A few more words of wisdom from readers.
Yuri Aksyonov, of the PRWeb blog (Russian language):
Don’t try to be an “expert”. Asking “stupid” questions is not a shame. The shame is when you can’t understand what you’ve been told after discussion is finished.
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Ren Garcia, of Accounting Solver blog:
I find an Adidas slogan: IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING particulary […]
I asked for people’s advice, and it’s starting to flow in.
Here, via Twitter, are the first three four pithy bits of advice.
Paul Young, of the Young PR blog:
Friends first. Work second.
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Jason Falls, of the Social Media Explorer blog:
Don’t be intimidated. You’re smarter than most people, you just don’t know it yet.
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Kevin Dugan of Strategic Public […]
(Update) Advice from Common Sense PR readers:
Larry Yatkowsky of the Yatter Matters blog:
Got cell phone. Great. Why forward it to your office so that they (the office) can call you back to tell you have a message? Just answer and make the customer feel like you care enough to take their call personally.
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Megan, of the […]
I dispense lots of advice for communicating in the business world. You decide how valuable it is!
Here are my favorite tips from 2007:
Don’t Edit your First Draft
Ask for the Business
Ask Open-ended Questions
Lose the Adjectives and Adverbs
Use Parallel Sentence Structure
Tip: You Can’t Push a Rope
No One Cares
Always Summarize
Include Lowest Common Denominator of Contact Information
Don’t Babble to […]
A lot of people say they have trouble writing. If you ask some questions, you often find out that they get stuck trying to make their first draft perfect.
Stop.
It’s not supposed to be perfect. It’s a first draft. Inherent in the name is the idea that there’s a second draft (and probably more) to follow.
Lots […]
I was dispensing advice the other day. This is not unusual - I often dispense advice, whether it’s asked for, or not.
One of the recipients of my advice asked me if she could use my e-mail as a guest post on her blog.
So, my seven tips on how to blog more often has been transformed […]
It’s not enough to tell your employees to communicate well with each other and with clients. You need to model the skills, and the way you expect them to be used.
Behave to employees how you expect them to behave to customers:
Listen with your full attention when they’re telling you. Make eye contact. Restate their comments […]
This is a bit of advice that people in sales always drive home.
Don’t forget to ask for the business of the person you’re dealing with.
It’s not enough to explain why you could do a good job. You have to openly express the desire to take on the project, and ask to get the work.
But I’m […]
Here are some of Common Sense PR’s most-read posts in recent months
Strumpette’s Amanda Chapel Calls it Quits
Taliban Winning the PR War - What Planet Am I On?
Lululemon Has a Secret that Undermines its Reputation
Second-guessing Virginia Tech’s Crisis Communications
Nine Ways to Disengage your Employees
Advice from a Tech Blogger about How to Pitch
Border Guards’ Casual Facebook Comments […]
Business communications for the real world
Written by Eric Eggertson [email] for b5media.
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