Tips, Tricks & Tools for Free Publicity
This week's Help This Hound question is from Laura Davis of Santa Cruz, CA:
"I'm a seven-time HarperCollins author who now teaches writing in my home area of Santa Cruz, CA. And increasingly in retreat settings.
"This past June, I created my … [Read more...]
You see them everywhere---in your local weekly newspaper, on the nightly news and on sites like Patch.com.
They're your local Chamber of Commerce "ambassadors" who show up at ribbon-cuttings for … [Read more...]
Stop thinking of "the media" only as newspaper reporters or magazine editors.
That's so 20 years ago.
Start thinking of "the media" as anyone who has a platform from which they can talk about you. That includes bloggers, podcasters, ezine … [Read more...]
If you want to get onto a TV show, into a magazine, or onto a blogger's radar screen, the best place to start is at their website or blog.
If the website has a search box, type "news tips" or "we … [Read more...]
Labor Day is three weeks away, not too late to start pitching guest posts to bloggers, and story ideas to traditional media.
Tip #12 on my 50 Tips for Free … [Read more...]
This is part of the series "50 Tips for Free Publicity" which I'm pinning on Pinterest. Follow me there, and if you like my tips, comment and repin. … [Read more...]
This is the latest tip on my "50 Tips for Free Publicity" board on Pinterest. If you like the board, repin my tips, and let your followers know about … [Read more...]
Sometimes publicity superstars make it look so darn easy.
They're the ones who are popping up time and again on the covers of magazines, as the subject of newspaper columns, and as guests on TV and radio talk shows.
What do they know that … [Read more...]
A reporter at a national publication is writing about bragging and is looking for people to interview.
Are you sick of all the bragging that people do nowadays—on social media, at work, your kid’s school, etc.? What are the extreme (and hilarious examples)? Have you identified different types of braggers?
And how do you cope? You … [Read more...]
Any self-respecting journalist, blogger, freelancer, broadcaster and publisher knows the importance of reporting on trends.
But when I worked as a newspaper editor two decades ago, I was too busy laying off reporters, slashing the newsroom budget … [Read more...]
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