On the fourth Wednesday in March, we held one of our traditional Q&A chats, where top independent communication professionals shared thought leadership, tips and advice in response to questions submitted by the community (learn how to join us here). On March 23 2016, we weighed in with opinions and insight on the following topics of interest:

1. How do you set professional/personal boundaries with your clients? #solopr
2. How do we manage relationships with journos who think there are too many of us? (stat says 4:1) #solopr
3. What other media tactics are you using with clients, other than traditional media/trade, etc? #solopr
4. What are the signs that it’s time to grow and evolve in your business (e.g., size, services offered)? #solopr
5. Do you still get pushback from prospects on being a solo? How do you manage? #solopr
6. What impact will the reinterpretation of lobbying in NY have on PR? #solopr
7. In a climate where it's easy to offend anyone, how do you prep for client campaigns? (research, checklist) #solopr

A few of the top tweets are highlighted below (followed by a link to the full transcript):

3.23.16 Chat Highlights

Be sure to check out the transcript in PDF for the full discussion. Please note that the transcript is in reverse chronological order. If you weren’t able to join us this week, weigh in on the chat questions in the comments!