Comments on: How do you promote your social networking profiles?

By: jstar

jstar — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:10:25 +0000

The best way to promote your band is with Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Youtube and OOiZiT.com

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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:50:16 +0000

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By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:33:23 +0000

It is a great way to promote your public profile. You can easily promote yourself, your group, your band or your online organization. I love the link feature. You can add your network url links to your public profile page- it is really cool! I recently added my profile to the site. I suggest you chsck iBlaast out. I have provided a link to the site for you, enjoy! http://www.iblaast.com/Individuals

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:29:16 +0000

There is a BRAND NEW website made just for this it is called iblaast.com
there goal is to have it be the place you go to search for all things social networks. I think they are still in testing phase but we are still able to create profiles. I’m going to check it out today.

By: Mayra Ruiz-McPherson

Mayra Ruiz-McPherson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:16:12 +0000

Hi hounds
Shift Communications has a fantastic free PDF download with *excellent* recommendations on SOCIAL MEDIA PRESS RELEASE format. This resources provides great ideas and really updates the traditional press release format: http://tinyurl.com/327owq
Once you see this … it will make perfect sense and have you asking yourself WHY haven’t you already been doing this! Good luck to all!
Mayra

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:44:48 +0000

Shannon, why wouldn’t you include at least one social networking link within your press release?

Remember, these days, smart Publicity Hounds don’t write press releases only for the media. They write them for consumers who can find the release online while Googling, read the release, and click on a link—thereby bypassing the media gatekeepers.

The rule of thumb is no more than about 5 links within a press release. And you certainly want to include links that are the most relevant, according to what the release is discussing. But I see nothing wrong with including a link explaining where people can follow you on Facebook or Twitter.

Who knows? Maybe a journalist will see link and start following you!

By: Shannon Cherry

Shannon Cherry — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:29:41 +0000

I have never thought about including my social networking sites (Facebook and Twitter) in my press releases. Is it really a good idea to include this information? I sometimes include this information into articles I write but never a press release.

By: David John Berndt

David John Berndt — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:55:51 +0000

I am not sure that putting all of them in the signature is a good idea.. I think you should put you website or blog url and one other thing you want to peromote, a book Title, your myspace URL, or whatever is the next most important. More than that is clutter and you might lose your target.

David John Berndt, Ph.D.
authorfriendly.wordpress.com
publicist for http://www.readcharlottehughes.com

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:18:17 +0000

Publicity Hounds, these ideas are fabulous! Keep ‘em coming. I’m making a to-do list.

By: Joan Stewart

Joan Stewart — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:16:28 +0000

This is in response to Neng’s comment above, re small business owners who can’t afford paid press release distribution services.

A blog is a terrific way to pull in traffic, so post your information there.

Also, create a video about your news, tag it correctly, and post to YouTube and other video sharing sites.