Irrelevance could be just around the corner

Posted by Martin Waxman on May 2nd, 2012 in Posts | 6 comments

A friend of mine recently commented that he still doesn't get Twitter.

I understand how he feels because I was there…many of us were when we started. And from trial and error and all the hours spent, we start to see the value – or don't.

But the flood of negative responses surprised me because you could see they were from people who'd based their opinions on things they'd heard or read. Not from a personal experience with the site.

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So you wanna quit your job

Posted by Martin Waxman on Jan 20th, 2012 in Posts | 14 comments

I often get calls from people looking for work. And I’m happy to help. Over the past few years, I’ve written several posts on how to get a job in PR. You can find them, here, here, here and here.

But one thing that never comes up is the flip side – how to leave a job. That is, how to leave it decently without slamming a door on your way out.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while and now that I don’t have any employees I figured this is as good a time as ever to share my POV.

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Inside PR 2.65: To leave or not to leave… that is the question

Posted by Martin Waxman on Aug 4th, 2011 in Posts | 1 comment

This post was originally published on Inside PR 2.65.

We start this week with a question from a listener, LaBrandon Dates: How do you know when it’s time to search for a new job and can a person stay positive in a company with a negative or non team-oriented culture? (more…)

Inside PR 2.51: taking the right steps in your career

Posted by Martin Waxman on Apr 27th, 2011 in Posts | 0 comments

I have a confession. I didn’t push the red button on my Zoom this week and had to re-record the first part of my tracks for this week’s show – solo. I had a listen and think the podcast sounds pretty smooth. And I want to give a big thank you to our producer, Kristine Simpson for going above and beyond and putting it all together! Here are the show notes:

This week we start with a listener comment – a tweet, really – from @autumnthompson who asks what a new person like her can do to further her career. In past episodes, we covered advice for students looking for their first job, but we haven’t discussed how to move ahead in your career. So thanks Autumn. (more…)

Agency lessons I learned from Mad Men, part two

Posted by Martin Waxman on Apr 10th, 2011 in Posts | 2 comments

In just over three months, I’ve watched 52 episodes of the best series on TV (IMHO): Mad Men – a show that makes me long for the ’60s and the heady days of the ad biz. (Now, I’m holding my breath till season five.)

Earlier this year, I wrote about some agency life lessons I learned from the show.

As I reflect on season four, a few more spring to mind: (more…)

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