If you want a promotion, you can’t just ask for it, you have to prove you are ready for it. You need to prove to your employer that you have what it takes to move up and excel in your career. Read our tips to help you prove that you are promotion ready!
As a public relations industry leader, it’s essential that you take on the responsibility to coach your team. In order to draw ideas from your team members, the best way to do this is through asking questions, listening, and then providing whatever insights you can. Your ultimate aim is to create a strategy that helps your team members solve their problems. Here are some key questions that are essential to a PR team coaching session....
Are you ready to start getting some new publicity? There’s a process for getting publicity effectively, which starts with defining what’s unique about your offering and then coming up with stories to share. Once you have a newsworthy story, the next step is to reach out to journalists and influencers who can help get your story out there to the world.
The Organization of Canadian Women in Public Relations and the Organization of American Women in Public Relations (Women in PR North America) are pleased to announce they have developed a new annual leadership conference, designed to meet the professional education needs of female executives and to provide valuable insights for career growth. The inaugural conference will be held virtually on October 6, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT, and will bring together public relations professionals...
Now is the perfect time to take inventory of your public relations career. For many, we are looking for a fresh start and, as we all know, change is hard. If you need the inspiration to start over in your career, we have developed some tips to help you stay focused and reach your goals. Read on to learn how you can successfully start over in your career. Take Inventory Look over the past year. What...
Research shows that women face barriers in their work, either by not having enough support to keep the position and maintain a family or through the glass ceiling, unequal pay, etc. The Women in Public Relations in North America study researches all those issues, adding to the body of work undertaken by Topić et al (2019), however, it also looks at the working culture, such as networking, interaction at work, dress codes, ability to see...
Do you have a passion for something that isn’t what you are currently doing in your career? If so, it may be time to start a side business like a blog or a shop, or side hustle as many call it. Although it may be tempting to want to put 100% of your time and effort into launching a new business, jumping in with both feet is far riskier than working the business on the...
For effective publicity, you need to be organized and put in the work to control the message you send to the public. If you want to get some press for your business or for your clients, you need to define what’s unique about your offer and make a list of brand stories to share. Once you have a newsworthy story, the next step is to reach out to journalists and influencers who can help get your story into...
Today, we’re more likely to connect with people digitally than face-to-face. If you’re engaged in any type of business online or off, you need to be able to convey your ideas and interact effectively with your audience. That’s where professional writing skills comes in. Professional writing is any type of writing you do in the course of your career or business – it includes everything from emails to blog posts to sales pages. Even if...
There’s an often-expressed belief that successful women in business have at least seven streams of income. If up until now you’ve primarily been working with clients one-on-one, you won’t need to be told there’s a ceiling on that business model. No matter how hard you work, there are only so many hours in a day you can put in, and so much per client that you can charge! If you’re unprepared for the year or stressed out...
