Category Archives: Career

Done is Better Than Perfect [Podcast]

Done is Better Than Perfect [Podcast]

Welcome to the first episode of the Hashtags+Stilettos Podcast!This podcast will be an extension of this site in the sense that I’ll be providing business, lifestyle and PR insights, but it’ll also give me a chance to offer more in-depth answers to your questions and shine a spotlight, through interviews, on the people who are doingContinue Reading

How a Move to Nigeria Reinvigorated My Passion for PR

How a Move to Nigeria Reinvigorated My Passion for PR

by: Reni Somoye (@ReniSomoye) “Work hard. Gain as much knowledge as you possibly can about the public relations industry. Move to Nigeria. Apply that knowledge and save the world.” THIS was my career plan, although, I never thought I’d actually have the guts to follow through with it. I mean–who moves from their comfortable upper-middle classContinue Reading

10 Nuggets of PR and Career #AdviceForYoungPublicists

10 Nuggets of PR and Career #AdviceForYoungPublicists

Over the last few weeks, the #AdviceForYoungJournalists (click to view tweets) hashtag has picked up steam and now has thousands of tweets with contributions from journalists all over the world. I was inspired by that and thought to launch the #AdviceForYoungPublicists hashtag to provide advice to rising or aspiring publicists.Continue Reading

Excuses We Give to Avoid Collaboration

Excuses We Give to Avoid Collaboration

I recently had a conversation with Mattie James, about the lack of collaboration in blogging and business. It’s a conversation that I’ve had often over the years and one, that is becoming increasingly important given the changing dynamic of today’s workforce. I’ve always believed that we all hold a key piece to another person’s puzzleContinue Reading