PR Is As PR Does
Just a little bit crazy
This has been a bit of a crazy week for me (actually, it’s been a bit of a crazy last few weeks for me, but who’s counting?).
Last week there was the PRSA International Conference, a couple of days ago we had the 2010 IABC/DC Metro Silver Inkwell awards, yesterday I “spoke” at a PR News webinar on social media ROI, and today I’m “speaking,” along with Jen Nycz-Conner of the Washington Business Journal, on a Network Solutions-hosted (disclosure: client) Twitterchat on “PR tips for your small business.”
Whew.
This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart, though.
It’s the reason I was really happy that BNET chose me to be its Startup Storyteller… and it’s what I do.
Filed under Events, Public Relations, Shonali Burke | Tags: network solutions, pr, Public Relations, twitterchat | Comment (1)Announcing The Women Grow Business Boot Camp
Of dogs, guacamole and groupies
Disclosure, though I hope you already know this: I’m editor of Women Grow Business, a Network Solutions-hosted blog community by, for and of women entrepreneurs. I’m paid to do this, though I was not paid (or asked) to cross-post this announcement. I chose to do so because I think it might be useful for some of my readers.
When I started editing Women Grow Business, I knew it would be a trip and a half, but I don’t think I realized what a wild ride it would be. Seriously, I think WGB has spam groupies who insist on trying to sell men’s shoes. Whaaa… ??
Couldn’t we get a flash mob instead? (Image: Richard Wood, Creative Commons)
But anyway, founding editor Jill Foster came over one afternoon in January to walk me through the ins and outs of it, and afternoon turned to evening, through which we fortified ourselves with wine, olives, chips and guacamole (my dogs were particularly interested in the latter).
Filed under Business, Shonali Burke, Speaking, Women Grow Business | Tags: Events, jill foster, network solutions, steptoe & johnson, women entrepreneurs, Women Grow Business | Comment (1)DC, #GrowSmartBiz Is Here
Update: This is a recap of my live-tweeting from the GrowSmartBusiness conference held today in DC. I did try to give everyone a heads up that I would be doing this, but if you didn’t get that (because I know you have better things to do than hang on every word I say), I apologize in advance for clogging your Twitterstream.
As far as the conference goes: in one word – WOW, what a day. But more on that later. I used the Twitter LiveBlog plugin for WordPress to populate this blog, which essentially means that all my tweets (which were duly hashtagged with #growsmartbiz) during the conference automatically provided content for this post. Hattip to Neville Hobson, from whom I learned about this.
8:42:09 AM: Roy Dunbar (Network Solutions) is welcoming everyone at #growsmartbiz. He’s got a cool accent.
8:45:04 AM: Roy’s presenting very interesting findings from SBSI (Small Business Success Index) at #growsmartbiz, find ‘em at http://www.growsmartbusiness.com
8:47:53 AM: Financial mistakes small biz are making: cutting prices, valuable employees & hurting company morale #growsmartbiz
Filed under Business, Shonali Burke | Tags: Career, grow smart business, live blog, network solutions, neville hobson, shashi bellamkonda, Twitter | Comments (10)
