Things are coming to a close and I have to take this time to look in retrospect of what I learned and how I appreciate the tools given to me for a good foundation in PR. This week, and last TOW, is to help someone who was like me and is beginning their classes in PR. I hope my top ten list will show to be helpful to not only them or anyone interested in a career in PR.

1. Manage your Time Wisely! It seems like a lot of work, but if you take time to posting a few days out of the week, it’ll make your class experience much easier.
2. Don’t Treat the Blog like Homework! I know since this is all for a class, some people dread on working on these assignements. Take in consideration that the teacher is not doing it to torture you. This is part of your career!
3. Find Topics that Interest You Think of some interests you may have and try to find it with the PR world. It’ll be a lot easier to write and you’ll finish your posts in no time!
4. Encourage Friends and Family to Read! It may seem embarrassing to some since it’s only a blog for class, but if you show others, they can give you honest opinions and look out for grammar and spelling mistakes as well!
5. Be Sure to Look Over Your Spelling and Grammar Don’t depend on just your relatives to fix your problems. Grammar and spelling can be easily corrected and should be a habit to look over before you get into a PR career.
6. Be Sure to Read Other Student’s Blogs as Well Leaving comments on anyone’s blog is nice, but if you post some comments on follow peer’s blogs, it will encourage them to do a better job and they will probably return the favor.
7. Keep It Simple You want to do work that you’re proud of, but biting off more then you can chew will burn you out!
8. Don’t Steal from Others! Not only is this uncreative, it is also punishable. Taking from others, be it photos or articles from other students blogs is not acceptable. Give credit when credit is due.
9. Make News Recent When trying to find articles to write on (PR Connections), try to keep it current and update because that is what the PR industry is about.
10. Have Fun! If you take this class too seriously, you’ll miss the fun things it’ll have to offer! Also, it’ll make blogging easier. Be creative!