Aug 1, 2010

I’m often asked about how to best handle social media maintenance and management tasks. Over four years or so I’ve developed a few shortcuts that work well for me. I’ll explain each in a separate post, but we’ll start with feedreaders! Yay feedreaders! Using a feedreader to track blogs I’m interested in along with keyword searches...

Dec 16, 2009

Connecting with people in your industry is as easy as creating a LinkedIn profile and using it as a live resume. Treat LinkedIn as the “suit & tie” social network and put forward your most professional self. Your profile should be kept up-to-date and polished regularly. A LinkedIn profile, as you’ll see, is a great way to build your network...

I recently switched from Bloglines to Netvibes for my feed reader. Netvibes is just more visual and also makes it easy to access recent posts. One of the other cool features is that I can share my subscriptions with you pretty easily. I’ve set up a public page with three tabs from my personal feed reader. There are two for public relations (one tab for...

This is a guest post from UofO alum, Sarah Essary. You can follow her at @ConsumingPR. I like to think of job descriptions as simple suggestions. Coloring outside the lines is perfectly acceptable in the workplace, but only if your art becomes a masterpiece. Not too long ago, I was hired as a Reservationist at The Citizen Hotel. My job duties included answering...

InstructorSchool of Journalism and Communication, University of OregonGeorge S. Turnbull Portland Center The Position The University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication seeks an instructor for its George S. Turnbull Portland Center for the 2009/2010 Image via Wikipedia academic year. This is a full-time, nine-month, renewable appointment,...

My mentor has been an important part of my professional life and, over the years, a trusted friend, confidante and adviser in many aspects of my life. She’s given me opportunities to earn experience in areas of public relations that I might not otherwise have had and is always ready with advice if I ask. If I don’t need advice, she’ll just...