In Defense of #TeamDisorganized: Rise Up, Ye Procrastinators, Night Owls, and Easily Distracted Souls

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In Defense of #TeamDisorganized: Rise Up, Ye Procrastinators, Night Owls, and Easily Distracted Souls

The philosopher Aristotle is credited with saying "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” There is certainly an argument that it’s better, or actually easier, to put effort into changing “negative” habits. 

That’s not what I’m focused on in this post. Today, I’m talking about making peace with the current snapshot of you and learning how to succeed with what you’re made of right now.

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Rapid Success in Solo PR Depends on This One Thing

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Rapid Success in Solo PR Depends on This One Thing

Success isn’t one-size-fits-all; for some PR practitioners, it might mean tripling the number of clients they have, while for others it could be converting more one-off clients to long-term retainers. On a more self-reflective level, success for many practitioners starts with giving themselves permission to hit pause, put in the work to improve foundational skills, and then jump back into the game with more confidence and competence.

That's where a coach comes in.

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The Secret to On-Target Media Pitching

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The Secret to On-Target Media Pitching

FACT #1: PR practitioners want to get media placements for their clients.

FACT #2: Writers and reporters want to publish compelling stories for their readers.

FACT #3: TV and radio producers want to broadcast great news segments for their viewers.

FACT #4: Bloggers and vloggers and podcasters want to share the latest developments in their niche with their audiences.

So, why is off-topic pitching even a thing?

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The Big Mistake Public Relations Newbies Make That Puts Future Solo Success in Danger

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The Big Mistake Public Relations Newbies Make That Puts Future Solo Success in Danger

Whether you aspire to be a sought-after public relations consultant, communications lead at a brand, managing director of a PR firm, or a communications professor at a university — enduring (and crushing) the “newbie” phase in your PR journey is a tedious, but mandatory rite of passage if you want to excel and have a long, prosperous career.

Slogging through this stuff makes for eye-crossing days, keyboarding cramps, and sleeping like a mummy at night. It’s an exhausting existence but in the end, it really is its own reward. It’s the key to unlocking your PR Glow Up.

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How Disobeying My PR Agency Bosses Landed Me a National News Story

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How Disobeying My PR Agency Bosses Landed Me a National News Story

I took a massive gamble that could have backfired spectacularly but thankfully, it didn’t. Instead of getting me fired, breaking the rules yielded funky dividends for me in the form of a national print story placement and subsequent boost in my “personal stock” at my job (all within just a few months of my arrival).

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The Scary Warning Signs State and City Governments are Missing About Lead Contamination

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The Scary Warning Signs State and City Governments are Missing About Lead Contamination

The combined fingers and toes of every Flint resident couldn’t tally the lessons to be learned from this disaster, but the standout issue for me is the deafening silence of state and local government in the dozens of other American cities that could at any time face a major lead contamination media crisis.

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Representing VIPs? Remind Them That the Internet is Forever.

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Representing VIPs? Remind Them That the Internet is Forever.

It goes without saying..." is a phrase we throw around to introduce information that we believe to be obvious... but then we always go on and SAY whatever it was we implied didn't need to be said! It's one of many idiomatic phrases that exist on the fringe of contradiction. Oh, English.

But there is such a thing as information that really doesn't need to be shared publicly, simply because it's nobody's damned business but your own.

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Is the APR Designation a Benchmark or a Trophy?

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Is the APR Designation a Benchmark or a Trophy?

I've been asked more than a few times over the years whether I’m an APR or plan to be, and whether I think it's worth the effort. I'm not and at this time I don't plan to pursue it, but any discussion of the APR requires that you deal with some contextual issues first.

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