Publicity Hound Jerice asked me to help spread the word about a campaign under way to help find housing for the homeless in New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama. Here's what she's asking: Please donate the use of your camp, vacation home, empty apartment or second home for this emergency response to Hurricane Katrina. If you are selling … [Read more...]
How to profit from advice on how to get a raise
Norman Lieberman of Aliso Viejo, California, asks: "You know how uncomfortable it is for most people to ask for a pay raise and how they end up being underpaid? I coach people in what to specifically do and say that will easily and quickly get them the biggest raise possible. However, even though most people want more money, they won't pay for … [Read more...]
How to Promote Community Meeting Rooms
Publicity Hound John Faisandier of Karori in New Zealand writes: "I would love a few tips to help with a small business I have. We have two training rooms for hire by corporate and community groups in central Wellington. Mostly we want to increase our business for Monday-to-Friday hire, but also weekend hire. "The rooms are quite large, with new … [Read more...]
You can still register for my Norfolk workshop
If you want to attend my workshop titled "Savvy Media Relations: How to Get FREE Print, Broadcast and Online Publicity" at the YWCA in Norfolk, Virginia on Tuesday, August 23, you can still register. Having problems with the registration process? Those things happen. Just bring a check payable to The Publicity Hound for $79 and you're in! … [Read more...]
How to promote cards that teach kids about clutter
Leslie James of New Britain, Connecticut asks: "I sell Les Mess, organizing cards for kids ages 5-12, to help them help get their rooms and their houses organized and clutter-free. They shuffle the cards, pick one and do what's on the card. Each card has a time limit. If you finish in time you get a prize. These organizing cards teach children to … [Read more...]
Deadlines approaching for holiday gift guides
You have less than two months to pitch editors of holiday gift guides---those special sections in magazines and newspapers that feature products and services that would make great holiday gifts. Getting your product mentioned in these guides is often far easier than convincing an editor to feature it in any other story or section. [Read more...]
Don’t Use Any Form of “Announce” in Press Releases
The debate rages on about whether news releases are less relevant than ever. BL Ochman, who used to do a lot of publicity work for her clients, says she stopped writing news releases a long time ago and, instead, prefers chatty, customized pitch letters. (See "How to Write a Pitch Letter More Powerful Than a News … [Read more...]
How to Promote Beer-scented Soap
Cheryl Stroup of Sanger, California writes: I am a soap maker working out of my home (you can visit my website). I use only natural ingredients in my soaps. One of the hottest rages in the market is food-scented soaps and other products such as candles. Most fruits and foods do not produce essential oils. Any soap that smells of fruits is … [Read more...]
How to Publicize an Award
You should have seen me last Thursday, racing around the Expo building at the Wisconsin State Fair, darting from display case to display case, searching for the two pieces of needlepoint I entered.
I finally found them with -- ta da! -- a second-place ribbon on one and a third-place ribbon on the other. My heart started racing, and I … [Read more...]
How to promote an executive suite office center
Sheryl Raineri of San Antonio, Texas writes: "I operate Gold Star Professional Offices, an executive suite office center. We opened in spring last year and were forced out of our space due to renovation. Now we're in a much nicer location and want to promote our temporary office set-up (we call it a "day office") to business travelers … [Read more...]
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