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Jessica Lawlor

Philadelphia
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Building & growing JL&Co, the go-to agency for content management. Managing editor at @muckrack & @solopr. @templeuniv adjunct/alum.

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Jessica Lawlor is the features editor for the Muck Rack blog and handles content initiatives for Muck Rack.

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A beginner's guide to doing PR for your personal brand

A beginner's guide to doing PR for your personal brand

Day in and day out, so many of us PR pros and journalists work hard to promote our clients, our companies and…

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My Ultimate Gutsy Move: Jessica Lawlor, President & CEO - Jessica Lawlor

My Ultimate Gutsy Move: Jessica Lawlor, President & CEO - Jessica Lawlor

I've drafted this blog post in my head a thousand times. After years of planning, hustling and dreaming, the …

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How to Get People to Read Your Blog: 5 Strategies You Can Apply Today

How to Get People to Read Your Blog: 5 Strategies You Can Apply Today

So you've started a blog. Congratulations! The most difficult part of blogging is what happens (or what doesn…

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5 Must-Dos In Your First Week of Solopreneurship - One Woman Shop

5 Must-Dos In Your First Week of Solopreneurship - One Woman Shop

Congratulations! You've made the leap to full-time solopreneurship. The first few days out on your own are ex…

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How Working For Free Helped Build My Brand-Jessica Lawlor

How Working For Free Helped Build My Brand-Jessica Lawlor

Last week, popular writing website, The Write Life, published a post I wrote about three times working for fr…

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Swipe Right: 3 Online Dating Companies Killing It With Content

Swipe Right: 3 Online Dating Companies Killing It With Content

As a single lady in 2015, I've had the (insert sarcasm here) great pleasure of immersing myself in the wonder…

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Umzug in der Schwangerschaft: Ich war überrascht, wie emotional es war

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By Jessica Lawlor
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Ich war im siebten Monat schwanger, als wir in eine Nachbarstadt zogen (Symbolbild). mixetto/Getty Images Ein Umzug während der Schwangerschaft bringt unerwartete emotionale Herausforderungen mit sich. Wir zogen in ein größeres Haus, um Platz für unser zweites Kind zu schaffen und die Nähe zu den Großeltern zu genießen. Die Erinnerungen an das alte Zuhause und die emotionale Verarbeitung des Umzugs erfordern Zeit und Anpassung.
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I moved when I was 7 months pregnant. It was surprisingly emotional. Original

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By Jessica Lawlor
| Business Insider Verified
When my husband and I finally had an offer accepted on a home, we were elated. The timing was seemingly perfect. We were set to close in early November, and baby number two was due in January. But moving isn't easy, and moving while seven months pregnant with a very active 2-year-old in tow is definitely not for the faint of heart.
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I joined an online due date group when I found out I was pregnant. Four years later, we still chat every day. Original

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By Jessica Lawlor
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They say it takes a village to raise a child; I found my village in the form of 46 strangers in an online due date group. A due date group — or a DDG for the acronym-loving mom community online — is a group chat of women who are pregnant whose due dates are in the same month. Sometimes the group forms in large Facebook communities with thousands of members, or in private subreddits where you're required to upload a dated ultrasound as proof of pregnancy to gain entry.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Intern at Metro Newspaper in Philadelphia

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Gmail, Google Drive, Mailchimp, Muck Rack, Wordpress, Canva

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter and Snapchat (cant choose!)