As I mentioned in my Start Your Week Right Sunday post this week, one of the reasons I truly love blogging is because of all of the fantastic and otherwise not readily available opportunities that come from posting regularly.

After including Greg Galant’s article “Why PR Gets No Respect” in my weekly roundup a couple of weeks ago, he reached out and asked if I was interested in freelancing for MuckRack.com’s blog. Easy answer: YES!

If you’re not familiar with Muck Rack, it’s a website for journalists and PR professionals. The website started out in early 2009 as a way to track journalists who were early adopters of Twitter, but has since evolved into a well-known industry website/blog for communicators of all kinds.

I’ll likely be freelancing for Muck Rack with a couple of posts a month. See a sneak preview of my first Muck Rack blog post below:

Google+ Communities for journalists and PR pros

 Last week, Google unveiled their response to Facebook Groups: Google+ Communities.

The tech giant’s senior vice president Vic Gundotra described their newest venture as a “more permanent home for all the stuff you love.” In his blog post on Google’s Official Blog, Gundotra went on to explain that, “with Google+ Communities there’s now a gathering place for your passions.”

Google+ Communities can be public or private, include discussion categories and the option to start a hangout or plan events across the community.

How can journalists and PR pros use Google+ communities? So far, several communities have been created for both industries. We’ve compiled a list of the most robust and active communities below.