On the second Wednesday in November, 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 November 9 2016, we weighed in with opinions and insight on the following topics of interest:

1. What do you include in your personal year-end planning? #solopr
2. What is the best way to handle great clients who love your work but need to reduce budget? #solopr
3. Other than word of mouth, how do you develop new business? #solopr
4. How personal should your independent brand be? #solopr
5. Good client, good money but bored/uninspired – what to do? #solopr
6. Have you ever won the business and declined the work? Why? #solopr
7. When you're ready to bring on help (p/t, sub, VA), what's the best way to start? #solopr

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

11.9.16 Chat Highlights – Curated tweets by tishialee

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!