You are your own best PR!

Why do we think the rich and famous are so damn hot? Because they’ve got expensive PR people dedicated to making sure everyone knows how ace they are. You probably don’t earn enough in your weekend job to put a PR of your own on the payroll so you’regonna have to, sigh, take on the job yourself. With the help of the Being Girl guide of how to Big Up Yo-Self of course!   

Do believe the hype

If you don’t think you’re da bomb you can’t really expect anyone else to, can you? Practice thinking of yourself as the most beautiful, clever, talented, kind chick around. Focus on developing a specialism. Good at swimming? Make sure everybody knows about it. Be THE swimmer. That way you’ll stand out from the crowd and stick in people’s minds. Be careful what you’re known for though, you want to be famous, not infamous, so if your superpower is the ability to fart the national anthem, keep it to yourself.

Don’t get overexposed

If you are everywhere, all the time and seem to be friends with everyone you’re gonna seem a little desperate. More importantly you’ll be lacking that all-important air of mystery you need to appear interesting and intriguing. When the Beckhams throw a party the most important thing isn’t who goes, it’s who doesn’t get in. It’s a fact of life that if you want to seem important, you’ve got to seem selective too. 

Spread the love

Your mates reflect on you so don’t limit your PR skills to yourself, spread the love instead. It shouldn’t be hard to give the impression that you think they are the most wonderful, cool, exciting, friendly people in the world, they’re you’re mates afterall, there must be a reason why you love them!

Do good works

With all the bigging up, boasting, back-slapping and exposure monitoring that goes into being your own PR you might start to seem a little… well… mean and self-obsessed. Rectify the situation the celebrity way - do some good works. Volunteer for a charity, do a sponsored run, be extra nice to people or take responsibility for some group extra-curricular activities at school. Anything, really, so long as it gives the people around you a warm fuzzy feeling when they think about you.