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Why Public Relations Should Be Part Of Your Business Plan

YoungUpstarts

Public Relations (PR) involves efforts to raise the profile of your company, manage your reputation, and build relationships with key people or organizations to attract customers and increase sales. The primary aim of public relations is to inform or raise awareness among the general public and gain appropriate media coverage.

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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

Startup Professionals Musings

Working with the media is required, both social as well as the press, through public relations and internal channels. Utilize mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth. As you might imagine, even with the proper planning, mergers and acquisitions are difficult to pull off.

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Taxes Are Good, Actually

YoungUpstarts

Eric Yaverbaum, CEO of Ericho Communications, is a communications, media, and public relations expert with over 35-years in the industry, having co-founded Jericho Communications and served as President from 1985 until its successful merger in 2006 with LIME Public Relations & Promotions.

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3 Ways Startups Can Generate Good PR For Their Business

YoungUpstarts

The business section will cover news of any high profile partnerships, facility expansions and mergers. Any person with an online public relations degree earned through an accredited online public relations program should understand what is and isn’t newsworthy.

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Twitter Link Roundup #155 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Ugly Numbers Behind The Viggle-GetGlue Merger | TechCrunch – [link]. HomeAway Co-Founder: Why I Hire Failures – [link]. Sorry, No Calls (by @ dharmesh ) - [link]. Behind Mark Pincus’s Bid to Save Zynga - [link]. Deciding if a product feature is worth the effort – [link].

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. I wanted to learn about the “secret sauce” of Dell’s merger and acquisition process which seemed to be superior based on what I had observed from my limited vantage point.

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. I wanted to learn about the “secret sauce” of Dell’s merger and acquisition process which seemed to be superior based on what I had observed from my limited vantage point.