Happy Monday, friends. First, if you were snowed in or in a tropical climate that suffered from fallen iguana syndrome, know that I’m sending you blankety vibes. Second, did we all watch the new season of Ozark? I’m not here to spoil it for anyone, I just want to express my super-ultra-mega severe levels of WHATTTT?!
Speaking of falling iguanas and my childhood home state, I’m planning a sort of life-meets-work quickie trip back to the motherland (Florida) in early May. If you rep anything really, really fun and/or worth seeing in Palm Beach County for a story, let’s touch base in a few weeks. It’ll be a speedy long weekend trip — not hitting Miami or Fort Lauderdale this time and I prob can’t devote massive blocks of time to any one particular thing.
Here’s what I’m working on right now:
Reader’s Digest: Need a sleep expert or mattress expert to talk about a specific type of mattress and how it impacts comfort. I can NOT use brand-tied experts for this one, so it’d have to be an independent sleep expert or doc, etc. Easy questions, can send today for turnaround by Weds. bryce@theluxuryspot.com
Taste of Home: Need a kitchen organizing expert to lend quotes on a particular product/why it makes the kitchen so much neater. Will send details and specific questions. Pitches by EOD Tuesday, please! bryce@theluxuryspot.com
Taste of Home: Pitch more hanging fruit baskets! I need affiliate-ready retailers, so think Wayfair, Walmart, Amazon, Target, Nordstrom, Overstock, etc or DTC sites that are skimlinks-ready. bryce@theluxuryspot.com
Published over the weekend:
These are the best mops on the market. Yeah, I tried ‘em all. My floors are so sparkly. (And mega thanks to Ruth for helping with the cleaning expert quotes!)
Jobs:
Nordstrom is hiring a PR specialist to work in-house in New York. This is business-focused rather than consumer.
Sabrina Levine Communications is looking for a PR Rockstar. Ideally with 3+ years of experience to join the team. From their staff, “We are an energetic, boutique public relations agency with a multi-channel approach and over 20 years of combined brand strategy, PR, social media, influencer and experiential marketing expertise. Our clients range from talent, wellness, lifestyle, hospitality and food, and beauty and fashion brands. We are looking for a strong candidate with a proven track record of driving meaningful results for a wide range of clients. This is a hybrid position with 3 days in the New York City office and 2 days at home.” Email info@sabrinalevinepr.com & tell ‘em I sent you.
OMG! Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts is hiring a new boss of PR. Is that you? Please let it be you. I want this for you. You deserve this.
New York Mag/The Strategist is looking for a new senior editor.
Other thoughts:
Would love to release a totally free roundup of the usually-secret trending Amazon products that publicists almost never have access to. This should help formulate pitches and give you ideas. Should I put this out? If I send it as part of tomorrow’s newsletter does that help you? Yay/nay in the comments. Otherwise, I’ll skip and keep things as usual.
Also, my kids are super into cornbread muffins these days. Not for a story—just for my personal life, do we have any favorite cornbread mixes? I feel like this is a fun activity for lil’ kiddos and I’m sure someone on this list is a cornbread mix expert.
And on the topic of corn, I tweeted this pic a few days ago and it’s still messing with me so I’m sharing it with you. One of my chickens eats corn nonstop. Another chicken prefers basically nothing but leafy greens. Can you guess which bird laid the massive egg and which produced the more modest one?
Thanks for being wonderful <3 Till next time!
Okay - this talk of chicken diets reminded me of this episode of a Youtube show called Worth It where they interview a guy that spent 5 YEARS curating his chickens' diets until he created the *perfect* egg (with a yolk that you can pick up with two fingers and jiggle it around!). The clip starts at 13:19 if anyone's interested. 😂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yh6-d_u-hA
Yes to the trending Amazon products. Love the egg photo!!