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Are you tired of hearing about the Ice Bucket Challenge? I am too, but as the backlash started (and is continuing longer than it should), I couldn’t sit silent any longer. Because for me, it’s personal. I’ve mentioned before that I recently had a family emergency, but...
One of the many benefits of the solo lifestyle is having the ability to create and control your own work environment. There's no Debbie Downer or Toxic Tom at the water cooler to derail your happiness! However, that benefit also means that we're responsible for our...
One of the most vexing challenges facing many self-employed solo and small businesses is health insurance - and this challenge has only become more complicated in recent years. This week, during our #SoloPR Topic Chat on Twitter, we were joined by Angus McRae, a...
In the public blog post, How to Smartly – and Cheaply – Automate Routine Social Media Posts, we take readers step-by-step through two proven methods for creating an inexpensive social media automation system. If you haven't had a chance to read that post yet, check it...
Isn’t it annoying that we've typically had to create a social media calendar in one format to plan our updates, and then copy/paste that information into another system for scheduling? What if you could have a single social media automation system that boils this...
Be sure to checkout the re-cap post for this chat - which includes highlights and the full transcript - here. Next Wednesday, August 27, at 1-2 p.m. Eastern time (10-11 a.m. Pacific), we’re looking forward to our first #SoloPR Topic Chat on Twitter (Never participated...
Welcome to the next installment of Solo PR Pro’s Tool School series! Designed to fight overwhelm, all this month we’re offering specific recommendations for services that are cost-effective for indies, and aren’t enterprise-focused or overkill for our needs. Last...
Our Solo PR PRO Premium members are amazing, and we want to share your successes with the world! If you have a success story (and I know *all* of you do), submit it below. We'll then work with you to turn your submission into a "Solo Success" post on the Solo PR Pro...
It’s helpful (and fun!) to get an inside look at how other people do things, isn’t it? With Tool School in full swing on the blog, I wanted to offer PRO members an exclusive peek at the tools I currently feel are worth my hard-earned money (as of July 2014). Here’s a...
On the second Wednesday in August, 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 August 13,...
Welcome to Solo PR Pro’s Tool School series! Designed to fight overwhelm, all this month we’re offering specific recommendations for services that are cost-effective for indies, and aren’t enterprise-focused or overkill for our needs. In this, our second installment,...
The Inkybee service focuses on one of the most vexing aspects of PR, digital, and social media outreach: blogger and influencer relations. It offers a suite of powerful tools for research and discovery, outreach, and reporting that includes everything from detailed...