On the second Wednesday in January, 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 January 13 2016, we weighed in with opinions and insight on the following topics of interest:

1. Are you doing work that falls outside of traditional PR (e.g., FB ads, etc.)? How much? #solopr
2. What are your biggest challenges this year? #solopr
3. What are your business resolutions? #solopr
4. What events/happenings/trends do you see impacting your work this year? #solopr
5. How would you assess the sentiment of your clients and prospects? Are they spending on PR? #solopr
6. We're starting a new year and chapter. What questions/issues would you like to see Solo PR address in 2016? #solopr

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

1.13.16 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!