As an aspiring PR professional, I was lucky enough to be the given the opportunity to see the industry from the other side: the media. During a six month long internship, which I held during the first half of 2010, I was working for an online magazine and, among other things, managing their blog. In [...]
These simple words of advice resonate with me today. There are too many times that we let others–you may call them “haters” or the naysayers, the doubters, the Debbie Downers–steal our joy. I find joy in everything I do from my work to my personal life to other people’s lives and work. From a simple [...]
Stop.right.there. Before you spend another moment pondering on what next to add to your public relations arsenal, let’s go over what already should be in there: Left holster: Subscription to HARO, ProfNet, Pitchrate, NewsBasis, and Publicity Hound. Profile on Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook and monitoring by Hootsuite or Tweetdeck. Short list of Twitter chats (#journchat, [...]
Books, glorious books. I read voraciously and a trip to Barnes and Noble this weekend provided me with . On the PR DIVA Bookshelf, this week (drumroll please): Engage by Brian Solis and Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars by Mitch Meyerson. I look forward to Solis’ advice on measuring success on the [...]
::sings:: These are a few of my favorite things… These PR blogs really get me going in the morning–thank goodness for Google Reader. I start off with a cup of coffee (or three) and start with (1) Dave Fleet because if you are going to really jump in the game, you want to start with [...]
