“THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN PR, YOU JUST NEED TO SEE WELL”

By Caroline K.  There is something very … approachable about Mary; she gives off a welcoming presence. As the owner of a successful public relations company, she is a pioneer in her own right. Having started the business at the age of 23, she has come a long way to becoming the person she is now. She shares on what has made her journey a successful one this far.  In your opinion, what does it take to run a successful PR company?  To be honest, I wouldn’t want to make it sound like there is a one-size fits all formulae for success but I will share what has worked for me. One: discovering myself, what my strengths are and what I am truly wired for. Two: my relationship with God; this has moulded me into a patient individual and has taught me how to perseverant.   How have things changed in the PR industry with increased digitization of business?  My background is in IT and with that, I did a lot of digital PR even when I was starting out. What I would say is, with the world we are living in that is evolving at a very fast pace, we must keep innovating and reinventing. I