128: How to Get Press For Your Business When You're Just Starting Out w/ Dreena Whitfield of Whit PR

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today in the guest chair is Dreena Whitfield, the founder of WhitPR, a New Jersey-based boutique strategic communications firm.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her clients have been featured on Good Morning America, in The New York Times, Essence, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You may be familiar with WhitPR client The Budgetnista, who has graced The Side Hustle Pro guest chair, and has made several appearances on The Real Daytime television show.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode, we learn how Dreena started WhitPR in her living room in 2009; with no clients, no media contacts, and no mentors, the side job she worked for years to invest in her business during the early stages, and what side hustlers need to know about when and how to get press for your business when you’re just getting started.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /> <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen on</span> <a href= "http://sidehustlepro.co/Podcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Apple Podcasts</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/sidehustlepro"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Soundcloud</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/side-hustle-pro"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stitcher</span></a></p> <p><strong>This episode is brought to you by:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="Gusto.com/shp" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gusto</a>. Gusto offers modern, easy payroll, benefits, and HR to small businesses across the country. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And as a listener, you’ll get three months </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">free when you run your first payroll. Sign up and give it a try at</span> <a href= "https://go.gusto.com/podcast_gusto-sign-up-DS.html?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=shp"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Gusto.com/shp</span></a><span style