Feb 24, 2017
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Janet Murray is a British writer,
public speaker and PR coach who uses her 15-plus years’ experience
in journalism to teach businesses and brands how to get
high-profile press coverage. Her writing credits include national
publications such as The Guardian, Huffington
Post, Daily Telegraph and Entrepreneur. She
also appears regularly on radio and television. Janet describes
herself as an introvert with extroverted qualities. Though she
likes her alone time and is exhausted by big events, her curiosity
about people and talent for storytelling allows her to “turn it on”
when she needs to and thrive in the spotlight. Janet is the founder
of Soulful PR, an online venture that offers coaching and
consulting services to business owners, non-profits and PR firms.
Her site also features a popular PR blog and podcast. She lives
near London with her husband and 11-year-old daughter and runs her
business from her garden ‘shedquarters,’ local coffee shop or
wherever she happens to be in the world.
In this episode you’ll learn…
- How introversion can be a strength in a field like journalism which requires that you get out and talk to people.
- How she came to develop her online business, Soulful PR.
- How introversion lends itself to making connections and building relationships online.
- Why she struggles to work in teams.
- How she realized that her business does make a difference by helping others to tell their story.
- Why she sustains the habit of making a pitch every day.
- The benefits of using a single communication system with your team.
- How asking yourself, “What’s the one thing you can do that will make everything else easier?” is crucial in setting priorities.