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Holiday Pitching, Renegade Spokespeople, and More

This week’s #solopr Twitter chat was once again a fast-moving hour full of useful tips from some of the top pros in PR consulting nationwide. We covered some timely topics this week, covering  the following questions: 1. Is there a “dead zone” around the US 4th of July holiday (meaning, is it difficult to communicate during [...]

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New Business, PR Timing, and More

As part of this week’s #solopr Twitter chat, pros in PR consulting offered insights on a wide-range of topics, addressing the following questions: 1. When in between projects and working to gain new business, what are the best practices? 2. I graduated in December and am thinking of doing solo PR offering social media and other PR [...]

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Twitter Thwarts Today’s #Solopr Chat

Due to massive and widespread Twitter failures, today’s #solopr chat has been canceled. All of the questions submitted will be held until next week, when we’ll be back with a vengeance! Join us next Wednesday from 1-2 pm ET (find your local time zone here). In the meantime, what will you be doing while Twitter is [...]

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Sharing and Support

In addition to offering the usual practical tips, during this week’s #solopr Twitter chat participants shared some of their personal stories about why they became Solo PR Pros, and what keeps them inspired to stay independent. Both new and long-term solos drew inspiration by sharing our individual motives. This week’s questions were: 1. @mdbarber recently shared her [...]

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Handling Sticky Situations with Journalists

Each week the #solopr Twitter chat – held Wednesdays from 1-2 p.m. Eastern – addresses topics and questions submitted by the community of Solo PR Pros.  Though the chats attract primarily independent PR consultants and those interested in learning more, information shared during this week’s discussion is relevant to anyone in public relations or related [...]

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