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What Would You Tell Your College Self?

Friday, June 13th, 2008

New here? Feel free to explore the site, leave a comment, and subscribe to get free updates from Personal PR. Thanks for stopping by!If 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 […]

7 Insider Tips for Befriending Top Bloggers (Or Anyone Online)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Wanna 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, 2008

Most 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, 2008

As 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, 2008

Why 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 […]

The Future of Communication

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

This post was originally published a few days ago at Conversation Agent as a part of a guest series around the Institute for the Future’s map of the future, and it generated quite an interesting conversation. Enjoy, and feel free to add your thoughts to the conversation!
It’s difficult to picture a future without communication being […]

Take Time for Relationships

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Crazy, busy, hectic. These are the words that have characterized my speech the past few weeks. The flurry of preparing for the holidays disrupted by an unanticipated week away from home just days before a week of travel really threw me for a loop. And if my stress level wasn’t enough, my family couldn’t figure […]

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