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January 31, 2019

Doing thought leadership “backwards”

Last Thursday, about the time my previous post went live online, Jeremy Littau sat down to post some tweets.

January 24, 2019

Fear of phone pitching

I want to help all PR pros overcome their fear of phone pitching and be victorious at it. The two big keys to success are research and phrasing. Here’s an example of one PR pro who is leading the charge in phone pitching at her agency.

January 10, 2019

“Tidying Up with Michael Smart”

There’s something hypnotic about the new year that makes you want to “tidy up” your life. Here’s how I think you should tidy up your PR life in 2019.

January 3, 2019

Work smarter (not harder) in 2019

We all like to look at the New Year as a fresh start and create ways to be better with our resolutions. I suggest for 2019 that the best resolution is to work smarter, not harder. And I’m here to help with those who would like to join this PR movement.

December 27, 2018

Having fun doing PR

This week between Christmas and New Year’s is often a “fun” time of year, so here’s a message about having fun doing PR.

December 20, 2018

An ingenious feel-good story

The post before Christmas every year is my favorite one to write. I tend to write more about messages of deeper meaning than how to earn media placements. But today’s is the best of both worlds!

December 13, 2018

Some of the best writing I’ve ever seen

I think the real best writing comes from those who aren’t given a choice on what they write about and are still able to write something that can captivate an audience.

November 29, 2018

Why PR needs to be in the room

You know that feeling when you find out something your organization or client is doing, but it’s too late to take full advantage of it from a PR perspective? I hate it when that happens, so I’m sharing an inspiring example to help you avoid it.

November 22, 2018

When a buzzword can be okay

A software company down the street from me got acquired Sunday for $8 Billion. And there is a great lesson in this success story that’s quite contrary to conventional PR wisdom.

November 15, 2018

Have you mastered this yet?

As a PR professional, there are many skills you must master to achieve the highest levels of success.  One of those skills is your writing, which, if it isn’t good enough, makes everything else in your career suffer.