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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009New here? Feel free to explore the site, leave a comment, and subscribe to get free updates from Personal PR. Thanks for stopping by!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), [...]
Social Media Reality Check: How Deep is Your Brand?
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008In case you missed the news, social media is officially mainstream! OK, so the announcement may not have you jumping up and down or ringing up everyone you know – not even grandma – because it hardly constitutes news. In fact, research shows that 60% of web users access social networks at work. Social networking [...]
What Would You Tell Your College Self?
Friday, June 13th, 2008If you could go back and tell your college self one thing, what would it be? About work, about life, about love, about career, about anything?
I’m speaking to a summer PR undergrad course, and though I’ve spoken to classes many times before, the professor for this class was so open with where she wanted me [...]
7 Insider Tips for Befriending Top Bloggers (Or Anyone Online)
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Wanna become friends with the big guys?
1. Leave insightful comments on their blog. It’s probably not going to make you BFF, but it’s a step toward a relationship. You’ve got to get on a blogger’s radar screen before friendship can happen. And becoming a member of their community, adding value to their conversations, and engaging [...]
Five Comments No Serious Blogger Should Ever Post
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Most people’s journey into the blogosphere goes something like: lurker to commenter to blogger. In fact, there’s a concept called participation inequality that says that about 90% of people online fall into the first group, and about 0.1% of people into the last. But those who evolve through these phases know it is a positive, [...]
27 Secrets to Linking Like a Master Networker
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008As I’ve mentioned before, one of the best ways to build relationships online is using a combination of three strategies: 1) Comments 2) Links and 3) Contact. I’ve promised my readers I’d get more into this Personal PR strategy, and what better time than Brian’s recent Copyblogger headline remix challenge? So without further ado, we’ll [...]
Blogging’s Golden Rule
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Why you should be blogging if you’re not already and how to be more successful if you are.
In your life and career, relationships play an integral part in your success. Your personal network can open doors to opportunities that can otherwise elude you. When I started blogging professionally, I realized very quickly that the same [...]
