Whale Watching Success + Sources Needed For This Week
Happy Tuesday. Hope everyone had a great long weekend. Yesterday, my husband and I went whale watching in Santa Barbara and WOW was it amazing. We saw over 7,000 dolphins in mega pods and 3 humpback whales, including a mom and baby who played with a sea lion and got super close to the boat. Here is a video I posted:
Brands I’m loving as of late that I wanted to give some love to. Big Bold Health’s Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat Super Nutrition Flour. I found out about this from Dr. Mark Hyman and made pancakes out of it over the weekend and WOW! Also recently discovered Tepache by De La Calle. It’s fermented pineapple and ridiculously good. I ran out of chocolate the other day (gasp) and combined Lily’s dark chocolate chips (sugar free!) and Mirro’s peanut butter chocolate chips and sooo soo good.
Recommendation I’m after: I really need some good house shoes with orthopedic support. My Ugg slippers are old and worn down. Anyone have a brand of shoes that they love for indoors?
Now time for source. Here’s what I’m looking for this week:
Huffington Post
I’m working on a story on Easy Exercises That Can Improve Your Posture and need to speak to some personal trainers, orthopedic doctors and physical therapists to share their wisdom. Very excited about this story because I need to start doing these too with the working from home slouching in the chair and on the couch with the laptop game.
Web MD
Working on a story on Yes, Arthritis Hurts When You Move, But You Should Still Exercise. Here’s Why
Looking to connect with some rheumatologists and Drs. on this one
Great Pet Care:
Sad Dog Movies: Need to chat with some pop culture/movie experts
Dog Popsicles: Need to chat with some animal nutritionists or chefs
Cat Tunnels: Looking for the best cat tunnels (need to be available at big box stores like Chewy and Amazon)
Cat Heated Beds: Looking for best heated cat beds (need to be available at big box stores like Chewy and Amazon)
Brookdale:
Fall tips for helping your mums grow: Looking for some gardening/plant experts
Brain fog 101: Looking for some MDs
Other ways to work with me.
As a reminder, I do copywriting - everything from social media to banner ads, white pages, website content, biographies, marketing materials and more.
Book a lunch & learn. Thanks to those who have participated in my lunch & learns recently. We’ve had some REALLY great sessions. I’ve done speaking engagements on this topic at universities and panels and have really been enjoying chatting with PR firms in this more personalized format. The feedback I’ve received has been amazing. It seems to really help give publicists a look into the life of a writer and how we can best work together from our two professions. In these hour-long virtual sessions, I cover everything from how to connect with a journalist, what you should or should not have in a pitch, how to break through the hundreds of emails we get a day as writers, how to follow up, what makes a pitch stand out, how to prioritize bigger publications. I also go through examples of pitches that have worked well for me in the past, and answer anything else anyone wants to know (nothing is off the table haha). I also do pitch workshopping in these sessions and help publicists find new angles to pitch clients they haven’t had much traction with in the past…I have talking points that I walk people through but we’ll go over anything you want to prioritize and I make sure you walk away with all your burning questions answered.
Here are a few comments I’ve received after recent sessions:
“Amazing session learning the ins and out of PR best practices to pitch freelancers from@NicolePajer. A MUST-DO for PR pros!”
“Nicole! I can't tell you how amazing today was. You are a wealth of knowledge and cannot thank you enough! I hope more agencies take advantage of these sessions with you. EVERYONE needs to book time with you :)”
“Thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us today! The team found it incredibly helpful and we are excited to work with you more moving forward.”
“Had the best lunch & learn yesterday with @NicolePajer. So much great insight from a #freelancewriter.”
“Thanks again! That was such a valuable conversation. It really helps to have that perspective from you directly. The conversation confirmed a lot of our practices and also gave us amazing insight for the future. We really appreciate it and I think everyone got something out of it!”
“It was a great class! Thank you so much Nicole Pajer! We can't wait to start using these techniques! You were such a pleasure!! Highly recommend!”
Shoot me an email if you’d like to book one of these with your agency.
Please email me NCPajer@gmail.com with leads. Thanks all!