Paul Patterson PR

PR @ the intersection of tech, culture & business | @NorthwesternU Alum | Opinions are my own

[Jesse Morse, M.D. @DrJesseMorse]

I give this to all my patients.

Feel free to share it.

[Barbara Oneill @BarbaraOneillAU]

Vitamins Cheat Sheet: 20 Essentials for Your Body

[Mayor Brandon Johnson @ChicagosMayor]

Today we passed the 2025 Budget which invests in youth employment, mental health, community safety, and affordable housing, while fully funding pensions—all without raising property taxes or cutting services! We’re also returning a record $570M TIF surplus to schools and parks. Thanks to my City Council colleagues for their collaboration! 🌟 #Chicago2025Budget

[Ryan Johnson @Ryan_Johnson]

#ICYMI: @chicagosmayor sat down with @BET for a wide-ranging interview to discuss our city's thriving economy, efforts to address public safety and her commitment to supporting access to reproductive healthcare.

Check out the full interview here: https://t.co/6lxgmy5JXS

[Paul Patterson PR @MrPaulPR]

You Deserve Everything!

#smile #TGIF #blackboyjoy @ Chicago, Illinois https://t.co/Try0rgvwlY

[Kyla Guru @GuruDetective]

Bits N’ Bytes partnered with ISACA’s One In Tech this year to build engaging, in-depth, & FREE curriculum for schools learning #cybersecurity. After months of hard work, we are excited to launch it out to the world.

Register your class here: https://t.co/TgO8tAPtmz! 📚🔐

[Jane Manchun Wong @wongmjane]

Twitter is internally testing Audio Spaces Beta, here’s another look:

- Uses Periscope as backend

- Reactions: 💯✋✊✌️👋

- “Who can speak” can be adjusted in the middle

- Transcriptions available

- Spaces can be reported

- “Share feedback” sends DM to @TwitterSpaces

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Michael B. Jordan announces he's launching the "Hoop Dreams Classic," an HBCU college basketball showcase in New Jersey

[Paul Patterson PR @MrPaulPR]

Action defines a person! #publicist #marketing #influencermarketing #chicago #socialimpact #socialgood #blacklivesmatter #blackboymagic #communication #coaching #business #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurmindset #suits #meninsuits #blacknarrative

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[Joel Osteen @JoelOsteen]

God is getting you ready to go higher, to see new levels of influence and favor. Don’t complain about the difficult times; that’s when you discover what’s in you. If you’ll keep the right attitude, the pressure, instead of breaking you, it will develop you.

[Frank Strong 🤘🏻✒️🗡 @Frank_Strong]

Does the legal dept. need to approve every social media update?

Does the CMO need to review every blog post?

No.

Here's a technique the Army uses to delegate authority: develop decision matrix for #marketing #content.

https://t.co/CJEkkbVu2a

#contentmarketing

[Paul Patterson PR @MrPaulPR]

Monetize your brand with or without an audience

Your thought process can be one of the two:
1) Launch the passion project to grow an audience
2) Grow an audience to launch the passion project

Build the brand and your audience will come.

[Paul Patterson PR @MrPaulPR]

I'll be the first to tell you how much publicity can do for your brand and business. Landing coverage in outlets like Forbes, the Washington Post, ESSENCE and on Fox, ABC and CBS has helped me reach goals new clients en massive ways. AND it's helped me build trust with those…

[Paul Patterson PR @MrPaulPR]

Be The Game Changer It doesn’t matter how over-saturated the market is. If God called you to it here’s room for you. Being a game-changer is a lifestyle, not an action. Over the years I’ve sought out different ways to stick out, and I’ve come to the conclusion that being uni…

[Paul Patterson PR @MrPaulPR]

Storytelling is an important staple of public relations, from crisis, to branding, to identity, to reputation

#publicity #marketing #clientfeature #mediaplacement #vogue #blackbeauty #blackbeautybrands #brandstorytelling #chicago #detroit #blackbusinesswomen #socialimpact

[Paul Patterson PR @MrPaulPR]

As I reflect over the last decade of my career as a communications professional and the dozens of brands and organizations that I’ve helped, I am proud to say that I helped turned their mission into movements. While working the traditional 9 to 5, I secured two corporate cli…

[Paul Patterson PR @MrPaulPR]

If you are on the hunt for more earned media hits, you must work at telling better stories to break through in a crowded media https://t.co/kabIe2ZK8I do that, understand your target audience and have employee advocacy.
#publicity #prpros #branding
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[Rob Hill Sr. @RobHillSr]

Hug somebody today

[Chicago Venture Summit by WBC @ChicagoVCSummit]

“The founders we’ve selected are fun, hardworking, & incredibly diverse,” - @shokuna 🙌🏾 Congrats to our good friends at @Techstars #Chicago on their 2020 cohort! https://t.co/q7eU84fdqp @bradschnitzer