it will rank your influence on a scale of 1 to 100. It measures factors such as how many followers you have, how many people you follow, and how many likes you have accumulated. Start by creating a free Pi … [Read more...]