If you want to develop an effective team, you must engage with them consistently. An engaged public relations employee is more involved in your business and more likely to take on a leadership role. As a leader at your organization, you need to learn more about each team member’s natural strengths and appeal to them. Look for the things that they’re naturally good at without trying. For example, you might have an individual on your...
Successful women in public relations often have one thing in common, and no, it’s not just their incredible wit, intellect, and inner strength! They’re surrounded by a close network of other successful business women. Indeed, a recent study showed that a whopping 75% of women in senior positions had “an inner circle of predominantly female contacts who are connected to many non-overlapping third-party contacts.” Want to find out why this makes such a difference? Read...
The Organization of Canadian Women in Public Relations and American Women in Public Relations (Women in PR North America) have developed a new website to bring together both entities into one cohesive brand platform. The website has been designed to provide a user-friendly experience, with streamlined navigation and functionality, to allow visitors to see the full product offering from Women in PR North America. The site has many new features, including quick facts tables to highlight past...
Hiring a PR Assistant can be a great way to expand your PR agency and your PR services. While your new hire is taking care of the administrative portion of your business, you can focus on your PR clients and growing your PR agency as a successful woman in public relations.
Brand building isn’t just meant for large-scale businesses or start-ups. In today’s super-connected work environment, how you do your work goes together with the personal results you deliver. Sometimes this comes in the form of your trademark approach to solving problems, or how you specifically manage and connect with your teammates. All these different factors build towards your overall image inside and outside your professional circles. The importance of these factors can be understood in...
Women in PR North America asked our members for some ways to become an important industry influencer in public relations. Although it can take some time, there are certain things you can do to speed up the process.
The only way to get real results from your publicity efforts is by taking an organized approach. Part of your system for telling the public about your products and services is to create and maintain a calendar for getting things done. With an organized and systematic approach, you’ll feel less stressed and get more accomplished in your publicity efforts from day one.
We’ve all been there – workdays get hectic, inboxes fill up, and to-do lists quickly snowball out of control. In your state of panic, all of your tasks seem equally important and time-pressing. No matter how much you try to plan, life always puts a wrench in those plans. When everything seems to beg for your attention at once, there are several strategies you can utilize to help prioritize and put yourself back on the...
Do you feel that you are ready to take your career to the next level? Have you successfully landed your dream job in PR and have you been working in the industry for sometime now? How do you get your boss to promote you?
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