On the fourth Wednesday in September, 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 September 28 2016, we weighed in with opinions and insight on the following topics of interest:

1. What do you do when a fellow professional behaves unethically and does not pay you for work performed? #solopr
2. How do you mark business anniversaries? Party? Promote to clients? Happy dance in office? #solopr
3. How do you handle holidays with clients? Gifts? Cards? #solopr
4. What are your tips for breaking into an industry you have never served? #solopr
5. How do you make sure you set good client boundaries? Checklist to keep you accountable, standard contract? #solopr
6. How do you fill slow periods in your business? #solopr
7. What is the primary way you use social – support/promote initiatives, lead gen, other? #solopr

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

9.28.16 Chat Highlights – Curated tweets by SoloPR

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!