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Marie Driven
from Women in PR
Q. Thanks for Interviewing with us. Tell everyone
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A. My name is Marie Driven from Brooklyn, NY.
Q. A. who you are and where you’re from? What made you want to be in Public Relations?
It’s started with me owning my own blog Mariedrivenonthescene. People saw how effective I was with myself, so I decided to slowly transition. Not only that I use to be an account executive forG unit clothing. I thought if I can sell this, I can sell my clients to the media.
Q. Can you tell me in your own terms what does a Publicist do?
A. A publicist main objective is to get their client eyeballs. Weather it’s on television, blogs, social media etc.
Q. Tell us aboutsome of the challenges you had growing your business in PR?
A. Getting a study team that can be effective. Without having a solid team there is no business.
Q. What is one thing you love and one thing you dislike about being in PR?
A. I love connecting with people. My dislike is the political aspect of the industry.
Q. What is one of your proudest moments being in PR?
A. This is a hard one. I will name 3, Dancehall
Artist Spice spread I’m the New York Times,
Getting music artist Kranium booked for Elle. com Lastly, getting Remy ma herfirst media looks After coming out from prison.
Q. Tell us about some of your other hobbies?
A. Nail Tech and TicTok.
Q. What are some things you working on for 2020?
A. I’m working on sharpening my skill set Ang.
Q. Tell us one thing you think needs to change in the PR world?
A. The way people handle each other in our industry. We are stronger together than working apart.
Q. Where can the fans follow you? A. They can follow me @mariedriven
