Unexpected Exposure

I felt a little shock and a lot of awe when I received the news that PR in Your Pajamas was included in PR Web’s 25 Essential Public Relations Blogs You Should Be Reading.

Shock, because I’ve always considered this blog to be in the fledgling stage. I started it just over a year and a half ago and while I always strive to deliver quality information about PR and social media, I haven’t exactly been diligent about it. It was only in the last few months that I’ve been able to publish a new post at least every week.

I also felt awe, because the other bloggers on the list are PR and social media stars: Brian Solis, Peter Shankman of HARO, Danny Brown, and Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer, among others.

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You Never Know Who’s Listening

The amazing thing with doing public relations is, you never know who’s out there listening, watching or reading about you.

This might be a scary thing, but most of the time, it’s a GOOD thing.

The more consistently you put yourself out there, the more unexpected praise, recognition and opportunities come your way.

The ripple effect of PR has only gotten more intense with social networking. Journalists as well as other content publishers and influence peddlers are online. They may be “on to you” without you being aware of it.

I experienced this myself recently when I was included in Forbes.com’s 20 Women for Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter.

I hadn’t been interacting with the writer on Twitter.

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PR Case Study: Getting Over Stage Fright

I was recently contacted by Janet Esposito, author of the new book Getting Over Stage Fright who said:

“I wanted to share with you the great news of my first article for my book. It is a full page spread with a huge image of my book and my photo, along with a long text. It appeared in the feature section of the Litchfield County Times. Thanks so much Elena, for helping to inspire me to go after local media as a first step. I will continue to contact other newspapers and will look forward to more exposure!”

I loved the title of her book as it is what many business owners go through in their own PR efforts – Stage Fright!

We’re often afraid to get started in doing our own PR because of fear of rejection, overwhelm with how to start in the first place and general apprehension of doing something new.

In the meantime, we keep looking over at the competition who IS getting media coverage and wondering when it will be our turn to shine in the spotlight. Read more