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I’ve been working on the client side of PR now for over 2 years. While I’m glad I moved to “the other side” — there are days when I miss the dynamic agency environment. So, to quell my ‘homesickness’ (and let’s face it: for many PR pros, the agency can be home…14h workdays notwithstanding!) here are the … Continue reading 3 Reasons why I miss agency life
Public relations is mostly unglamorous. It’s scouring through miles of spreadsheets to finish reports, it’s reading uninspired comments about your brand on blogs, it’s a mastery of screencaps — and most of all: it’s meeting deadline after deadline. There’s no such thing as working with the news cycle. You’re just either in it or out … Continue reading PR Work is Grunt Work
I get interview requests from students all the time. And when 3 or 4 groups of marketing students are asking questions — some more intelligent than others — I cannot help but be proud I came from the hill not the flood lands. If you’re a student reading this, please be merciful and do the … Continue reading Marketing students
Wake up on a Monday & realize that spending 5 minutes more in bed will mean being gloriously late for work. Shower and dress in under 10 minutes. Take deep breaths and focus on getting out the door. Walk down your street. Be relieved that there is an empty cab. Arrive at the office with … Continue reading The week ahead
Hello, and welcome to another edition of the “Mondays”. Expect to: Struggle with your surprisingly cool sheets. Wear the wrong outfit for today’s weather. Forget your lunch money at the kitchen counter top. Other things that will infuriate you today: When medium, message, and audience make no difference to people approving/paying for the copy you … Continue reading The nth revision
Tish Martinez | The PR Parent 