Reminder: Bring Your Camera

Whenever a PR or Social Media professional is out in the field on an assignment, there are many things one has to make sure they pack: media kits, extra press releases/advisories, business cards, etc... But don't forget your digital camera because you never know when you want to/need to snap a few photographs.

Digital photos are great for websites, Twitter, Facebook pages, to send to a news desk or to keep for the archives. And truth be told, most of our knowledge of taking a good quality photo ends with shoot-and-point (at least for the majority of us). So stopping short of taking a digital photography class, here's a link that gives a few tips on taking photos.

Tips: 5 Digital Camera Mistakes to Avoid

Top 100 PR Pros on Twitter

Liliana Dumitru-Steffens of the blog Everything PR put a list together of the top 100 professionals on Twitter. I'm currently only following a handful of these accounts, but it's a very good list of who's who. If you're not already following PR pros take a look at a few and start following. Sharing ideas is a great (and easy) way to stay on top of trends in the industry.