Twitter Tips for Students
A lot of students and PRSSA Chapters ask about my Twitter presence and ask what Twitter tips I have for students, so I decided to compile a list! *Note that these are Twitter tips I follow as guidelines and these tips may not necessarily the best way for all students to tweet. 1. Do … Read more
What can give a bad first impression at a networking event?
This was the first question in the #u30pro chat this past week: Q1: As young professionals, what is one thing that can give a bad first impression at a networking event? #u30pro Everyone had really good answers so I made a new Storify post here with everyone’s answers from the questions. Definitely read this post … Read more
Job Hunting via Social Media – #JobHuntChat hashtag
As mentioned in my intro post, http://bit.ly/fImNhh, to this series “Job Hunting via Social Media,” I will be focusing on how to use different social media sites and Twitter hashtags to help out with your job search. This first post for the series will focus on the Twitter hashtag #JobHuntChat, founded by @CornOnTheJob, Rich DeMatteo, and … Read more
Just being online is not enough.
Everyone is online, no seriously, everyone is. My mom, stepdad, aunts, distant relatives, cousins, etc. are all on Facebook, they all e-mail, they all read news online and more. Just being online is not enough. If you are looking to build up yourself, build your brand and build your recognition, you need to do more … Read more
How many PR internships?
This past week on #PRstudchat, one of the discussion questions was about how many internships you should have/are you expected to have within PR. Note: Tweets are taken directly from #PRstudchat and given credit for. I don’t think there is really a “right” answer to this question, but I think you need either 2-3 internships. … Read more
My Favorite Twitter Chats!
I was asked by Shelley @seashells what my favorite Twitter chats are. So I decided to make a list of my favorite Twitter chats and WHY they are my favorites. There are a few that are on the same day, which does make it difficult to participate in more than one at the same time, but … Read more
Professionalism of Twitter and Facebook?
This is an I ask a few questions and you respond kind of post! I have a few questions about the professionalism of Twitter and Facebook. Recently, a professor told me I should delete my Twitter feed from my LinkedIn account because it was “chatty” conversation more suitable for Facebook. First she said since I … Read more
Interaction ACTION!
I have about 950 followers [it varies from day-to-day]. I follow 640 people. How many of the people who follow me and that I follow do I regularly interact with? Probably only about 30. So what are the other people for? Why are they there? This is something I have really been thinking about lately. … Read more
Have an interest? There’s a chat for that.
Have you ever acted like you know everything about a certain subject/object before just because you thought you did or wanted others to think you did? Well I know I have. I really thought I had WordPress down pat, knew how to do everything, etc. Come to find out, I really didn’t know that much! … Read more
