Chatting about Blogging, PR and Marketing with Janelle Vadnais

By Alina Popescu on February 17th, 2009 in PR & Marketing

Janelle Vadnais of Create Business Growth and I had a wonderful conversation about Words of a Broken Mirror and blogging, PR and Marketing over the weekend. It resulted in an interview she published today. We talked about my long and winding road through the world of blogging, the PR and Marketing career I chose for myself and the life of a small business owner. Just to get you started, here’s the first question of the interview and my answer. To read the rest, please visit Janelle’s entry.

Have you always been involved in PR and marketing? What did you do before WoBM?

I’ve always been somehow involved in activities related to PR and Marketing. My first job was as an editor for a press monitoring agency, but it also involved translating press releases, helping out when the agency organized press conferences and creating all sort of other PR reports. I then moved onto jobs that were clearly in the Marketing and PR field, with a short stop in customer service, which I think helped a lot. WoBM started as a personal blog, but it switched to a PR and Marketing blog as I started to get more and more interested in the field.

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Monday Reading Roundup Take #15

By Alina Popescu on November 03rd, 2008 in Business & Corporate, Monday Roundup, PR & Marketing, Social Media & Communities, Tips & Tricks

What I think you shouldn’t have missed last week…

Reading Hello everyone, nice to see you at a new edition of our Monday reading list. Hope your new week will be better than the last!

Worried about how to tweet, if you should unfollow certain people or about what will happen if you disappear from Twitter for a couple of weeks? Forget all of your fears and just start tweeting after reading Joanna Young’s 21 irresponsible ways to improve twitter confidence.

Bounce rates are an important metric, yet are often ignored. Tad Chef of SEO 2.0 shared 7 simple ways to decrease bounce rates and get more conversions.

The recession is claiming it’s victims. And great customer service is a much needed lifeboat. Joseph Thornly of Pro PR has a great case study from the travel and tourism industry to show you just how much high quality customer care can do for you.

Thinking to start your own business blog? I’m sure you’ve read a lot about it, but you should add Linas Simon’s list of things to check before you start.

Are you on the look out for a cause to join? I found the perfect one for you, recommended by Donna DeClemente of Lip Sticking: help stop violence against women. Don’t let the headline kid you, it’s a good thing they’re promoting :D

Sonia Simone starteg a wonderful series on Remarkable Communication showing the 7 big mistakes small businesses do. Here’s mistake number 2.

Is there something you want added to this week’s list? Let us know in the comment box!

See you all next week!

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