GUEST POST: Is going for the tie a good strategy?
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Today’s entry is a guest post from one of the brightest PR minds I know (and co-founder of #prstudchat) — Valerie Simon. Like me, Valerie’s got World Cup fever. In fact her whole family does. But unlike me and her husband, she wasn’t a fan of the U.S. playing for a “strategic” tie against England. [...]
Take the #Chatmixer Challenge and meet someone new each week
Monday, March 1st, 2010“Business, projects, speaking opportunities, friends, learning opportunities and just about everything else positive that happens in your professional life can typically be traced back to personal relationships.” Those are the words my friend and Help A PR Pro Out (HAPPO) co-founder Arik Hanson recently shared in a post titled “What Does Tomorrow’s PR Pro Look [...]
A Tale of Two Students
Saturday, December 12th, 2009This post was originally written as an article for IABC’s Student Connection online newsletter Meet Tyshawn Taylor and Angela Hernandez. Chances are they’ve never met before, but they have some things in common. For starters, both are college students. There’s a good chance you’ve heard of Tyshawn before, especially if you’re a college basketball fan. [...]
A “stud” Twitter chat in the making
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009There were a lot of great tweets and best practices shared from Blog World last week, but the one that stuck out in my mind came from Arik Hanson and I think it bears repeating: @arikhanson Consistent theme I’ve heard all week in many sessions at #bwe09: Give before u get. So true. When you [...]