Retweet to Win “You Want Me to What?”

For marketing or public relations professionals, as well as entrepreneurs, who have yet to read “You Want Me to What? Public Relations and Marketing for the Shy Person,” I am offering a wonderful chance to win a copy. Because I want to see everyone succeed while staying true to themselves, and because I need some [...]

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Stick it to ‘Em

Stick it to ‘Em

The Post-it® Note is 30 years old. Although I get giddy just walking into an office supply  store, I have to admit, sticky notes make my heart go aflutter. In college, I would write stacks of notes and cover the doors of friends’ dorm rooms to offer encouragement or birthday greetings. As my responsibility levels [...]

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Why I Wrote “You Want Me to What? Public Relations and Marketing for the Shy Person”

Why I Wrote “You Want Me to What? Public Relations and Marketing for the Shy Person”

When I accepted my first marketing job well over a decade ago, I immediately hit the bookstores to educate myself. Just reading through the titles, made me want to drop the books and run from the store. There were two problems with this, however. I’m painfully shy. I don’t really like to draw any unnecessary [...]

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Facing the Fear of Failure or Rejection

Facing the Fear of Failure or Rejection

Whenever trying something new, or in case of the shy businessperson, meeting someone new, the fear of failure or rejection can be almost paralyzing. Although, upon occasion, I have found the fear to expedite my retreat having literally run out of a chamber of commerce meeting and off of a stage where I was the [...]

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Three Tech Innovations for Shy People in Marketing & P.R.

As business people, we know that networking, meaning meeting new people, is important. We have no doubts. As shy people, however, we cringe at the thought of these interactions even though we know many of these people are absolutely wonderful, fabulous really. Well, it is time to dance for joy because innovation is making our [...]

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