The PR Maven Podcast

Alright! Nancy Marshall here, and buckle up because this is it, the grand finale! It's hard to believe, but this is the very last episode of the PR Maven Podcast. Six years! Six glorious years of spilling the tea, cracking open some good PR wisdom, and sharing a laugh or two along the way. You have always seen Nancy on the front but this all would have not been possible without my producer the fab...

What are your strengths and how can you use them to grow your personal brand? In this episode, Chris Tieri explains how to leverage your strengths to develop your personal brand. As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach , Chris talks about how she discovered her passion for coaching, how to use your strengths finder results and how to build your personal brand around your strengths. Listen for Chris'...

In this episode of The PR Maven® Podcast, host Nancy Marshall explores the power of storytelling in PR and branding with Tangia Renee Al-awaji Estrada . Tangia, a PR and brand strategist and co-founder of BIPOC Podcast Creators, shares her journey from political science and community organizing to founding her own PR agency. The conversation covers the importance of personal branding, effective me...

Your personal brand isn't about being someone else, so why would you be anyone besides your authentic self when building your personal brand? In this PR Maven ® Podcast episode, Lee Goldberg, an anchor for the Morning Report at NEWS CENTER Maine, shares how he has built his personal brand on social media. Instead of developing a different professional persona, Lee explains how he posts about his l...

In this episode, Nancy hosts performance coach April Chavez. They discuss April's journey from being a police officer and living with lupus to becoming a performance coach and public speaker. April emphasizes the importance of spiritual, intellectual, and physical wellness, and shares insights on how her experiences and challenges have shaped her advocacy. The episode also highlights April's appro...

How are these Maine newspapers adapting to the digital age? CEO and Publisher of the Maine Trust for Local News , publishing Central Maine News, Portland Press Herald and Sun Journal publications , Lisa DeSisto explains in this episode. Lisa shares how she was initially hired at MaineToday Media in 2012 because of her digital expertise , helping balance the existing print publications with all the...

This podcast episode is sponsored by Pitchcraft. In this episode of T he PR Maven ® Podcast, host Nancy Marshall sits down with Michelle Glogovac , THE Podcast Matchmaker™ , award-winning publicist and founder of the MLG Collective. They discuss the importance of traditional and digital networking techniques for brand growth. Michelle shares her circuitous career path from corporate aviation to po...

How do you build a personal brand ? Find out i n this episode as Kit Huffman e xplains how to start a personal brand, sharing her tips and the steps she uses with her clients. Kit explains what personal branding is, how to identify a goal for building a personal brand and talks about how networking will give your brand a boost, sharing tips on how to network. In addition, Kit shares how she built...

In this episode of The PR Maven® Podcast, host Nancy Marshall, introduces her guest, Sam Morse, a professional ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. Sam discusses his journey from learning to ski at a young age at Sugarloaf, to achieving impressive results on the international stage including a top 10 finish in the World Cup. The conversation delves into his background, the influence of his upbringing...

As a public relations veteran, Jody Fisher brings his vast knowledge to this episode of The PR Maven® Podcast . Jody shares some of his secrets to success , in particular, always trying to be helpful to the reporter rather than just trying to get a result for you r client. He explains how he trains his clients for media interviews by making sure they are confident in the messages they want to get...

In this episode of The PR Maven® Podcast, Nancy hosts Carolyn Delaney, founder and CEO of Journey Enterprises. Carolyn shares her transformative journey from leading IT departments to founding a media company dedicated to making recovery from addiction visible and reducing stigma through inspiring stories, resources, and community events. Journey Enterprises, primarily through its print magazine a...

After beginn ing her career as a journalist, Cheryl Broom got her start in public relations as a public information officer . Her career led her to higher education , which has been her focus ever since. In this episode, Cheryl describes the types of clients she works with, the challenges they face and what role marketing can play to overcome those challenges. Cheryl also talks about the changes m...

In this episode of T he PR Maven ® Podcast, host Nancy Marshall welcomes guest Delaney Vetter, an independent PR strategist and copywriter specializing in the food and beverage and consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector. Delaney shares her journey from a food-obsessed kid to a PR expert, her experience interning at a marketing agency in Portland, Oregon, and her unexpected transition to freelance wo...

I nnovative products are not always immediately accepted by customers . This was the case for Allagash Brewing Company owner Rob Tod who explains his journey to success in this episode. After shifting customer tastes, Allagash was hit with another challenge – COVID-19. With seventy percent of their business coming from bars and restaurants, Allagash sta r ted to focus on employee wellness while ri...

In this episode of  T he PR Maven ® P odcast, host Nancy Marshall welcome Kelsey and Derrick Ogletree, founders of Pitchcraft , a people-focused PR platform that aims to restore integrity and accountability in the media industry. Founded in 2021 and based in Florence, Alabama, Pitchcraft distinguishes itself by integrating a journalist's perspective into PR strategies, emphasizing relationship bui...

In this podcast episode, host Nancy interviews Lisa Steele, the founder of Fresh Eggs Daily and a fifth-generation chicken keeper, about her journey from a career on Wall Street to becoming an authority on backyard chicken keeping and her recent pivot to the culinary world. Lisa shares insights into her childhood, her initial hesitance towards chickens, and how she turned her passion into a succes...

This PR Maven P odcast ® episode features Nancy's conversation with Kaylin (Kay) Kerina, the Maine C areer E xploration program manager in Portland, Maine. Kay shares her journey from a varied career background to youth workforce development, emphasizing the importance of helping young Mainers find meaningful employment opportunities. She discusses her work in social justice, youth advocacy and co...

In this episode, Michelle Hood, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the American Hospital Association and former CEO of Northern Light Health, talks about her career in academic, national faith-based and rural healthcare integrated systems. In addition to talking about her career, Michelle gives career advice on risk - taking, e stablishing a pattern of lifelong learning and ha...

I n this episode ,  Annie Mahle shares some of the lessons of intention she learned from working in a tiny kitchen on her windjammer and how those lessons can spread to your life overall . Annie defines what a tiny kitchen is and how working in a tiny kitchen inspired her to write a cookbook , " The Tiny Kitchen Cookbook:  Strategies and Recipes for Creating Amazing Meals in Small Spaces, "   to h...

In this episode, Nancy's mentor, Chip Carey, share s his top tips from his 40+ year career in marketing and public relations. Find out why it is important to treat your hometown paper well, how to build relationships with reporters and journalists , and the benefits of telling a visual story and making it easy for the media to share those visuals. The most impactful tip for your career: don't be a...

In this episode of T he PR Maven ® Podcast, host Nancy Marshall speaks with Stephen Church from Copywriter Pro, covering a wide array of topics from Stephen's background in psycholinguistics and his journey from teaching English globally to entering the family retail business and eventually founding Copywriter Pro. They delve into the significance of Freelance Writers Appreciation Week, Stephen's...

How can you combine PR and personal branding techniques to make your business successful? I n this episode , Amber Lambke , co- founder and CEO of Maine Grains , shares her business success story . Amber explains how the topic of grains was missing from conversations , how she helped start Maine Grains , and how she uses speaking engagements to start conversations and inspire others within the ind...

From running the r ental shop at Sugarloaf to becoming president of Sunday River , Dana Bull en joins Nancy to talk about his career in the ski business . While it may have been all about the snow when he started his career, Dana describes how people also take their experience into consideration , from the food to guest services. It all comes back to the snow at the end of the day , so Dana descri...

In this episode, Karl Strand shares the path his career has taken to become the general manager at Sugarloaf . Karl explains how his parents' love of restaurants led him to a career in food and beverage operations, which also led him back to Sugar loaf , where he discovered his love of skiing in his younger years. After working his way up, Karl became the g eneral m anager at Sugarloaf. Nancy and...

In t his PR Maven ® Podcast episode , host Nancy Marshall sits down with Liz Williams, the c ommunications m anager for the Episcopalian Diocese of Georgia to discuss her journey to this unique position. Liz elaborates on her journey from a marketing undergraduate to eventually working in the church's youth and children ministries. She also recounts her experience with a non-profit for mental an d...