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The Line Between Professional and Friendly in the PR World

A topic that has been bugging me since my intern days: the role of being a woman in the business world – especially in PR – and having to reign in your personality so that you don’t come off as flirtacious with clients. I’ve heard about and witnessed it before. Women are friendly to clients, [...]

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Guest Blog Post

Today, I have a guest post over at my friend Sasha Murdali’s blog. You can check it out here.
The post details the response to their Bruno movie segment by the “Hot PR Twins” (as they call themselves), who are two girls who own a PR firm in L.A. I analyze it, provide feedback and tips, [...]

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The How (Not) Guide to PR

I blog a lot about PR tools, how social media affects PR and what we can do to be better PR professionals. However, what about those that are entering the PR field and wondering what tools they do need?
What about the tools they DON’T need? Let’s face it, not everyone is a rockstar PR professional, [...]

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Should Newspaper Have Outed an Intern for Plagiarism?

Edit on 7/13/2009: The post has garnered more than 100 comments and provided a very interesting discussion. I, for one, am very grateful to both my readers and David’s for contributing. This is a topic we felt deserved to be written about and discussed. Thanks for reading!
Today’s post is located over on David Mullen’s blog, [...]

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PR pros: Overwhelmed by social media? Stop complaining and start taking action.

LAF Sidenote: This is a guest blog post written by Arik Hanson, (@arikhanson on Twitter) Principal at ACH Communications. You can read his blog by clicking the link above.

It’s a common excuse. One most of us have heard from our colleagues for the better part of a year.
“I’m overwhelmed by social media.”
That claim is [...]

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My Mentor Wears an iPod

I’m a big advocate of having mentors. I think that those that can guide you, provide advice and offer an ear when you need it are only beneficial in the professional world. Why is it that we default to those older than us and in higher positions?
Why not turn to your peers or those younger [...]

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Me, Me, Me! The Effect of Personal Branding

I had coffee with a PR student I mentor this past Friday – exhausted from my Tucson trip, but I wanted to catch up and see how he was doing. Anyway, I was answering all of his questions, pretty much on my A game considering how tired I was… and then he asked it. A [...]