On the fourth Wednesday in October, 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 October 26 2016, we weighed in with opinions and insight on the following topics of interest:

1. Your brilliant campaign failed big time. What do you do to recover? #solopr
2. In honor of Halloween, scariest client experience? Remember cloak client identities, it's a costume party #solopr
3. In the wake of the internet outage, are you doing more to protect your data? #solopr
4. What issues would you like to see the government address about independent work that would ease your solo life? #solopr
5. What is the biggest challenge for our profession in 2017? #solopr
6. Any tips for working with slow-pay clients? You like the client but they are s-l-o-w to pay invoices #solopr
7. How do you treat yourself for a job well done? #solopr

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

10.26.16 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!