Inc. Magazine's 2019 Editorial Calendar Added to Tin Shingle's Collection for Members

Inc. Magazine Has Been Added To Tin Shingle's 2019 Editorial Calendar Database. You'll find themes like "Founders Project: Legends" and "How I Did This". Many more story ideas are possible for any issue of Inc. Magazine, but knowing the overall theme may help you know when to be more aggressive when targeting the magazine as your perfect fit.

Find this magazine and more in Tin Shingle's Collection, to make it easier for you think of feature ideas for your business at different magazines. It's all about the right timing, and the right person.

Media Monitoring: Inc. Features TruDog; Cedits Shopify and Facebook for Growth

Media Monitoring 🧐and inspiration with Inc. Magazine: Tru Dog was featured in the back pages (being that I’m left handed, I read the back first - easier to flip through) for their success in building a frozen raw dog food brand.

Started by Lori R. Taylor after her dog had cancer and she realized that regular dog food was like feeding him fast food every day, and that raw food was closer to a dog’s natural diet. Currently True Dog has $1.5 million in monthly recurring revenue. They tried a subscription model early on, but really surged after investing in a Shopify Plus website and targeted Facebook. Now TruDog is #39 on 2018 Inc. 5000 list.

This profile is in Inc.’s Winter 2018/2019 “Surge Cities” issue. Find out when Other themes are being published in Inc. by taking a peek in their yearly Editorial Calendar, available in a Tin Shingle’s searchable collection. Available at the All Access Pass Level if Membership.

Special Opp: Tin Shingle Wants Your Pantone Color of the Year: Living Coral

Pantone's Color of the Year is "Living Coral."

In their words: "Pantone Color of the Year 2019 Living Coral is an animating and life-affirming coral hue with a golden undertone that energizes and enlivens with a softer edge. Vibrant, yet mellow PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral embraces us with warmth and nourishment to provide comfort and buoyancy in our continually shifting environment."

OPPORTUNITY 1:
Tin Shingle will publish an article featuring this color, and wants to highlight Tin Shingle Members.
Please submit if you:

• Sell a product that is this color.
• Are a stylist who recommends things to have in this color.
• Work with this color in any way, like with fabric (either you sell it or stitch it)

Please submit the following:

• Picture of your product
• Picture of your workspace that uses that color
• Picture of anything you want considered for this article
• Link on where to buy it. If you don't have a link, that's OK.

CONTACT DETAILS

Mebers of Tin Shingle can log into their member accounts and click on the PR Leads link at the top.

Looking forward to seeing your submissions!

Today's Live TuneUp: What To Pitch This Month: January

What To Pitch This Month: January

When: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019
Time: 3pm EST
Where: At your computer or on your phone.
Price: Free for all during this live broadcast.

Today's TuneUp will include a deep dive into several Editorial Calendars that are ready for you to search through in Tin Shingle's database. Today's live TuneUp also has two special features for you today:

Motivation Minute: The kickoff to every TuneUp is a Motivation Minute, and today's is dedicated as your New Year's Day Pep Talk. The actual New Year's Day cast a bit of The Sunday's vibe for some of us, after the excitement of the coming change delivered us on a day of: "Ok, now what? What direction to go?" It's a big thing to stare at a blank slate after feeling such momentum. This will be discussed quickly in the Motivation Minute.

Special Focus: Innovator Introspection. Several magazines are having their Innovator's issue. Are you an innovator? Sure you are. Knowing how you are an innovator in your field is key to pitching yourself or your business into this theme. We will discuss so that you can have talking points at the ready for this type of email pitch to the media.

Register here, or if you missed it, you can also get the replays here!

Happy 2019 New Year!

Happy New Year!

Tin Shingle offers a lot of ways to set yourself up right for a strong start to 2019 as you grow your business and build buzz. The most important thing you can do for your marketing is reach people in a myriad of ways. The biggest resistance to this concept that we hear from people is: "But won't they get sick of me?"

No :) These are your customers, clients, friends and future clients. They are your supporters, and you inspire them. Keep reaching them. Tin Shingle helps you do this.

Upcoming Group Training - Private Sessions

If you're an All Access Member of Tin Shingle, you have the opportunity to meet online for free every other week with Tin Shingle's co-creator, Katie, and other members who join the call. This is the TuneUp, but one that is dedicated to you. Bring your questions to the table, and get support and ideas from Katie and other members.

A GREAT FIT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT

• Instagram Breakthroughs
  If you're not using your Instagram, or if nothing is happening from your Instagram. This is a tool not to be wasted. Get ideas on what to post, and why you are posting. The "why" is the biggest key, and will unlock future ideas for you.

• Followup on PR Pitching
  If you're pitching the media, and want guidance on emailing your top goals, or guidance on following up with reporters and editors.

• Growing Your Client Base and Sales
  Come to these private sessions, and let's discuss the smarter ways you could be working to grow your sales (hint: it's in Newsletters you send and better crafted Instagrams).

Upcoming Dates (always on Wednesdays, 3pm EST):

• January 9th + 23rd

• February 13th + 27th

• March 13th + 27th (weird coincidence of same numbers!)

Private Training is available for one-on-one sessions (see pricing). But you'll get a lot out of these group training opportunities for free with your Tin Shingle Membership.

Tin Shingle's Easy To Use Expenses & Income Tracking Template

Party! Expenses & Income Tracking Made Easy

Just in time for your last Money Monday of the year, we have designed for you Tin Shingle's exclusive Expenses & Income Tracking Template spreadsheet. Anyone can use this spreadsheet no matter what your industry. It is a perfect bridge to keeping track of your finances, but not committing to an accounting software like Quickbooks or smart financial app like Mint just yet.

Even if you do use Quickbooks for your business bookkeeping, yet need something to track your personal finances that you may share with a life partner or spouse, this template is for you.

Perks Of This Template

• At-A-Glance Worksheet Tabs
  Bank Registers
  Balances on Bills
  Work Expenses
  Personal Household Expenses
  Client Payments Received

• Partner or Spouse Planning
  If you live with someone and are sharing expenses and a financial life, there is a simple way for you to update what cash is in each of your bank accounts, and what is earmarked to clear for spending.

• Private - Not Connected To Banks or Passwords
  This is an Excel spreadsheet that is not connected or synced with your bank accounts. There are apps where you can do that (like Mint or QuickBooks).

• Lifetime Access.
  If you have already purchased this Template, you have instant and free access to updates made to the file. Just log in and download!

• Free for Members of Tin Shingle.
  If you're an All Access Pass Member of Tin Shingle, this is also free for you!

2019 Town & Country Editorial Calendar Added To Tin Shingle's Member-Only Collection

Town & Country’s 2019 Editorial Calendar has been added to Tin Shingle’s Editorial Calendar Collection, available to Level 4 All Access Members of Tin Shingle to search and browse through at any time! Along with dozens of other Editorial Calendars at the same time!

About Town & Country Mission

A heritage brand with an un-yielding dedication to a life well lived, Town & Country refines, instructs, and amuses its readers through an ever-evolving dialogue. As the ultimate lifestyle authority, T&C provides a clear lens into the historical significances of the past with a deep responsibility to inform and influence the present.

Town & Country Editorial Projected for 2019

In Town & Country’s 2019 Editorial Calendar, you’ll of course discover when their Holiday issue is, but also when a special Travel section is woven in. And did you know they are having a Beauty and Wellness issue? It’s true, and that means a lot of different opportunities available to our small business friends.

Town & Country will be having their usual Summer issue, but when will the special 50 Philanthropists spotlight happen? You’ll see in their 2019 Editorial Calendar. And who wouldn’t mix Modern Swans with the Fall Fashion Issue - none other than Town & Country. Learn this and more in Town & Country’s 2019 Editorial Calendar, easily readable and searchable by category of interest and by submission deadline in Tin Shingle’s Editorial Calendar Collection.

Stay Liberated - Editorial Calendars Are Simply Inspiration Bases

While we encourage you to pitch Town & Country any day of the year for any reason you think is a great fit for their readers, you can now easily find insight into their year ahead with Town & Country’s 2019 Editorial Calendar. While magazines make editorial calendars available to anyone and everyone in their Media Kits, Tin Shingle likes to make it super easy for our business owners, makers and artisans to sleuth in one place, and get inspired to pitch.

Tip: Use with Tin Shingle’s exclusive PR Planner Template to track who you want to pitch, when you want to pitch them, and when you did it.

Training TuneUp Ready To Stream: "Pitching Local Media"

Just in time for your quiet down time in between family during this holiday season, Tin Shingle’s latest original Training TuneUp “Pitching Local Media” is ready for you to stream. See real-life pitches to the media that worked and didn’t, and find out why.

Getting featured in local media can be a great boost to your brand. Learn more about this TuneUp and how this approach incorporates into your overall marketing and publicity strategy.

Allure's 2019 Editorial Calendar Available In Tin Shingle's PR Center

Allure Magazine’s 2019 Editorial Calendar has been added to Tin Shingle's Members-Only Searchable Editorial Calendar Collection. Easily find out the monthly themes for 2019 for this magazine and others in our PR Center. Will you be featured in their 2019 Anti-Anti Aging Issue this year? What about the Wellness and Energy Issue that focuses on how to get and keep the energy? Or the Culture of Beauty Issue?

Membership with Tin Shingle makes it easier and more approachable to pitch big magazines with your amazing brand. Education gives courage. Learn more about membership here.

Press Portfolio: Tin Shinglers In The News! Runner's World, eBella, and Others...

Getting featured in the media is a major deal! Tin Shingle created an entire section of our website - the Press Portfolio - just to feature when our small business, artist and maker members get this kind of exposure. Here are a few recent PR hits from our Tin Shingle Members!

Tin Shingle's co-creator Katie's most recent monthly column in the Highland Current newspaper was published, and explores her bout with a Bah Humbug Christmas last year, a gift request that went bust, and her return to a Mariah Carey themed Christmas once again.

Christi Lavoy, founder of Botanistix, the pretty orchid support stakes, had an article of orchard tips published in eBella Magazine. Right off the bat, she tells you about the easiest way to kill an orchid, and the one thing you can do to prevent it.

If you're a runner, your biggest fear is not being able to run. Jennifer Conroyd is changing all of that, by making it easier for you to run in water with the app she developed in the app-kit Fluid Running. Runner's World was so impressed, they devoted entire feature to it.

Bursting onto the TV circuit to talk about women and entrepreneurship is Kathryn Brooks, seen here with Gregory L. Funderburg Jr. for News Channel 9 WTVC on Good Morning Chattanooga.

Want To List Your Press?

It's easy! Log into your Tin Shingle Member account and click the My Account link. You need to have Level 2 Membership at least, and then upload a picture of the press, link, and description!