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2013 BrandCal Creator [Free Brand + PR Planning Template] How to RESET and RECHARGE Your Brand + Biz in 2013 A New Year’s wish…for you. Owning Your “It” – Success in Business Starts from Within 7 Habits of Highly Successful (PR) People 8 Essential Books for PR Pros
 
2013 BrandCal Creator [Free Brand + PR Planning Template]

2013 BrandCal Creator [Free Brand + PR Planning Template]

You may have noticed by now that I am an artist to my core. I love to create experiences in almost every medium: text, photographs, video, song, book, poster, the list goes on… This weekend, I fired up my coffee pot, channeled my inner Romare Bearden, and slaved over my MacBook Pro to create something [...]

How to RESET and RECHARGE Your Brand + Biz in 2013

How to RESET and RECHARGE Your Brand + Biz in 2013

by Amanda Miller Littlejohn  Connect: on Twitter | on Facebook I love this time of year. A new beginning. A new chance to be everything you wanted to be. A clean slate. An opportunity to start over. However you approach the New Year personally, when you have a business more often than not you’ve got your [...]

A New Year’s wish…for you.

A New Year’s wish…for you.

In 2013 I want SO MUCH for you. I want you to know how much I believe in your infinite potential, your power and your purpose. I want you to stop blowing yourself off. Today is here and tomorrow is not promised. If you have something you want to launch, write, present, create – DO IT. I [...]

Owning Your “It” – Success in Business Starts from Within

Owning Your “It” – Success in Business Starts from Within

Over the past year, I have been honored to work one on one with some pretty amazing business owners – all creative to their core, masters of their craft, all working to become known as experts in their fields. Through my brand coaching program, we have been able to dive deeply into who they are, [...]

7 Habits of Highly Successful (PR) People

7 Habits of Highly Successful (PR) People

Stephen Covey’s seminal work The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People has been in my library for over a decade. If you haven’t read it, it’s a must read. And it’s timeless. The seven habits are applicable to anyone, and for public relations professionals, they are particularly helpful in our work with journalists, clients and [...]

8 Essential Books for PR Pros

8 Essential Books for PR Pros

I think that one of the things that makes intelligent people tick is what books are on their bookshelf. I’m always fascinated by what leaders are reading. At a recent public relations conference I asked a group of seasoned public relations professionals (including John Edelman of Edelman, Tiffany Dotson of PRIDE Technologies, Michon Ellis of [...]

How to Land a Last-Minute Internship

16 May 2013

  Summer is upon us and if you’re a student, you may catch yourself in a lurch with no internship on the horizon. It happens. But not to fear, there are still great opportunities for internships – you just have to know where to find them. Smaller companies – especially micro businesses with fewer than [...]

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Interviewing 2.0 – Tips for New Grads

13 May 2013

It’s graduation time and soon, new grads will be lining up job interviews and striking off on their own. While much has remained the same in job-hunting, today’s job seekers would be wise to brush up on presentation – how will you package yourself and sell yourself in the job interview? While recent graduates have some [...]

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3 Ways to Turn Your Expertise into an Income Stream

3 Ways to Turn Your Expertise into an Income Stream

30 January 2013

With my brand coaching clients, I have noticed a pattern of thinking that most would-be consultants generally fall into.  They don’t believe that they can do it, they don’t know how to package their services, and they don’t know how to charge. If this sounds like you, this year I want you to step into [...]

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Tip for Busy Entrepreneurs – Don’t forget to Break (video)

Tip for Busy Entrepreneurs – Don’t forget to Break (video)

16 January 2013

Your browser does not support the video tag Isn’t that the most beautiful sound? I recorded just yesterday at sunrise from Miami Beach. Because, sometimes you just have to unplug. Ironically I plugged in just for a moment to tell you that because I think it is so important. I was writing this, pseudo-unplugged on [...]

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How to Get More Museum Foot Traffic in 2013

How to Get More Museum Foot Traffic in 2013

19 December 2012

If you run marketing or PR efforts for a cultural organization, you know how tough it can be to sell your exhibits to the public. You may have an amazing exhibit, or life-changing author talk planned but find yourself heartbroken when the audience doesn’t show. Samantha McCoy over at Mission Key Communications specializes in PR [...]

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How to Secure Top Tier Media Placements in 2013 #BigVisibility2013

How to Secure Top Tier Media Placements in 2013 #BigVisibility2013

18 December 2012

Have you ever heard someone  say,  “I wish my product or story could be on the TODAY Show” or, “I see my competitors in the New York Times or Inc. Magazine, why don’t they ever write about me?.” Or they say their marketing people tell them…they are not “BIG enough yet.” Not true. The issue [...]

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Four [PR] Conferences Under $400 – (Where I’ll Be in 2013)

Four [PR] Conferences Under $400 – (Where I’ll Be in 2013)

13 December 2012

As PR pros who are observing the 7 habits of success, we all know how important it is to Sharpen the Saw. But sometimes sharpening can be, well, expensive. What to do? Well, I have found at least 4 opportunities for you to learn for under $400, although some of these prices are very time-sensitive. [...]

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From Canadian Politico to Award-Winning DC Communicator :: Test Drive My Job Tara Chantal Silver

From Canadian Politico to Award-Winning DC Communicator :: Test Drive My Job Tara Chantal Silver

13 December 2012

Tara Chantal Silver, Washington, DC CEO and Founder – Silver Strategy Blog: YourGoodIdeaFairy @SilverStrategy Winner – 2011 Washington Women in PR Emerging Leader Mopwater: Describe Your Path to PR. TCS: Coming out of college, I was interested in politics and foreign relations. I was always curious about how nation-states interacted and communicated with one another on [...]

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