Solo PR Pro Blog
What would help you to pitch smarter — to better target your media list and pitch journalists the way they want to be pitched? How can you build stronger relationships with your media contacts when both you and they are juggling so many projects? The creators of...
It’s hard to believe we’re nearing the end of 2021. As we continue through Q4, now is the perfect time to start wrapping up your annual to-dos and start thinking ahead to a brand new year. From tying up lingering loose-ends with clients before a busy holiday...
Just because you’re a solo PR pro doesn’t mean you’re in this alone. There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. In this monthly series, we ask five Solo PR Pro members to share their best tips, tricks and resources for managing their solo...
You could say Doug Levy was born to work in the media and communications industry. He grew up in a family of avid news consumers — rifling through the New York Times and watching the evening news on TV were daily pastimes. “I was that first grader who...
Fun fact: Just because you’re a solo PR pro doesn’t mean you have to do everything yourself. Yes, it’s true. There are many reasons people may collaborate with other PR pros, graphic designers, writers, podcast editors and so forth. Perhaps they need help with a...
Ever since college, Susan Stoga had a passion for the fast pace of the media industry. Originally from suburban Chicago, Illinois, she studied journalism at the University of Iowa, getting her start reporting on elections as early as her sophomore year. Upon...
Although you may work as a solo PR pro, you don’t have to go it alone. Maybe you’re in need of some financial advice or you want to grow your client roster. Maybe you’re desperate for some guidance about that seemingly obscure question you’ve been sitting on for two...
Originally from Virginia Beach, VA, Meredith LeJeune got her start as a marketing and communications coordinator for Dominion Enterprises — a marketing services company serving the real estate, automotive and travel industries — doing a little bit of everything from...
A recent report from Typeset relayed a concerning stat: 38% of writers said “knowing what our audiences want to read” was either difficult or very difficult. Put differently, four in 10 communicators have no idea what content their audiences want to read. Whoa. It...
We are all storytellers. Story strategist and fellow solo PR pro Lisa Gerber understands the power of a great story. As the owner of Big Leap Creative, she works with purpose-driven leaders who want to make the world a better place, helping them to articulate...
Just because you’re a solo PR pro doesn’t mean you’re in this alone. There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. In this monthly series, we ask five Solo PR Pro members to share their best tips, tricks and resources for managing their solo...
Over the course of 35 years in the PR industry, Michael Ares has worked with some of the biggest agencies out there, building and expanding investor relations and corporate communication teams at the likes of Edelman and Ketchum in Dallas and FleishmanHillard in...