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I know not everyone in the world reads blogs, but if you plan to pursue a career in public relations, better step up your game. I came across this very exhaustive list of blogs from odwyerpr.com. I’m sure they don’t have every public relations blog under the sun, but you could get your feet wet exploring these resources.
PR Blogs
104 West Blog
104 West Partners
6 A.M.
Richard Edelman
A Shel of My Former Self
Shel Holtz
Acropolis
Zeno Group
Altitude: 30,000 Feet
Moore Consulting Group
Andy Lark’s Blog
Andrew Lark
Bad Pitch Blog
RLM PR
Bite Marks
Bite PR
Beyond the Hype
Lois Paul & Partners
BlinnPR Blog
Steve Blinn
Brass Tacks
Horn Group
BuzzMachine
Jeff Jarvis
Bulletproof Blog
Levick Strategic Communications
Catching Flack
Jon Greer
Channel Talk
PR Channel
Cision Blog
Cision
C-O-I-N-S
Paul Ostreicher
Collective Conversation
Hill & Knowlton blogs
MEDIAtor Blog
CommCore Consulting Group
Corporate PR
Elizabeth Albrycht
CulpWrit
Ron Culp, Ketchum
D.C. Public Affairs/PR Jobs
Gordon Barnes
Death of Time
Doug Poretz, Qorvis Comms.
Weill on Blogging and Social Media
Debbie Weill
Desirable Roasted Coffee
Allan Jenkins
Digital Influence Blog
Ogilvy PR Worldwide
Don’t Eat the Shrimp
Josh Morgan
Down the Avenue
Renee Blodgett
D S Simon Vlog Views
Douglas Simon (D S Simon Prods. Inc.)
Engage In PR
Kyle F. Flaherty (Horn Group)
Envirocomm
E. Bruce Harrison
Ethical Optimist
Ann Higgins (Utopia Communications)
Expert Marketing
Stern Communications
FH Out Front Blog
Gay and Lesbian Comms.
First Person PR
Kari Hanson
The Flack
Peter Himler
From the Desert to the Sea…
John Stodder
The Good, The Bad, The Spin
Bob Conrad
Harding Place
Jerry Schwartz
Harold Burson’s Blog
Harold Burson (Burson-Marsteller)
Holmes Report Blog
Paul Holmes
HyperText
Text 100
IdeaDrivenMarketing
Patrick Di Chiro (Thunder Factory)
Idea{logg}
Carolyn Leber
Ideas to Use (PR/PA)
Ernest Landante, Jr.
Influence 2.0
Jim Nail (Cymfony)
infOpinions
Robert French (Auburn Univ.)
K Street Cafe
Adfero Group
Ishmael’s Corner
Lou Hoffman
IT Security & Public Relations
Tony Mackey
It’s All Very PR
Alyson Campbell (Amp3 PR)
Judy Cushman’s Blog
Judith Cushman & Assocs. (exec. search)
KD Paine’s Measurement Blog
Katie Paine
KWE Group’s Luxury Travel & Lifestyle Trends Blog
Karen Weiner Escalera
Left Brain
Ruder Finn (RFI Studios)
Lewis 360 blog
Lewis PR
lmgprlounge
Loughlin Michaels Group
The Living Room
JSH&A PR
The Lois Whitman Diary
Lois Whitman/HWH PR
LT PR Blog
LT PR
LubetkinsOtherBlog
Steve Lubetkin
Marketing Begins at Home
David Parmet
Measuring Up
Ed Moed (Peppercom)
Media Guerrilla
Mike Manuel (Voce Communications)
Media Mindshare
Michael Tangeman
Media Orchard
Idea Grove
Media Savvy Leader
David Henderson
Mediashop PR Blog
Mediashop PR
Micro Persuasion
Steve Rubel (Edelman)
Minnesota PR Blog
Ryan May (BAE Systems)
My Three Cents
Ken Makovsky
My 2 Cents
David Reich (Reich Communications)
NaumannBlanchard
Karen Blanchard
NevOn
Neville Hobson
New York Buzz
AMP3 Public Relations
The Next 50 Years
GolinHarris
Novell Open PR
Novell PR staff
Online PR Thoughts
Jim Horton (Robert Marston Associates)
Open the Dialogue
Tom Biro and Chris Thilk (MWW Group)
Page Turner
The Arthur W. Page Society
PepperDigital
Peppercom
PerkettPRsuasion
PerkettPR, Inc.
Phil’s Blogservations
Phil Gomes
Peritus PR Blog
Staff
Pierce Mattie PR Blog
Staff
Pollack PR Marketing Group Blog
Noemi Pollack
Pop! PR Jots
Jeremy Pepper
PR 2.0
Brian Solis
PR Differently
Peter Shankman
PR Blog News
Mark Rose
PR Coach
George Rosenberg
PR Conversations
Global opinions
on PR from local perspectives
PR Differently
Peter Shankman
PR Meets the WWW
Constantin Basturea
The PR Lawyer
Gina Furia Rubel
PR & Publicity Blog
Ivan Chan
PR Rock & Roll
Drew Kerr (Four Corners Comms.)
PR Squared
Todd Defren, Shift Comms.
PRactically Speaking Online
RGM Communications
Press Release PR Blog
Press Release PR
PRNewsandViews
John Lonsdorf (R&J PR)
PR Talk
Denis Hiller
PressThink
Jay Rosen (NYU)
PR Jobs List
Andrew Hudson
PR Newser
Mediabistro
PR Workbench
Jack Monson
RaceTalkBlog
Racepoint Group
Reason Enough
Peppercom
The ReidWegs Report
Reid Wegley
Reputation Excellence
Morrissey & Co.
Rosica PR News
Rosica Strategic PR
Seat at the Table
Ephraim Cohen
RepMan
Steve Cody (Peppercom)
ReputationXChange
Leslie Gaines-Ross (Weber Shandwick)
Reputation Gurus
GCI Group (corporate practice)
The Reputation Doctor
MGP & Associates PR
Ruder Finn Ethics
Ruder Finn
Rx for PR
Russo Partners
The Saxum Perspective
Saxum Communications
ScatterBox
Steven Silvers
Seth Godin’s Blog
Seth Godin
Silicon Valley PR
Tim Dyson (NextFifteen)
Small Guy PR
Brian Lustig (SunRocket Inc.)
Spark PR Blog
Spark PR
The Spectrum Blog
Spectrum Science Comms.
Speechwriter-Ghostwriter
Jane Genova
Stern + Blog
Stern + Associates
Straight Talk
Michael Kempner (MWW Group)
Strategic PR
Kevin Dugan
Strumpette
Amanda Chapel
Style & Focus PR
Anonymous
Tech PR Gems
Topaz Partners
Thoughts from Ronn Torossian
5W PR
ToneHall
Marsha Keeffer
UbiquitousMarketing
Keith O’Brien
Voce Nation
Voce Communications
Westbound Blog
Westbound Communications
What’s Your Thing?
Horn Group
Wheatley & Timmons Blog
Bob Wheatley, CEO
The Zone Read
Paul Walker (GCI Group)
Remember that one meeting where I went on a rant about setting up Twitter, LinkedIn and PROpenMic accounts and Google reader to save time and keep up with blogs (also Joel Johnson discussed this too)? There is a method to my madness because this will come in handy to you someday. A former co-worker of mine told me the other day he was hired at a job that he LOVES because he had sent his now boss a Twitter message after his interview.
Social Media PR
For those of you who missed last week’s meeting, here is the presentation Panchero’s Social Media Manager Joel Johnson shared with us as well as the Common Craft video Social Media in Plain English.
What Animal Would You Be: A Guide To Interviewing
We all have a picture in our head of what our dream job would be. We gain the experience, make the necessary contacts and send out the resumes, yet before landing the dream job you have to pass one final test: the interview. On February 20, 2009 at the PRSSA Chicago Regional Conference the Employer Liaison of Devry University, Lea Pupillo, shared some important interviewing tips to nail your next interview.
Before making the all important handshake with the interviewer, there are some important steps of preparation. In an interview you have to be able to summarize yourself in a very short amont of time. In order to prepare, Pupillo suggested creating your “elevator pitch”. In a thirty second time frame you want to summarize your professional life, education and passion in a way that will differentiate you from the rest of your competition. Even though this may seem like a daunting task, if you can show a strong level of confidence and enthusiasm you have succeeded in one of the most important parts of an interview. By breaking down the interview into four sections including: attitude, image and appearance, communication and job qualifications, your attitude ranks highest in importance at 40%. It is followed by image and communication at 25% and job qualifications at 10%. This is not to say that job qualifications and your image our not important, but to stress how important attitude is. Even with a confident attitude, an interview can take a lot of twists and turns. To avoid getting caught off guard with abstract questions, Pupillo gave some helpful tips.
One of the most infamous abstract questions in an interview is, “If you were an animal, what would you be?” While this seems like a pointless question to obtain a job, what employers are really trying to discover is your ability to problem solve. Pupillo explained, “While you may think a lion would be a great answer, it can also make you look to aggressive and even if a cute litte kitten is your favorite animal, it is not what an employer wants to hear”. If you are completely at a loss, Pupillo suggests using the owl due to the fact that they are wise and observant.
Finally, make sure you research and understand the position and company you are applying for. The more you know the better off you will be. When the time comes for you to ask your own questions, ask some. The more interest you show in the company the more interest they will show in you. Once the research and preparation is done the only thing left to do is relax and take every experience as an opportunity to learn more.
By: Diana Kelter
