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UP AND RUNNING | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 7 Steps to Client Relationship Harmony PR and Communications building client trust relationshipsA strong business is built on relationships. Producing solid work is a given, but it is the people behind the work product, those that manage the process, and the expectations and outcomes that drive the success of a campaign. An informed client is a happier client. -
Why Start-up Culture Is Bad for Creativity start-up CEO does a million jobs: PR, business development, design (Illustrator is my second most used application next to my browser), investor relations, recruiting, marketing, and more. Founders are expected to perform under pressure, iterate on the fly, and fail fast. But is that ethos doing more harm than good? -
Not Producing Content? You Should Be This even though I didn't go to school for writing and neither did many people on my team who produce fabulous marketing guides about using PR, email marketing and even social media to help businesses grow. To distinguish yourself from your competitors, you must have content, and you must have a unique voice. How did it begin? hello. -
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CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 Twitter Link Roundup #131 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Examples – [link]. Dear Mentee – [link].
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ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 Music Kickstarter Puts A Record Label In The Cloud What the cloud starts doing is it looks for the appropriate points of transactions, for example whether it needs to be sent to print press, if PR needs to be notified. On top of that KickUp provides other services like crowdfunding, tour creation and venue booking, customer analytics, SEO optimization, and PR. Say you send me a track. -
Facebook Pulls Off Largest Tech IPO Ever In the wake of negative PR surrounding Facebook's mysterious methods of obtaining, retaining, and selling data, The Wall Street Journal formed a task force in 2009 titled "What They Know." Ring the bells: It's a landmark day for Wall Street and Silicon Valley as the world's biggest social network becomes a public company. Probably not. -
Do-It-Yourself Public Relations Hiring a top PR firm is often out of the question for start-ups. What was it that set Dyson apart from the chorus of PR pitches we'd hear on a regular basis? And that's where a large PR firm comes in handy—they make a living developing contacts in the media world. you probably won't be able to afford a top PR firm. -
DUCT TAPE MARKETING | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 What If Your Customers Could Talk to Your CRM Related Posts: Adding a Chief Conversation Officer Those idiots in sales just don’t get it Those idiots in marketing just don’t get it Discover the most relevant conversation PR Folks Can Take Back The Marketing Message What If Your Customers Could Talk to Your CRM is a post from: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. -
SOFTWARECEO | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 Software submission Marketing and PRPeople either look for selling software in search engines like Google or perhaps in reliable software installing sites. By posting your software in certain software installing websites, you are able to boost the visibility from the software program. Why not use software submission tool-PAD Submit Worker? Read more]. -
UP AND RUNNING | THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 Tips from Winning Entrepreneurs Business Planning PR and Communications business lessons Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Entrepreneurs entrepreneurship tipsEvery year, the folks at Entrepreneur Magazine name an Entrepreneur of the Year. The deadline for entries this year is June 15, so you’ve got plenty of time to enter and share your story. She proved them wrong. -
SOFTWARECEO | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 using software submission to software download websites? Marketing and PRFor those who have software to market, have you contemplated using software submission to software download websites? It does not only appear type of programs you sell, your companies, personal use, or something like that among. Yet, in some way, use the above mentioned methods can Increase your business rapidly. Read more]. -
ESCAPE FROM CUBICLE NATION | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Announcing … Fantastic lineup of Spring classes from Power Teaching students MARKETING/PR. Brigitte Lyons knows first-hand from 10 years working in PR how traumatic promoting yourself can be — but it doesn’t have to be that way. In April, I ran another session of my Power Teaching class. An important part of the course design was working on REAL classes launched to REAL people. Go Power Teachers! -
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CROWDSPRING BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 Dear Mentee Well, as of tomorrow Amanda has been working at crowdSPRING for one year (note to self: get cake for Amanda); for the first few months she was an unpaid marketing and PR intern but was ultimately promoted to the position of underpaid marketing and PR intern. I’m Mike. And the filing has actually gotten better! -
9 Qualities of Remarkable Entrepreneurs In a world of social media everyone can be their own PR agent. What separates the best from everyone else? Hint: It's not about the money.) Good entrepreneurs make money. Great entrepreneurs make serious money. But remarkable entrepreneurs do more than make money. Here are nine qualities of remarkable entrepreneurs: 1. with a resounding "Yes!" -
DUCT TAPE MARKETING | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 5 Non Spammy Ways To Get a Blogger’s Attention Everyone, from PR firms to individuals with a product to sell, pitches bloggers these days. Getting coverage or exposure for your business by way of a number of highly read blogs should be a foundational element of your PR approach. Make non-spammy comments. Find regular features. It’s a little thing, but it suggests a lot. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012 Dear Mentor My tenure at crowdSPRING has included working on PR, marketing, and mastering our co-founder Mike’s filing system. I’m Amanda. know you’ve seen me in and out of these parts for a little over a year now, but here’s a formal introduction: I’m 22-years-old and I just graduated from college. My experience has told me otherwise. -
Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? new features need to be rolled into PR strategies and competitor analyses. About Me. Start-up Advice. Raising Venture Capital. Angel Topics. Entrepreneur DNA. Sales & Marketing. Negotiations. Both Sides of the Table. Entrepreneur turned VC. Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? What makes a great tech team? -
SOFTWARECEO | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 I am not called Major you waiting for Marketing and PRAs if to prove that Major William guess that two mighty towers, causing a major threat to the mortar on the attacking forces, suddenly hit a 60-pound heavy solid ferroelastic. The entire roof of the platform as if a mouse bitter bite of cheese of a sudden a huge kinetic energy brought about by the shells hit missing a chunk. -
SOFTWARECEO | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 sell school/college management software Marketing and PRHello Every o ne I have a application for College/School Management of Software Which coveres all area related to management of educational area. want to sell that software ,which steps should i follow? Your valuable suggestions will be quite helpfull for me [Read more]. - The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation
In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. The laws are written seemingly with the view that it's worse to lose your money from fraud than it is from your run of the mill poorly exacuted bad idea. tanning salon/seed fund combo. Jersey Shore Ventures anyone?). -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 Twitter Link Roundup #130 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Awesomeness business community crowdsourcing design How To inspiration Interviews marketing Reviews social media start-up tips Strategy Technology writing ads advertising copywriting entrepreneur entrepreneurship facebook industrial design leadership package design pr product design public relations small biz small business startups twitter -
PR Tricks: 5 Rules for Handling the Media Your start-up probably doesn't have a high-powered PR firm to handle calls from the media. I'd barely gotten through my introduction before the company's PR person, Laurel Blair, shut me down by saying, "Mr. Reporter on the phone? Use these rules to manage the conversation to minimize damage and maximize benefit. See below.) -
THE MOGUL MOM | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Could This Be You? 4 Real Life B-School Success Stories You’ll meet: A PR Coach who made an additional $150,000. You know me. love the “real life” kinda stuff, especially when it comes to real life business success stories. So I am totally digging this new video from Marie Forleo with not one, not two, not three…but FOUR real life B-School success stories. Success! -
REMBRANDT WRITES | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Did the Penguin give you “happy feet” or the cold shoulder? SEO SEO Copywriting Writing Tips Google PR sales search engine optimizationDid you notice that your site rankings went up or down right around April 24th? That’s because Google changed things again with their “penguin update.” They are really cracking down on sites built solely for search engine optimization (SEO) purposes. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Want The Best Business Card Ever? Write A Book She is the founder and CEO of EMSI Public Relations , a national firm that provides PR strategy, promotion and publicity services to corporations, entertainers, authors and professional firms. By Marsha Friedman, CEO of EMSI Public Relations and author of “ Celebritize Yourself ”. A book?” some say – with obvious horror. Not a writer? -
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We asked Jamie Diaferia , founder of Infinite Public Relations in New York City, which often handles crisis PR cases for law firms and other clients, for advice. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren fumbled news that she'd claimed ethnic minority status at Harvard Law School. When the press is all bad, here's how you can turn it around. Always." -
Toss Out Your Social Media Metrics If you focus on the people you have following you, they will tell everyone else why you are so great and they will do your PR for you." Your fans will do your PR for you, buy from you, and support you as you grow. Fans, schmans! If you judge your business by its social media numbers your bottom-line may be suffering. Ask them!" -
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How to Find the Best Freelancers We've had freelancers make models for our charms, help us with PR, work on writing projects, assist at trade shows.you name the task, we know a freelancer who can do it. Since starting up two years ago, we've created dozens of relationships with freelancers. With a start-up, it's a completely different story. That's pretty incredible. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012 Twitter Link Roundup #129 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Awesomeness business community crowdsourcing design How To inspiration Interviews marketing Reviews social media start-up tips Strategy Technology writing ads advertising copywriting entrepreneur entrepreneurship facebook industrial design leadership package design pr product design public relations small biz small business startups twitter -
DEAL ARCHITECT | THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012 Wasted PR bullets My friend and fellow EI Ross Mayfield has had a week which calls for multiple press releases. The company he co-founded, Socialtext has gained a strategic investment by Bedford Funding ($1.4B PE firm) and will integrate with Peoplefluent. The company. Industry Commentary -
Nothing to Say? 11 Things to Tweet Now They may be looking for answers to questions, wanting to spread the word about an event or survey, or even PR opportunities. If those 140 characters seem daunting, here are a few things to think about. One of the Golden Rules of Twitter is that you ought to "Give before you get." Help your audience first and yourself second. -
REMBRANDT WRITES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012 Spring Into SEO and PR Action! With this in mind, what actions are you going to take right away to make things happen with your PR and search engine optimization (SEO) activities? PR Reaching Goals SEO Marketing search engine optimization SEO Copywriting Small Business Public RelationsHere are 3 ideas [.]. -
5 Tips From the Secret Service Scandal Here are a few steps key to PR success in the face of disaster. How a management team prepares for and manages a crisis is what sets a great business apart from a mediocre one. One could argue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has made every public relations mistake possible in mismanaging the recent Secret Service scandal. The result? -
States of Innovation, Going Gonzeaux Tour – 2012 Want some PR for your thing? I’ve decided to take the battle of Doing Innovation to the streets. Literally. Okay, it’s not a battle, it’s a conversation, but it’s definitely a road trip, and definitely about the Doing. And online? To start the conversation, where and how is innovation happening in the USA heartland? -
MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 "He did say recent “buzz” about the company was “because several of our customers have opened their." That is the role of a professional corporate communications person or PR professional. business jargon PR corporate communications businessAnd this is why you never let the marketing people speak in public. Otherwise, you get treated to well worn(out), mildly offensive, and vacuous sayings like “ opened their kimono ”. - Chocolate Toothpaste? New Product Rethinks 'Sweet Tooth'
good PR firm could help with that, and it's less expensive than paying for a spokesperson. A fancy new product argues that cocoa is better at rebuilding tooth enamel. Whole Foods bought--but will consumers? Arman Sadeghpour has given chocolate lovers a new reason to smile. This is a natural alternative to fluoride," says Sadeghpour. -
Not Getting Press? You're Doing It Wrong Do it yourself or hire a PR firm? If you can't invest in that hire, which may not be in every small business's budget, then find a PR agency with a real track record of success serving companies of similar size and similar industries Chances are, you're still trying to pitch the big 'home run' story. Ain't gonna happen. Don't despair! -
SVPG | SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012 Product Marketing Contribution Product communications/PR/social media (what can we say that will make others do the talking about us?). The Product Marketing Contribution. Jane is supporting the launch of Product X, a new release her company is really excited about. She is on the marketing team. Jane takes lots of notes and asks John to review what she sends him. robot. -
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ONSTARTUPS | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012 Startup Founders: Don't Freak Out They're blanketing the industry with PR, marketing, fancy new booths at tradeshows, local events involving a winnebago and taking out ads, seemingly all over the Internet. When I was working on building my first startup, Really Bad Things(TM) happened on an alarmingly regular basis. Sometimes, both of us would freak out. More on this later. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012 Become an Entrepreneur--No Idea Required We have a team of designers, developers, social media people, writers, and PR that are already here so when a person comes in and wants to work on an idea they don't have to go hire a developer to build the prototype. You get a salary, equity, mentors, and more. Want to start a company. but you're short on ideas? What is a foundry? -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012 Twitter Link Roundup #128 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! – [link]. – [link]. link]. – [link]. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 8 Cool Office Spaces Located in the Flatiron District of New York, the Morris King PR agency, which reps several tech companies, boasts a bright, open floor plan in its main office. Go inside eight hip companies to see how they keep employees happy--and creative--with well-designed digs. In fact, the space is so big that they offer after-hours yoga classes. -
UP AND RUNNING | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 An Easy Way to Get Into Google+ Power for Your Business ” PR and Communications Sales and Marketing google Guy Kawasaki Small Business Trends smallbiztrends.comIf you’ve seen the power of social media in entrepreneurship and small business, can you afford to ignore Google+? think not. Plus That quote is from the introduction to Guy’s latest new book What the Plus. That’s OK too. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 Angry Customer? 5 Rules for Handling Complaints Elevate In June 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs made one of his few PR stumbles in response to a tsunami of complaints about the iPhone 4's antenna configuration. The Internet gives angry customers a megaphone; even one angry one can do a lot of damage. Here's how to defend your company and defuse a crisis. Where do they go wrong? and lost. -
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DUCT TAPE MARKETING | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 Optimized Is the New Integrated Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 4 The Changing Face of SEO The New New New Rules of Marketing and PR Optimized Is the New Integrated is a post from: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Some years ago smart marketers latched onto the idea of something they referred to as integrated marketing. -
BLOG.EXPENSIFY.COM | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers. Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! Learn more… Saturday edit: Wow, quite a response to this. Some additional comments at the end. Sunday edit : Still going! More comments at the end. Thanks ez, whoever you are! -
GENUINE VC | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 A VC Walks into Your Pitch Meeting Biased This includes both his perception that it’s “hot” through PR or VC scuttlebutt, as well as if he believes the investment opportunity has been “shopped around.” VCs rarely go into an entrepreneur’s pitch meeting with a completely open mind. Of course they have biases given their past experiences, like with any human interaction. -
GENUINE VC | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 A VC Walks into Your Pitch Meeting Biased This includes both his perception that it’s “hot” through PR or VC scuttlebutt, as well as if he believes the investment opportunity has been “shopped around.” VCs rarely go into an entrepreneur’s pitch meeting with a completely open mind. Of course they have biases given their past experiences, like with any human interaction. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012 MyNewsDesk Gives Companies A Centralized Newsroom And Promotion Platform The company provides a platform for companies to publicize their news and share their PR material in a central and obvious location. One Swedish startup we've been using (and should have included in our what we use post ) is MyNewsDesk. The most basic area of a company's MyNewsDesk is the online newsroom. -
CHRIS DIXON | SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2012 Outsource things you don’t care about At an early-stage technology company this means you do in house: product design, software and/or hardware development, PR, recruiting, and costumer relations/community management. It is still common for startups to hire outside PR firms. If you decide to hire an outside PR firm, that means you don’t care about PR. -
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FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012 Quiz: Is Your Company Ethical? However, the cruise line PR rep did tell me, " It was probably more ideal than projectile vomiting and diarrhea. If you're not sure whether your company's policies keep you in the clear, see how many of the following statements you can agree with. Nevertheless, maintaining an ethical enterprise can be tricky. The catch? -
THE MOGUL MOM | TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012 Don’t Build Your Business for a Lucky Break Just Say Om… Business business model pr pressAre you waiting for Oprah to call? Banking on that 3-page spread in Real Simple magazine? Holding out on an endorsement from a big player? It’s oh-so-tempting to think that an “if only” break is the thing holding you back from massive success. Are you Walmart? Does yours? -
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UP AND RUNNING | MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012 What has your logo done for your lately? PR and Communications creative marketing logosBut how memorable is it? Retention has long been a challenge in establishing a solid (and profitable) brand persona. When comparing words to images, images win hands-down for their ability to promote visual memory – the act of sticking in the mind of the intended viewer. Meet expectations. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012 Twitter Link Roundup #127 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More PR people continue to struggle with social media – [link]. Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! It’s a fascinating look at curiosity, drive, and flash mobs. -
DUCT TAPE MARKETING | FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012 5 Ways to Make the Social Layer Pay Build PR muscle. 5 Ways to Make the Social Layer Pay This content from: Duct Tape Marketing. As I continue to try to help small business owners and marketers embrace all things social, I’ve begun to talk about it in different terms. We’ve moved beyond the notion that social media is department or even a set of tactics, but what is it then. -
ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012 The Alien Entrepreneur: Java is not dead, but be careful. Which of these leads to the greatest Programmer pr. The Alien Entrepreneur. Im addicted to entrepreneurship, currently participating in multiple startups. love public speaking, flying, electronic music, restoring a 71 MGB, and all things related to technology. CTO at ProspectStream , ScopiaRx , and SaaS Capital. Wednesday, April 11, 2012. -
THE STARTUP TOOLKIT | TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 Those who suffer worst (re-segmenting the air travel market by niche) Are we better at PR than Richard Branson? You’re on a flight and the guy next to you spills his peanuts and then knocks over your wine with his head while he’s trying to retrieve the nuts from the floor. You sigh and begin fantasising about disrupting the abysmal air travel industry with a pleasant experience. The TSA. doubt it. -
START UP BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 Start Up Blog - Untitled Article The 12 most powerful words in business from Ragans PR daily. This was just so brilliant I had to re-post it here in its entirety. Office conference rooms, cubicles, corner offices, and common areas are crammed with business jargon that dulls imaginations and saps creativity. Polite push back can temper groupthink. People like proof. Reflect. -
START UP BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 Start Up Blog - Untitled Article The 12 most powerful words in business from Ragans PR daily. This was just so brilliant I had to re-post it here in its entirety. Office conference rooms, cubicles, corner offices, and common areas are crammed with business jargon that dulls imaginations and saps creativity. Polite push back can temper groupthink. People like proof. Reflect. -
REMBRANDT WRITES | TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 Do You Have These 3 Signs of SEO Copywriting Burn Out? Copywriting eMail Marketing PR SEO SEO Copywriting burn out Marketing search engine optimizationAre you writing Website landing pages, e-mails, search engine optimization (SEO) tags, blogs, social media entries, and more on a daily basis? Endlessly staring at a blank page waiting for inspiration to hit you. [.]. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012 Twitter Link Roundup #126 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Awesomeness business community crowdsourcing design How To inspiration Interviews marketing Reviews social media start-up tips Strategy Technology writing ads advertising copywriting entrepreneur entrepreneurship facebook industrial design leadership package design pr product design public relations small biz small business startups twitter -
MARK BIRCH | THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012 "I love your blog, and specifically [insert post that was published less than three minutes before]." PR entrepreneurs blog pitch investor pitch failure“I love your blog, and specifically [insert post that was published less than three minutes before]. It’s really one of my favorites…. know you’ll love [insert product that has absolutely nothing to do with said post].” - (via thingsprpeoplesay ). -
READWRITESTART | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 Gini Dietrich's 6 Biggest Startup PR Mistakes In fact, thanks to social media, committing PR blunders can sink your startup even faster than ever, no matter if you're selling the coolest products or offering killer services. To make sure that doesn't happen to your company, we asked marketing maven Gini Dietrich to share six regrettably common PR mistakes today's startups must avoid. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 Stop "Keeping Up With the Joneses" traditional advertising, face-to-face meetings, PR, etc.)? When you hear a success story, it might seem natural to emulate it. But who wants to be a lemming? Stop copying and start innovating. There's a land rush nowadays by many organizations to be seen as hip, happening, and relevant. Because," he'll stammer, "Our CEO wants it done now!" -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 How To Build A Better Mousetrap With Social Media She is the founder and CEO of EMSI Public Relations , a national firm that provides PR strategy, promotion and publicity services to corporations, entertainers, authors and professional firms. By Marsha Friedman, CEO of EMSI Public Relations and author of “ Celebritize Yourself ”. Ever play the game Mouse Trap? That’s the No. -
UP AND RUNNING | MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012 How can Twitter chat help your business? Business Planning PR and Communications marketing with twitter social media twitterOne of the best ways for small businesses to build their networks and increase their influence is by participating in Twitter Chats. You can review an exhaustive list of ongoing chats maintained at the Twitter Chat Schedule. Be Strategic. Expand your Knowledge. -
VINICIUS VACANTI | MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012 How We Fooled Ourselves into Delaying Our Startup’s Launch Startups succeed because they have a good product and not because they got good launch PR. I remember reading the first few pages of Steve Blank’s book, Four Steps to Epiphany , and thinking two things: This is not exactly a page-turner. This is a really smart way of thinking about startups. was believer. The Excuses We Came Up With. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2012 I’m in Unicode Love: The Curator’s Code community design inspiration social media writing leadership pr public relationsAttribution on the web is a controversial topic; ideas, stories, videos, graphics are copied and pasted over and over again, propagating their way across the virtual universe. The formula for plagiarism on the web is sometimes as simple as copy+paste=post. -
ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012 The Alien Entrepreneur: Tips on Starting a Software Company Which of these leads to the greatest Programmer pr. The Alien Entrepreneur. Im addicted to entrepreneurship, currently participating in multiple startups. love public speaking, flying, electronic music, restoring a 71 MGB, and all things related to technology. CTO at ProspectStream , ScopiaRx , and SaaS Capital. Friday, March 30, 2012. Pages. -
ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012 The Alien Entrepreneur: IBM's Product line up, circa 1938 Which of these leads to the greatest Programmer pr. The Alien Entrepreneur. Im addicted to entrepreneurship, currently participating in multiple startups. love public speaking, flying, electronic music, restoring a 71 MGB, and all things related to technology. CTO at ProspectStream , ScopiaRx , and SaaS Capital. Friday, March 30, 2012. Pages. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012 Twitter Link Roundup #125 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More What Every Start-up Should Know about PR – [link]. Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Jackpot! -
Innovation Tools — Excellent, Fair Chuck is an old pro in the innovation industry (PR as well) and he impresses me with his even-handedness, breadth of knowledge, and editing skill. It comes like clockwork, once a week, an HTML email letting me know about the latest edition of I nnovation Tools. . Everyone should know about Innovation Tools. -
SOFTWARECEO | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012 Good customer support software is enabled of activity tracking Marketing and PRGood customer support software is enabled of activity tracking, monitoring, and translating the relevant task to workflow and course automation. Integrated reports and relevant analysis, automated communication options through emails and/or cellular phones are the added advantages of installing such a program. Read more]. -
ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 The Alien Entrepreneur: 4 Books All Programmers Must Read Which of these leads to the greatest Programmer pr. The Alien Entrepreneur. Im addicted to entrepreneurship, currently participating in multiple startups. love public speaking, flying, electronic music, restoring a 71 MGB, and all things related to technology. CTO at ProspectStream , ScopiaRx , and SaaS Capital. Wednesday, March 28, 2012. -
REMBRANDT WRITES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 Another Google Update – What should you do with your SEO? Copywriting Reaching Goals SEO SEO Copywriting PR search engine optimization search optimizationYou just finished updating your search engine optimization (SEO) with Google’s Panda update, and now you hear that Google is making another update. What do you do? Well, don’t’ stress out. You have no control over what Google does. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012 Cool Products Aren’t Enough Mobile app success has, in practice, boiled down a number of steps that have become rote—steps the companies that recently acquiesced to reality were well along: Work the PR angle hard. A hot mobile app that gets attention does not a company make. better way: Build what people want and find a way to make it pay. million. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012 5 Signs You're Out of Touch With Your Audience As a result, sales clerks in department stores who were supposed to sell the watches actually made fun of the advertising and PR campaign, and aggressively pushed competitors’ products instead. Are you relevant? Are you sure?) Here are the top warning signs you may be alienating your customers. When the company launched version 2.0, -
ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 The Alien Entrepreneur: How Michael Dell personally made me a. Which of these leads to the greatest Programmer pr. The Alien Entrepreneur. Im addicted to entrepreneurship, currently participating in multiple startups. love public speaking, flying, electronic music, restoring a 71 MGB, and all things related to technology. CTO at ProspectStream , ScopiaRx , and SaaS Capital. Monday, March 26, 2012. Pages. -
ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 The Alien Entrepreneur: The 8 things I would do as CTO of Microsoft Which of these leads to the greatest Programmer pr. The Alien Entrepreneur. Im addicted to entrepreneurship, currently participating in multiple startups. love public speaking, flying, electronic music, restoring a 71 MGB, and all things related to technology. CTO at ProspectStream , ScopiaRx , and SaaS Capital. Monday, March 26, 2012. Pages. -
DUCT TAPE MARKETING | MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 7 Competition Crushing Value Propositions PR professionals and marketers had long paid thousands of dollars a year to gain access to a pool of journalists looking for sources to specific stories. 7 Competition Crushing Value Propositions This content from: Duct Tape Marketing. Page one of Warby Parker's infographic laden annual report. Persol is Stuff that Works. -
ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 The Alien Entrepreneur: 8 Quotes from Margaret Thatcher. Which of these leads to the greatest Programmer pr. The Alien Entrepreneur. Im addicted to entrepreneurship, currently participating in multiple startups. love public speaking, flying, electronic music, restoring a 71 MGB, and all things related to technology. CTO at ProspectStream , ScopiaRx , and SaaS Capital. Saturday, March 24, 2012. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012 Twitter Link Roundup #124 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Awesomeness business community crowdsourcing design How To inspiration Interviews marketing Reviews social media start-up tips Strategy Technology writing ads advertising copywriting entrepreneur facebook industrial design leadership netrepreneurship package design pr product design public relations small biz small business startups twitter -
ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012 Old News and New Events: The Friday Roundup Also, Lotus F1 Team driver Kimi Räikkönen has become an ambassador of Angry Birds Space , in case they didn't get enough PR potential from NASA. Somehow it's Friday already, meaning we're getting you another roundup of news and events for you to scan through. We obey all embargoes ! We still need a name or title for this weekly feature. -
LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 Can RTR maintain the Cinderella magic? While a Marchesa gown from a three-year old collection may be fine for the consumers in middle America, the 25 year old Manhattan PR girl may not be so impressed. Rent the Runway was the case I anticipated the most as a student in Launching Tech Ventures. Rent the Runway has the potential to democratize the world of luxury ready-to-wear. -
MARK BIRCH | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 How Not to Handle Problems Over Social Media PR crisis management social mediaHow Not to Handle Problems Over Social Media : This is a classic example of what not to do when someone on the Internet is mad at you. Crisis Management 101 dictates that you diffuse the issue quickly by directly dealing with the objection. Then you can work privately to resolve the problem. -
ONSTARTUPS | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 How To Get Media Coverage For Your Startup: A Complete Guide Not only from other startups, but also from plenty of PR firms, who want stories written up for their clients. How have your PR efforts gone? The following is a guest post by Leo Widrich , co-founder of Buffer, a smarter way to post on Social Media. Note: I'm an angel investor in Buffer and love what they're doing]. All set? Best, Leo. -
ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 The Alien Entrepreneur: 5 Reasons you must attend Business of. Which of these leads to the greatest Programmer pr. The Alien Entrepreneur. Im addicted to entrepreneurship, currently participating in multiple startups. love public speaking, flying, electronic music, restoring a 71 MGB, and all things related to technology. CTO at ProspectStream , ScopiaRx , and SaaS Capital. Thursday, March 22, 2012. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 Google’s Search Changes: Should You Care? Search expert Danny Sullivan at the blog SearchEngineLand wondered if this wasn't just a PR attempt on Google's part to counter perceptions that its results have gone downhill to some degree. Google's adding more semantic features to its search engine. Here's a reality check on what it might mean for your business. Maybe not all that much. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 Why Premature Hype Kills Start-ups Now all you hear about is Pinterest this and that, but not because Ben has a killer PR team. If your beta product isn't ready for prime time, the last thing you need is attention from the media. However, I've seen time and again how that only hurts the growth of my products in the long run. Lots of press does not equal success. should know. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 How to Hire the Right PR Pro We answer your PR questions. Once you’re ready to get the word out about your new company, product, or service, how do you find the right PR shop to help you do it? Very early stage companies, or those that are bootstrapped, might handle PR on their own. Even then, though, PR takes time. Agency or freelancer? -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012 Don't Be Like Goldman Sachs: 5 Ways And the Goldman Sachs PR machine has simultaneously done everything possible to undermine whistle-blower Greg Smith's credibility while insisting his remarks don't reflect the values of the firm's 30,000 employees. Regardless of what industry you're in, how can you make sure your company culture doesn't grow toxic over time? Bottoms up. | |