Posts filed under: Business

Edit (And the Danger of First-Draft Living)

This weekend, in a bout of spring cleaning, I attacked the living room with a wild abandon, taking bric-a-brac and hastily displayed household items like candles off shelves to dust. I tossed books onto the dining table and unwound picture […]

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Do This: Influence Up.

This week, I’m kicking off a new series here at Personal PR called Do This. These short posts will be designed to inspire you to take action in ways that will build your network, improve your professional relationships, grow your […]

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5 Lessons for Moving into Management

Last week, I took a day off to celebrate. And by celebrate, I mean spend all day reading and avoiding housework. Not checking my work e-mail (which means only checking it twice), and trying to give myself permission to not […]

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Business or Personal? Your New Media Rules

When it comes to personal branding and new media, there are countless examples of professionals, businesses, and individuals who have built popular and effective networks of followers, friends, and business contacts. As new media tools and strategies become an increasingly […]

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How to Talk About Change at Work

It’s like clockwork. Every thirty days or so for the last five months, a seismic shift at work. What I’m focusing on is that I’ve learned a fair amount already. Both observation and mounting experience are incredible mentors in a […]

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What the Personal Branding Debate Can Teach Us about PR, Social Media & Ourselves

Every once in a while, I see some form of this debate roll around the social media sphere. It’s an interesting debate, carried through scholarly literature to the blogosphere to conversations I come across on Twitter. The other night, I […]

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It’s Never Too Late (Or, It’s Always Too Late, So Stop Worrying About it Already)

Here’s the thing: That guy over there already wrote the post you were thinking about. Someone applied for that job, registered that domain, reached out to that influencer, entered that contest, landed that client, invented that product, wrote that book. […]

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