Benefits?

As some may have read in the “about me” portion of my blog, I am a receptionist at the Downtown Athletic Club. While this may seem like a brainless-just-get-the-bills-paid kind of position, lately it has become my sounding board for opinions, thoughts and analysis of the “social media” topic that has been so widely discussed.
I [...]

PR, Customer Relations and Social Media

In my previous post I spoke briefly about the time implications of social media outlets when they are used for entertainment purposes. For the purpose of this post, I would like to elaborate on the professional uses of social media sites (like this blog) in the realm of public relations.
On a recent post on PR [...]

Social Media Addictions

As most college students will boldly admit, I too am a facebook junkie. According to the home page of the site, “Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you.” And boy, does it! These days, for an often procrastinating college student, it is also a wonderful distraction from homework, a [...]

PR Abroad

During this last summer, between June and September of 2007, I worked for the non-profit volunteer organization, Women in Progress. Based in Cape Coast, Ghana, the position came with the most amazing cultural experience I have ever had.
While I could talk for pages about the incredible people, food, music, sights and traditions I had the [...]

Ready, set, write!

As the ever-changing, ever-undefined world of public relations evolves, so do the lessons for students of the PR field. As such, public relations professionals are required to encompass a set of skills ranging from market research and press release writing to media relations and online networking. The most recent phenomenon to hit the online world [...]