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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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Whores, Pimps and the People Who Love Them

When you see people successfully grabbing for accolades, do you find it admirable or whore-ish? At what point does the sharing of one’s information become pimping? Is sensationalistic writing just more punchy and exciting, or does it make you feel nauseated? With social media continuing to turn ever more people and organizations into publishers, the question [...]

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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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May 19 Chat Transcript

During the #solopr Twitter chat this week, PR consultants shared their top tips on topics that are key to running an independent PR business successfully. The questions included: 1)  Does anyone have a co-op, biz partner or share office space? How’s that working out? 2)  How do you charge for full-day sessions w/a client? Hourly rate? What [...]

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