… for some of the questions I get asked quite often (and I daresay you do too):
How do I start a blog?
How do I find a PR job in DC?
How do I get more followers on Twitter?
See? Easy.
WTTranscript?!
It’s been over a week since the last #measurePR chat, and you’ve probably been looking for the transcript.
Well, thanks to WTHashtag, I haven’t been able to post the transcript, because it missed a significant portion of the tweets.
I know. That’s the price of free, right?
I did manage to capture screen shots of the chat via TwitterSearch, but they’re not in chronological order… well, they’re in reverse chronological order, which means you’ll have to read them down → up, instead of up → down… and you’ll have to read […]
A couple of months ago, I was part of the HAPPO kickoff team. If you’re new to the concept, HAPPO (Help A PR Pro Out) is “designed to help connect PR job seekers with employers looking for top talent.”
It started as a day, but now it’s much more than that; a hashtag, blog, chat… in short, it aims to be your one-stop shop if you’re a PR pro looking for a job, and an ever-growing community that tries to help you do that.
Image: Marco Vossen, Creative […]
A couple of months ago I received what has to count as the worst pitch/follow-up to me, to date.
Image: Thomas Hawk, Creative Commons
Surprise surprise, this wasn’t from a “PR person” or “flack;” you know the kind. It was from a sales assistant at a provider of chapter management services, which I was unlucky enough to receive because of my involvement with IABC/DC Metro.
Here’s what happened.
A lady (I’m just going to call her K__) person called me in February to talk about S__ (the company) as a replacement for […]